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  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. Perhaps the most famous of all the statues in the Olympia Museum is The Hermes of Praxiteles. Circa 340 BCE<br />
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Hermes is holding the infant Dionysus in his left arm, while he dangles a bunch of grapes in his right (missing) one. It is a typical pose that was reproduced almost identically in many ancient statues, but the original one was attributed to Praxiteles.<br />
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The marble is beautifully carved to describe the anatomy of the body in accurate forms, while the treatment of the surface juxtaposing sheen and texture reveal the different roles of the stone: skin, cloth, tree, and hair.<br />
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Hermes has assumed the contrapposto pose, typical of Classical standing figures, in an effortless and natural way--his hip pushed upward on the right side to support the entire weight of his body.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1811.jpg
  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. Perhaps the most famous of all the statues in the Olympia Museum is The Hermes of Praxiteles. Circa 340 BCE<br />
<br />
Hermes is holding the infant Dionysus in his left arm, while he dangles a bunch of grapes in his right (missing) one. It is a typical pose that was reproduced almost identically in many ancient statues, but the original one was attributed to Praxiteles.<br />
<br />
The marble is beautifully carved to describe the anatomy of the body in accurate forms, while the treatment of the surface juxtaposing sheen and texture reveal the different roles of the stone: skin, cloth, tree, and hair.<br />
<br />
Hermes has assumed the contrapposto pose, typical of Classical standing figures, in an effortless and natural way--his hip pushed upward on the right side to support the entire weight of his body.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1804.jpg
  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. Perhaps the most famous of all the statues in the Olympia Museum is The Hermes of Praxiteles. Circa 340 BCE<br />
<br />
Hermes is holding the infant Dionysus in his left arm, while he dangles a bunch of grapes in his right (missing) one. It is a typical pose that was reproduced almost identically in many ancient statues, but the original one was attributed to Praxiteles.<br />
<br />
The marble is beautifully carved to describe the anatomy of the body in accurate forms, while the treatment of the surface juxtaposing sheen and texture reveal the different roles of the stone: skin, cloth, tree, and hair.<br />
<br />
Hermes has assumed the contrapposto pose, typical of Classical standing figures, in an effortless and natural way--his hip pushed upward on the right side to support the entire weight of his body.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1799.jpg
  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. Perhaps the most famous of all the statues in the Olympia Museum is The Hermes of Praxiteles. Circa 340 BCE<br />
<br />
Hermes is holding the infant Dionysus in his left arm, while he dangles a bunch of grapes in his right (missing) one. It is a typical pose that was reproduced almost identically in many ancient statues, but the original one was attributed to Praxiteles.<br />
<br />
The marble is beautifully carved to describe the anatomy of the body in accurate forms, while the treatment of the surface juxtaposing sheen and texture reveal the different roles of the stone: skin, cloth, tree, and hair.<br />
<br />
Hermes has assumed the contrapposto pose, typical of Classical standing figures, in an effortless and natural way--his hip pushed upward on the right side to support the entire weight of his body.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1809.jpg
  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Reproduction of the city as it was after the bombing. The red ball stands for the point where the bomb exploded above the ground.
    04HIROSHIMA_4711.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1962.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1943.jpg
  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Clothes and pictures of people burned by the A-bomb in Hiroshima.
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  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Clothes as they were distroied by the A-bombing.
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  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1963.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1955.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1952.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1941.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1948.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1945.jpg
  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.Children in front of the Paper Cranes, folded by Sadako Sasaki. She died in 1955 at the age of 12 by lefkemia. When she was diagnosed with the disease she thought that by following the Japanese tradition of folding a 1000 paper cranes to be cured, she could win over her illness. 8 months later when she died, she had already folded 1300 paper cranes, on any kind of paper she could find.
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  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Distroied religious objects and Buhdas in a display, in front of a picture of the bombed Hiroshima.
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  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Schoolgirls drowing the Reproduction of scenes of Hiroshima after the bombing.
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  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1959.jpg
  • The house where writer Lefkadios Hern lived in Matsue city.<br />
Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was an open-minded writer and world-traveller who settled in Matsue as an English teacher in 1890. There, he met his wife, daughter to a samurai family, and lived in a simple but beautiful traditional Japanese house on Shiomi Nawate Street, north of Matsue Castle. His former residence is now open to the public, and located next to it is the Memorial Museum dedicated to his life and his works.
