Monday, April 19, 2010

At the Confucius Shrine in Nagasaki (3)



7 comments:

  1. Holy cow, Rick, these things are incredible.

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  2. What beautiful bright colors! These are inspiring... the rainy day must be done. thanks, sp

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  3. Glenn,
    Glad you liked 'em. Funny thing is, they've been sitting in my "vault" for a few years because a) I forgot I had them, and b) they were taken before I knew anything about editing photos (=they needed editing which I couldn't do at the time).

    Sussah,
    Thank you Sussah. I'm afraid, though, that it's still raining.

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  4. These are amazing photos, indeed! I have a question though - is not dragon a traditional chinese rather than japanese symbol?

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  5. Hi Psephis,
    You're quite right about dragons, but the Confucius Shrine was built by Chinese and was originally designed as a place of worship and learning for Nagasaki's Chinese community.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius_Shrine,_Nagasaki

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  6. Thanks Rick, I should have known - Confucius was Chinese, it makes perfect sense.

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  7. Psephis,
    No worries. Now go stand in the corner until class is finished!

    ;-)

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