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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Tianning Temple in Changzhou.
Since I have mentioned Buddha twice as well as temples, I thought it best to show the main temple in Changzhou (常州), the Tianning Temple (天宁寺). The first solo trip into the city using the local bus system lead us … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhist temple, Changzhou, China, ESL blog, foreign teacher, Grand Pagoda, Jiangsu, teaching esl, Tianning Temple, 天宁寺, 寺, 常州
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Green Spaces in Changzhou
Being from Canada, a land that is basically empty of people in many places and where nature runs free, it was important for us to find “green” spaces in the city. As we stretched our journeys beyond the first boundaries … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Chinese, chinese language, communicate, communication, ESL, ESL blog, foreign teacher, FT, green spaces, Jiangsu, Mandarin, Sunshine Garden, teaching esl, xinbei, YángGuāng HuāYuán, yuán, 园, 阳光花园
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Bath House or Restaurant?
A week into our first experience of China we began to get a better idea of our new home away from home. As we wandered, always carrying a a camera of course, we continued to discover more and more of … Continue reading
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Tagged bath house, Buddha, Changzhou, China, Chinese, chinese language, communicate, communication, ESL, ESL blog, face, fàndiàn, foreign teacher, FT, Jiangsu, Mandarin, restaurant, shrine, teaching esl, xinbei, 饭店
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Recycling: Doing it Right in Changzhou
In a field just east of China Dinosaur Park in the Xinbei district of Changzhou, a mixture of modern and not so modern technology are at work together as a site is being cleared for a new development. One of … Continue reading
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Tagged Changzhou, China, Chinese, demolition, ESL, fear, foreign teacher, Jiangsu, law suit, liability, recycling, salvage, teaching esl, xinbei
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Appearances are Important
Changzhou is not famous in the same sense that Suzhou, Hangzhou or Nanjing are in the province of Jiangsu, yet it is a city that is trying hard to become more beautiful, more friendly and more modern. While we were … Continue reading
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Clothes Washing and Traditions
For all of its modern appearances, there are numerous opportunities to still find old traditions still in use in China. For example, this woman is on her way to her clothes washing spot on the side of this small lake … Continue reading
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Tagged C.I.T., Changzhou, China, chinese language, communicate, communication, ESL, foreign teacher, FT, Mandarin, on-line language lessons, teaching esl, xinbei
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