    HERN-MATSUE-1949.jpg
  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. School-children in front of pictures of people burned by the A-bomb in Hiroshima.
    HIROSHIMA_9165.jpg
  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Schoolchildren watching the reproduction of the city as it was after the bombing.
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  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Reproduction of the area where now is the Peace memorial Park, as it was after the bombing.
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  • Olympic Games museum of Olympia. Clay pots depicting athletes of discus-throwing and javelin. 4th-5th c. BC.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1906.jpg
  • Olympic Games museum of Olympia. Marble grave stone. Depiction of an athlete scraping himself clean. 330-320 BC.
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  • Olympic Games museum of Olympia. Zeus bronze statue and Zeus on a clay pot.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1842.jpg
  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. The Nike of Paionios of Mende in Chalkidiki, Macedonia (his name is carved on the base of the statue). Circa 420 BCE.<br />
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The statue, even in its ruinous state reveals a strong sense of movement emphasized by the strong diagonal pose (side view), the hovering feet, and the lines of the himation that push against her body as if forced by the wind. Her spread wings and the face have not survived.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1793.jpg
  • Culture of the Imperial Court and Annual Events at the time when the novel "The Tale of Genji" was written, a 1000 years ago, as it is presented in the Genji museum of Uji city south of Kyoto..The aristocrats' costumes and the furnishings of their residences are shown in a 'shinden-zukuri' structure, a typical style of residence in the Heian Period. There are also exhibits introducing games often played by the Heian nobility, such as 'kai-awase' (a shell-matching game), 'igo' (also known as 'go') and 'sugoroku' (a board game), along with the annual events in the Heian Period for each season. This all helps to provide a clear insight into the culture of the imperial court..
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  • Olympic Games museum of Olympia. Iron wheel, bronze statues and clay pots related to the Chariot Races, 8th-5th c. BC.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1892.jpg
  • Olympic Games museum of Olympia. Fragment of mosaic floor. Depiction of Nike crowning Eros-Agon (Eros -Contest). Late Roman period, 5c. AD.
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  • Olympic Games museum of Olympia. Bronze discus, 6th-5th c. BC (left). Stone halter (jumping-weight), 5 c. BC (right).
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  • Achaeological museum of Olympia
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  • Achaeology museum of Olympia. The Temple of Zeus' West pediment.<br />
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This arrangement of sculptures contrasts the serenity of the East pediment with a much more dynamic composition that illustrates the fight between Centaurs and Lapiths who are engaged in a battle over the abduction of the Lapith women. Apollo presides over all in the center flanked by the heroes Theseus and Peirithoos. The figures a the ends were destroyed in 460 BCE and they were replaced at a later date with the ones found in excavations.
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  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. Clay warrior.<br />
Early 5th c. BCE
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1795.jpg
  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. The Nike of Paionios of Mende in Chalkidiki, Macedonia (his name is carved on the base of the statue). Circa 420 BCE.<br />
<br />
The statue, even in its ruinous state reveals a strong sense of movement emphasized by the strong diagonal pose (side view), the hovering feet, and the lines of the himation that push against her body as if forced by the wind. Her spread wings and the face have not survived.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1791.jpg
  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. Bronze Corinthian helmets 8th-6th c. BC
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1780.jpg
  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. Defencive and Offencive war equipment.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1783.jpg
  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. Large bronze lion head. 8 c. BC
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1764.jpg
  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. The altar of Zeus<br />
The great altar of Zeus, no trace of which survives today, is believed to have stood in the space between the Heraion and the Pelopion. <br />
According to the traveller Pausanias (V.13.8-10) the altar was circular or elliptical. It consisted of the “prothysis” (a base with a circumference of some 37 m), and the altar proper, which had been formed on top of the “prothysis” by the ashes of the sacrificed animals. The height of the altar, which was conical in shape, is calculated to have been about 7 m. <br />
On the fourth day of the Olympic Games the great sacrifice of a hundred oxen was performed, the hecatomb, in which the thighs of the animals were burnt on top of the altar. <br />
In the thick layer of ash from the altar, which was over a large radius around it, probably in late Geometric times, the excavators brought to light a huge quantity of clay and bronze figurines of the Geometric period, the votive offerings of the faithful.
