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Old and New


Old and New
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Copyright: Andrew Ooi (andrewooi) Silver Note Writer [C: 4 W: 0 N: 30] (181)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-02-17
Categories: Architecture
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/200 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-05-10 3:22
Viewed: 377
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Old and new Beijing, as seen from the Summer Palace Garden. Lake was frozen.

The Summer Palace in Beijing – first built in 1750, largely destroyed in the war of 1860 and restored on its original foundations in 1886 – is a masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design. The natural landscape of hills and open water is combined with artificial features such as pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges to form a harmonious ensemble of outstanding aesthetic value.

Justification for Inscription as UNESCO World Heritage Site
Criterion i: The Summer Palace in Beijing is an outstanding expression of the creative art of Chinese landscape garden design, incorporating the works of humankind and nature in a harmonious whole. Criterion ii: The Summer Palace epitomizes the philosophy and practice of Chinese garden design, which played a key role in the development of this cultural form throughout the East. Criterion iii: The imperial Chinese garden, illustrated by the Summer Palace, is a potent symbol of one of the major world civilizations.

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Hi Andrew,

I like this. It's a bit of overly dynamics going on there. But well, you can change the compo but not the urban planning :-). I think this one looks good in detail and colour tone, but it will probably look even better in a bigger size. Sometimes, details just get lost in such a small upload size. But a pleasant compo. Bustling.

Greetings, Dennis

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