Tianya Haijiao, a romantic and beautiful scenic spot, lies to the west of Sanya City, Hainan Province. It receives many visitors from home and abroad every year since its open in 1988. It also attracts thousands of young lovers from every corner of the world to hold their wedding ceremonies here.
Tianya Haijiao means 'the furthermost part of the sky and the sea' in Chinese, suggesting an unattainable place. In the past, Chinese people believed that the sky was square and the earth was round. Therefore there was definitely a furthermost part of the sky and the earth. Hainan Province, the southernmost part of China, was believed to be the location of Tianya Haijiao.
The Tianya Haijiao Scenic Spot sits on Maling Mountain facing the sea. Walking along the seashore, you will see a stone carved with four characters Nan Tian Yi Zhu, which means 'a pillar standing in the southern part of the sky' in Chinese. The story goes that when the local fishermen's daily life was affected by terrible storms, and they could hardly catch the fish, two kind-hearted fairy maidens transformed themselves into two large stones and stood on the beach to shelter the fishermen. From that time fishermen were safe from storms whenever they went to sea. But the maiden's master, the Mother Goddess of Heaven, was so furious that she dispatched the Thunder God to drag them back to Heaven. The two maidens refused, so the Thunder God broke them in two. One of them was thrown into the sea and the other one was left here. Near the remaining one lies another stone carved with the Chinese characters Hai Pan Nan Tian, which means 'the sea and the sky joined together'. It is the oldest stone inscription to be found here.
Walking on for a further 500 meters (1600 feet), you will see a stone carved with the characters of Tianya and another stone carved with the characters of Haijiao. There is a romantic Romeo and Juliet story about these two stones. In ancient times, two young lovers eloped when their parents disapproved of their marriage. Unfortunately, when they arrived in Hainan, agents, sent by their parents, were also there. Facing the sea, they had no escape. They were so sad that they just held each other as they jumped into the sea. Suddenly, there was a thunderstorm. They were hit by lightning and changed into two stones, with the agents turned into many smaller stones around. Now people regard these two stones as symbols of eternal and faithful love. Because of this beautiful and romantic story many young lovers choose this place for their wedding ceremony.
Besides the three stones, modern facilities can be found such as a Shopping Center, the Li Ethnic Group Village and a Celebrity Sculpture. An international wedding festival is celebrated in Tianya Haijiao every year. Around the Mid Autumn Day, there is a Lantern Festival, which adds to the special atmosphere.
Tianya Haijiao is a heaven for people who are head over heals in love, and also an ideal place for people who are deeply in love with the sea. You will definitely have fond memories after visiting this scenic spot.
2008年1月3日星期四
bruce lee's website
http://www.brucelee.org.uk/
it's a website of the britain fance of bruce lee,it is writen in english,you can have a try.
it's a website of the britain fance of bruce lee,it is writen in english,you can have a try.
still remember this guy?
Bruce Lee Jun Fan was born a month premature on 27 November 1940, in the year and hour of the dragon, in San Francisco. Thirteen months before the Lees lost a son and, this time, to confuse the spirits, the boy was given a girl's nickname - "Little Phoenix". (He was also enrolled in a girl's primary school, though not necessarily for the same reason.) In Hong Kong the family lived at 218 Nathan Road, Kowloon. About 18 years and 20 films later he returned to the States from Hong Kong. Here he studied, taught martial arts and developed Jeet Kune Do, got married, had children, and made several TV and film appearances. When it became clear that racist prejudice prevented him from a successful Hollywood career he went to Hong Kong, and became a superstar. Ironically he finally attracted the kind of attention from Hollywood he couldn't while right under their noses. The result was the only Hollywood-backed film he was to star in, Enter the Dragon. And then, after a much too short but extraordinarily energetic and driven life, he died.