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  • Fan and hat as those used by the court nobles at the time when "The Tale of Genji" was written, a 1000 years ago, in the Genji museum of Uji city south of Kyoto....
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  • Scents of The Tale of Genji in the Genji museum of Uji city south of Kyoto..Possibly one of the more impressive points within The Tale of Genji is scents. The tale touches upon the exquisite scents of Kaoru and Niou no Miya, which, as their names imply, became evident merely from their proximity. This indicates the importance of scents to the Heian aristocrats. This exhibit gives an insight into what scents were used in that period, along with the tools and materials for incense..
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  • A miniature model of Hikaru Genji's residence, Rokujo-in at the Genji Museum in Uji City. As described in the novel, Genji lived here with four different ladies who were placed at separate blocks of the residence...
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  • Screen depicting scenes from the novel "The Tale of Genji" at the Genji museum in Uji city south of Kyoto..
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  • Olympic Games museum of Olympia. Iron strigil and two aryballos pots from 4th and 5th c. BC. <br />
The strigil is a tool for the cleansing of the body by scraping off dirt, perspiration, and oil that was applied before bathing in Ancient Greek and Roman cultures. The strigil was primarily of use to men, specifically male athletes.<br />
An aryballos (Greek: ἀρύβαλλος; plural aryballoi) was a small spherical or globular flask with a narrow neck used in Ancient Greece.[1][2] It was used to contain perfume or oil, and is often depicted in vase paintings being used by athletes during bathing. In these depictions, the vessel is at times attached by a strap to the athlete's wrist, or hung by a strap from a peg on the wall.
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  • Olympic Games museum of Olympia. Clay pots from around 5th c. BC
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1890.jpg
  • Olympic Games museum of Olympia. Inscription on Bronze with a list of athletes. !st c. BC - 4 c. AD
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1845.jpg
  • Olympic Games museum of Olympia. Inscription on bronze with regulations for athletes and judges. Last quarter of the 6th c. BC.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1848.jpg
  • Achaeology museum of Olympia. The Temple of Zeus' East pediment.<br />
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It depicts the chariot race between Oinomaos and Pelops. They appear in the moments before the race, in a calm and ordered composition. In the center of the group, Zeus is the ultimate observer is flanked by the two heroes and their wives. Next to them are their horses and chariots (now lost) and several auxiliary figures. The reclining figures at the two ends of the pediment represent the two rivers of Olympia, Alpheios and Kladeos.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1832.jpg
  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. The Nike of Paionios of Mende in Chalkidiki, Macedonia (his name is carved on the base of the statue). Circa 420 BCE.<br />
<br />
The statue, even in its ruinous state reveals a strong sense of movement emphasized by the strong diagonal pose (side view), the hovering feet, and the lines of the himation that push against her body as if forced by the wind. Her spread wings and the face have not survived.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1794.jpg
  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. The Nike of Paionios of Mende in Chalkidiki, Macedonia (his name is carved on the base of the statue). Circa 420 BCE.<br />
<br />
The statue, even in its ruinous state reveals a strong sense of movement emphasized by the strong diagonal pose (side view), the hovering feet, and the lines of the himation that push against her body as if forced by the wind. Her spread wings and the face have not survived.
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1790.jpg
  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. Bronze female winged figure <br />
It could have been a divine of demonic being, Artemis, Nike or a Sphinx. 590-580 BC
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1759.jpg
  • Gissha and Court Lady Attire exhibited in the Genji museum of Uji city south of Kyoto..The oxen-drawn carriage called 'gissha' is a symbol of the luxurious life in The Tale of Genji. The exhibit includes the patterns drawn on the carriages that would eventually develop into family emblems, as well as a beautiful black-lacquered oxen-drawn carriage. It also features the attire of a court lady, 'juni-hitoe' (twelve layers of kimono), with carefully restored courtly colors..
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  • Uji room in the Genji museum of Uji city south of Kyoto. The room focuses on the third part of "The Tale of Genji", the Ten Uji Chapters..Placing the spotlight on the main characters, three of the more famous scenes from the Ten Uji Chapters, "Kaoru no Kaimami" (Kaoru Looking through Hedges), "Kangen no Utage" (Feast with Orchestral Music) and "Niou no Miya and Ukifune" (Prince Niou and Princess Ukifune), are shown in a panoramic representation of sound and light..
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  • Uji room in the Genji museum of Uji city south of Kyoto. The room focuses on the third part of "The Tale of Genji", the Ten Uji Chapters..Placing the spotlight on the main characters, three of the more famous scenes from the Ten Uji Chapters, "Kaoru no Kaimami" (Kaoru Looking through Hedges), "Kangen no Utage" (Feast with Orchestral Music) and "Niou no Miya and Ukifune" (Prince Niou and Princess Ukifune), are shown in a panoramic representation of sound and light..
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  • Culture of the Imperial Court and Annual Events at the time when the novel "The Tale of Genji" was written, a 1000 years ago, as it is presented in the Genji museum of Uji city south of Kyoto..The aristocrats' costumes and the furnishings of their residences are shown in a 'shinden-zukuri' structure, a typical style of residence in the Heian Period. There are also exhibits introducing games often played by the Heian nobility, such as 'kai-awase' (a shell-matching game), 'igo' (also known as 'go') and 'sugoroku' (a board game), along with the annual events in the Heian Period for each season. This all helps to provide a clear insight into the culture of the imperial court..
    30_GENJI_9831.jpg
  • A miniature model of Hikaru Genji's residence, Rokujo-in at the Genji Museum in Uji City. As described in the novel, Genji lived here with four different ladies who were placed at separate blocks of the residence...
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  • A miniature model of Hikaru Genji's residence, Rokujo-in at the Genji Museum in Uji City. As described in the novel, Genji lived here with four different ladies who were placed at separate blocks of the residence...
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  • Olympic Games museum of Olympia. Clay pots and stone halter (jumping-weight) from 4th to 5th c. BC, related to Jump Contest
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1908.jpg
  • Olympic Games museum of Olympia. Marble statue of Zeus, 2nd c. AD (copy of an original by Myron)
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1885.jpg
  • Achaeoligy museum of Olympia. Grypas head. 2nd half of 2nd c. BC
    ANCIENT_OLYMPIA-GREECE-1766.jpg
  • Autumn in Uji city as presented in a multimedia presentation at the Genji museum, of Uji city south of Kyoto..
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  • Uji room in the Genji museum of Uji city south of Kyoto. The room focuses on the third part of "The Tale of Genji", the Ten Uji Chapters..Placing the spotlight on the main characters, three of the more famous scenes from the Ten Uji Chapters, "Kaoru no Kaimami" (Kaoru Looking through Hedges), "Kangen no Utage" (Feast with Orchestral Music) and "Niou no Miya and Ukifune" (Prince Niou and Princess Ukifune), are shown in a panoramic representation of sound and light..
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  • Statues showing Taijiquan postures at the museum of Taijiquan in Chenjiagou village
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  • Older building of the museum of Taijiquan in Chenjiagou village with pictures of taijiquan postures. At he lower part of the picture a maquette showing the plan for development of Chenjiagou village.
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  • The inner yard of his house where Chen Changxing used to teach his students Taijiquan. There is still a very heavy stone there that it is said that the students used to lift as part of their trainning. The house of Chen Changxing is now a museum.
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  • Grangmaster Chen Xiaowang loughing after being prased by a local politician who came to visit him at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Chen Xiaowang lives abroad and he only spends limited time in China. During that time he is very busy teaching but also having various meetings to help promote Taijiquan and his village Chenjiagou. He has helped to build a new museum of Taijiquan there and make his village known internationaly via his students in many countries around the world where he is teaching seminars.