By many accounts the film The Orphan features one of Bruce's best - if not his best - acting performance. The first 2 adult films he made in Hong Kong - for Golden Harvest - were low-budget affairs, the kind a martial-artist actor just starting out would be in. In spite of that they managed to be something new, something never seen before on Asian movie screens, and the public responded by sending its box office receipts through the roof. Bruce's vitality, personal charisma and sheer martial arts skill elevated them above the others made at the same time, above the trite plots and over-acting. At a time when actors had no say in their films and were simply employees Bruce got to write, direct and choreograph his next film (Way of the Dragon). Since this was the first film he directed, it has its flaws, but the main martial arts encounter survives to this day as one of the supreme examples of its kind.
With the aid of Warner Brothers the production values of Enter the Dragon were streets ahead of Bruce's other films, but it still has a derivative plot - which means that one has to look elsewhere for its continuing success. Bruce's presence comes off the screen, and the display of his physical skills still has the power to astound the viewer. For the first time since the Longstreet series he also managed to infuse the script with some of his philosophy of martial arts and life - which was his ultimate goal in movie-making. This was to be realised in Game of Death, which he never got to finish.
When one disregards the dazzling martial arts displays it is easy to dismiss his films as below par but that would be judging an extraordinary man on the few films he got to make before he died without taking into account the long struggle any actor/director/artist has before he gets to realise his vision onscreen. Bruce had just started to do this when his life ended. And the moments of brilliance and promise are there for those with eyes to see.
In addition to his films the martial art he created - Jeet Kune Do - is still being practiced and developed. In his short life he made a huge impact on those around him and those of us who are still discovering him as man and (martial) artist. He died on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32 of cerebral edema ... approximately three weeks before the opening of Enter the Dragon. At the inquest it was determined that he died of "death by misadventure" - the actual cause of death: hypersensitivity to one of the ingredients of Equagesic. The pill was given to him by the actress Betty Ting Pei, with whom he seems to have had an affair, after he complained of a headache. He lay down and could not be roused after two hours. Such was the end of the Little Dragon. He lies buried next to his son, Brandon, in Lake View Cemetary, Capitol Hill, Seattle. Many years after his death his is still a household name.
By many accounts the film The Orphan features one of Bruce's best - if not his best - acting performance. The first 2 adult films he made in Hong Kong - for Golden Harvest - were low-budget affairs, the kind a martial-artist actor just starting out would be in. In spite of that they managed to be something new, something never seen before on Asian movie screens, and the public responded by sending its box office receipts through the roof. Bruce's vitality, personal charisma and sheer martial arts skill elevated them above the others made at the same time, above the trite plots and over-acting. At a time when actors had no say in their films and were simply employees Bruce got to write, direct and choreograph his next film (Way of the Dragon). Since this was the first film he directed, it has its flaws, but the main martial arts encounter survives to this day as one of the supreme examples of its kind.
With the aid of Warner Brothers the production values of Enter the Dragon were streets ahead of Bruce's other films, but it still has a derivative plot - which means that one has to look elsewhere for its continuing success. Bruce's presence comes off the screen, and the display of his physical skills still has the power to astound the viewer. For the first time since the Longstreet series he also managed to infuse the script with some of his philosophy of martial arts and life - which was his ultimate goal in movie-making. This was to be realised in Game of Death, which he never got to finish.
When one disregards the dazzling martial arts displays it is easy to dismiss his films as below par but that would be judging an extraordinary man on the few films he got to make before he died without taking into account the long struggle any actor/director/artist has before he gets to realise his vision onscreen. Bruce had just started to do this when his life ended. And the moments of brilliance and promise are there for those with eyes to see.
In addition to his films the martial art he created - Jeet Kune Do - is still being practiced and developed. In his short life he made a huge impact on those around him and those of us who are still discovering him as man and (martial) artist. He died on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32 of cerebral edema ... approximately three weeks before the opening of Enter the Dragon. At the inquest it was determined that he died of "death by misadventure" - the actual cause of death: hypersensitivity to one of the ingredients of Equagesic. The pill was given to him by the actress Betty Ting Pei, with whom he seems to have had an affair, after he complained of a headache. He lay down and could not be roused after two hours. Such was the end of the Little Dragon. He lies buried next to his son, Brandon, in Lake View Cemetary, Capitol Hill, Seattle. Many years after his death his is still a household name.
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