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  • The house of one of the greatest masters of Chen style Tai Chi Quan, Chen Chang Xing (1771-1853), the 14th generation standard bearer of the art, has been transformed to a museum. There the statues of Chen Chang Xing and Yang Lu Chan tell an old story. "Taiji Quan (Tai Chi Chuan), or the system of taiji martial arts, has its origins in the Village, dating to Chen Wan Ting (1600-1680), a patriarch caught at the turn of the dynastic change in the 17th century. In the old days, the art was well guarded and not taught outside the Village, nor to anyone who was not of the Chen stock from the Village. In the early 1800's, a Chen Village native, Chen Dehu who owned the Taihetang Drugstore in Yongnian, returned home with his family to retire. A young man, Yang Lu Chan (1799-1872), who was working for the family, was brought along as he was well-liked. There are many versions of how this young man, an outsider, managed to break through the clan barrier to learn the art, and become a disciple of Chen Chang Xing (1771-1853), the 14th generation standard bearer of the art. Whichever the case, Yang proved to be of exceptional talents. He mastered the art and took it outside the village. Chenjiagou
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  • The house of one of the greatest masters of Chen style Tai Chi Quan, Chen Chang Xing (1771-1853), the 14th generation standard bearer of the art, has been transformed to a museum. There the statues of Chen Chang Xing and Yang Lu Chan tell an old story. "Taiji Quan (Tai Chi Chuan), or the system of taiji martial arts, has its origins in the Village, dating to Chen Wan Ting (1600-1680), a patriarch caught at the turn of the dynastic change in the 17th century. In the old days, the art was well guarded and not taught outside the Village, nor to anyone who was not of the Chen stock from the Village. In the early 1800's, a Chen Village native, Chen Dehu who owned the Taihetang Drugstore in Yongnian, returned home with his family to retire. A young man, Yang Lu Chan (1799-1872), who was working for the family, was brought along as he was well-liked. There are many versions of how this young man, an outsider, managed to break through the clan barrier to learn the art, and become a disciple of Chen Chang Xing (1771-1853), the 14th generation standard bearer of the art. Whichever the case, Yang proved to be of exceptional talents. He mastered the art and took it outside the village. Chenjiagou
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  • The symbol of Taiji (yin-yang) in one of the rooms of the museum of Taijiquan in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Older building of the museum of Taijiquan in Chenjiagou village with pictures of taijiquan postures and display of weapons used in taijiquan.
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  • The inner yard of his house where Chen Changxing used to teach his students Taijiquan. There is still a very heavy stone there that it is said that the students used to lift as part of their trainning. The house of Chen Changxing is now a museum.
    52_CHENJIAGOU_0482.jpg
  • A chinese student of Taijiquan standing by the wall were it is said that Yang Lu-chan used to secretly watch master Chen Changxing teaching taijiquan to his students at that inner yard of his house. It is said that Chen family's taijiquan was only taught to its members so Yang Lu-chan chose this way to learn but he was later accepted by master Chen Changxing as his official student. He later developed his own style of Taijiquan which is known as Yang style. The house of Chen Changxing is now a museum.
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  • Picture of Yang Lu-chan, the founder of Yang style Taijiquan in the room where he used to live at the house of master Chen Changxing from who he learned Chen style Taijiquan. The house of Chen Changxing is now a museum.
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  • Street of the traditional part of Matsue city, near the house where Lefkadios Hern used to live.
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  • Canal leading to the sea in Matsue city
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  • Matsue Castle (松江城 Matsue-jō) is a feudal castle in Matsue in Shimane prefecture, Japan. Nicknamed the "black castle" or "plover castle", it is one of the few remaining medieval castles in Japan – at least of the few remaining in their original wooden form, and not a modern reconstruction in concrete.<br />
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The construction of Matsue Castle began in 1607 and finished in 1611, under the local lord Horio Yoshiharu. In 1638, the fief and castle passed to the Matsudaira clan, a junior branch of the ruling Tokugawa clan.
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  • Matsue Castle (松江城 Matsue-jō) is a feudal castle in Matsue in Shimane prefecture, Japan. Nicknamed the "black castle" or "plover castle", it is one of the few remaining medieval castles in Japan – at least of the few remaining in their original wooden form, and not a modern reconstruction in concrete.<br />
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The construction of Matsue Castle began in 1607 and finished in 1611, under the local lord Horio Yoshiharu. In 1638, the fief and castle passed to the Matsudaira clan, a junior branch of the ruling Tokugawa clan.
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  • Old wooden bridge in Matsue city.
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  • Matsue Castle (松江城 Matsue-jō) is a feudal castle in Matsue in Shimane prefecture, Japan. Nicknamed the "black castle" or "plover castle", it is one of the few remaining medieval castles in Japan – at least of the few remaining in their original wooden form, and not a modern reconstruction in concrete.<br />
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The construction of Matsue Castle began in 1607 and finished in 1611, under the local lord Horio Yoshiharu. In 1638, the fief and castle passed to the Matsudaira clan, a junior branch of the ruling Tokugawa clan.
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  • Hiroshima City. The city today is very lively and away from the Peace Memorial Park, it is difficult to believe that 60 years ago it was completely distroyed.
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  • Ancient site of Olympia. The Palaistra (3rd century BC) was the training ground for athletes who competed in the wrestling and jumping events. It also served as the athletes' living quarters during training.
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  • Grandmasters Chen Xiaowang and Chen Xiaoxing (center left and right) during a visit to their family's ancestral graves where together with other members of their family they pay their respects to their ancestors with a ceremony.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching foreignTaijquan teachers and students during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taiji around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang teaching Chinese Taijiquan teachers during a seminar at the Chenjiagou Taijiquan School. Grandmaster Chen Xiaowang is a world famous Chinese Taijiquan teacher, who was born and rased in Chenjiagou. Since 1990 he left China and started promoting Taijiquan around the world. He is recognized as one of four "Buddha's Warrior Attendants," the four outstanding exponents of the 19th generation in Chenjiagou village.
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  • Park next to a river in Chenjiagou where it is said that master Chen Wangting created Tajiquan.
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  • Wang Ling Fan (12) on her dormitory bed. She is a cousin of master Chen Ziqiang. She has been living and stusying at the Chenjiagou School of Taijiquan for 3 years and she will sty untill she becomes 20 years old.
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  • Family in Uji city south of Kyoto. The last 10 chapters of The Genji are set in and around what was then the wild and remote area of Uji..
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  • Decorative shell depicting a Heian Era (794 to 1185) court lady, exhibited at Ishiyamadera Temple as part of the festivities celebrating the 1000 years since lady Murasaki wrote the novel "The Tale of Genji" . ..
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  • Much of the surrounding views of Ishiyamadera Temple remain unchanged since the days Lady Muraaki started writing the novel more than 1,000 years ago...
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  • A robot impersonating Lady Murasaki Shikibu is narrating the stories of "The Tale of Genji" to visitors at Ishiyamadera Temple. The temple, located in Otsu City north of Kyoto, is the place where it is said that Lady Murasaki started writing the novel more than 1000 years ago. .
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  • Ancient site of Olympia. The very ancient Doric temple of Hera (Heraion) is located at the foot of the Kronios hill, in the holiest spot of the Altis. Late 7th c. BCE. The altar of Hera is at teh front and it is the location where the lighting of the Olympic flame ceremony happens in the contemporay Olympics.
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  • Ancient site of Olympia. The very ancient Doric temple of Hera (Heraion) is located at the foot of the Kronios hill, in the holiest spot of the Altis. Late 7th c. BCE. The altar of Hera is at teh front and it is the location where the lighting of the Olympic flame ceremony happens in the contemporay Olympics.
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  • Ancient site of Olympia. The location where it is said that the  altar of Zeus used to be. Regular sacrifices where performed there.
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  • Ancient site of Olympia. Ruins of the doric temple of Zeus that was the largest one in the Peloponnese, measuring 27.68 m x 64.12 m. It was buid from 470 till 456 BC.
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  • Ancient site of Olympia. Ruins of the doric temple of Zeus that was the largest one in the Peloponnese, measuring 27.68 m x 64.12 m. It was buid from 470 till 456 BC.
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  • Ancient site of Olympia. Ruins of the doric temple of Zeus that was the largest one in the Peloponnese, measuring 27.68 m x 64.12 m. It was buid from 470 till 456 BC.
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  • Ancient site of Olympia. Inscription about an athlet and probably a base for a statue.
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  • Ancient site of Olympia. The Krypte, was the official entrance to the stadion. It was used by both the judges and the athletes. The arched passageway was built in the Hellenistic era 83rd cent. BC), and Pausanias called it the "secret entrance".
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  • Ancient site of Olympia. The ruins of the Leonidaion.<br />
It was a large guest house for visiting officials, and it was the donation of a wealthy Naxian, Leonidas in the 4th c. BCE. In the roman times a pool was build in the inner yard. It is said that Leonidaion was the first hotel in the world.
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  • Ancient site of Olympia. The location where the olympic flame is passed by a priestess to the torch relay's firsr runner during the contemporay Olympics.
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