My middle name Photo

Photographer’s Note

My middle name in Chinese character is 春, which also happens to mean Spring; the Chinese New Year starts on the 1st day of Spring. So while the 15-day celebration of CNY is still ongoing till 9Feb, here is a decoration [neon light for night effects] in front of once-known-as Holiday Inn Hotel in town. This word is always in RED for CNY.

In our Chinese tradition as rooted in family line, my generation-level of is using this word as the middle name for mostly the men, while the women do not need to follow the family-tree mainly because the women will marry and adopt the husbands' family tree for names of children.

Pronunciation ceon1 jyutping
chun1 chun3 pinyin

[1] spring; first of the four seasons [2] sensuality; lustful; lewd; pornographic [3] alive; vitality; living [4] joyful [5 youth [6] wine (especially in the Tang dynasty)

Some application of the word
春天 ceon1 tin1 chun1 tian1 = spring
春捲 ceon1 gyun2 chun1 juan3 = spring roll
春卷 ceon1 gyun2 chun1 juan3 = spring roll
石春 sek6 ceon1 = pebble 粵
春裝 ceon1 zong1 chun1 zhuang1 = clothing or apparel for the spring 粵
春心 ceon1 sam1 = sexual desire; (placename) Chun Sum
陽春麵 joeng4 ceon1 min6 yang2 chun1 mian4 = Yangchun noodles
春節 ceon1 zit3 chun1 jie2 = Spring Festival; Chinese New Year
春耕 ceon1 gang1 chun1 geng1 = to plough (U.S.: plow) a field in the spring
春季 ceon1 gwai3 chun1 ji4 = spring season; springtime

It has been raining heavily non-stop for weeks, causing floods and yesterday was the 1st time to have sunny weather, so we went out for shooting in the late afternoon. Many photographers were seen in town!
iso200, FL200mm

jhm, fanni, ribeiroantonio, ChrisJ, jusninasirun, TopGeo, azaf1, skippy007, Atousa, CMJC, Gerrit, gunbud, stego has marked this note useful

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rodgerg (24909) 2009-02-07 8:06

Hello Bill,

A very good close-up, the red colors arise very well in the image. Good balance in the compistion too.
Thanks fot the lesson of Chinese character... not esay...
Best regards,
Roger

mauro61 (16252) 2009-02-07 8:07

ciao Bill,
simpatica e colorata immagine e dopo averne viste tante europee era giusto che ce ne mostrassi una del tuo paese...
saluti
maurizio

jhm (83276) 2009-02-07 8:07

Hello Bill,

I know not a lot about the Chinese New Year, I know that here in Antwerp a lot Chinese celebrate it New Year with a lot red colours and very a lot sound.
Lovely presentation and excellent composition.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

fanni (8847) 2009-02-07 13:57

Hello Bill,
I like this combination of bright green, yellow and red! It is a cheerful combination, and it's nice to see it, especially at the rather gloomy time of the global crisis and during a grey winter day :)
I have always wanted to see the Chinese New Year "in action" - decorations, celebrations... but each time it was impossible for me because I had to be at home and working, at this time when CNY comes! :-/ I was close to it only once, in 2002.. but only close! LOL
Maybe some time in the future...
Kind regards,
Elena

siamesa (13211) 2009-02-07 14:15

Hi Bill,
People use to say that Portuguese language is one the more difficult among all the languages. I have doubt when I see these chinese characters.
Beautiful middle name of yours.. spring. It's suggestive and beautiful.
Regards
Maria

ribeiroantonio (21967) 2009-02-07 15:01

It is a nice clear picture which combined with your good note made an interesting posting. Well done.
Antonio

ChrisJ (70443) 2009-02-07 15:54

Hi Bill

The yellow, red, & green colours, go well together, against the simple, unobtrusive white bg. Good sharpness & composition. Tfs!

TopGeo (22181) 2009-02-07 23:10

Hi Bill! Good new Spring and New Year. I believe that the Chinese characters have a difficulty but want memorization and this give the difficulty. The sound result they is impressive in us that we do not have experience of this type of hearings. Good picture
Regards
Georgios

jusninasirun (10213) 2009-02-07 23:12

Hi Bill,

I like the way your middle name is being highlighted in your city. Very good framing is sharp details. The color is natural and I can see you are using more of this zoom with your D700. Good choice of tall frame and well done, Bill.

TFS and have a great weekend,
Jusni

UlfE (9158) 2009-02-08 1:38

Hi Bill,
I do not know if Chinese send New Year Greetings by post cards. If so, this would be a perfect one. Colourful, really well composed and sharp. TFS and have nice Sunday!

Cheers,

Ulf

skippy007 (7301) 2009-02-08 2:46

Hello Bill, The red Chinese character really stands out against the white BG, I'm glad to hear the sun is shinning again which means you will be out & about taking photos for us to see, learn & appreciate your part of the world. Thanks for your informative note & the Chinese lesson, it may be handy when I visit you. Also thanks for the information you sent me & your offer.
My sincere Regards
Santo

syrus_persia (2222) 2009-02-08 3:03

Salam Bill
A beautiful shot
i like the contrast and the colours are so vivid
have a nice day & tfs
cyrus

Atousa (3466) 2009-02-08 5:02

Salam Bill,

An interesting shot + a very informative note.. good choice of vertical framing n beautiful natural colours.. nice middle name too .. in Persian spring = Bahaar which is sometimes used as a name for girls specially when they are born in spring..tfs
Best regards, A

CMJC (3168) 2009-02-08 5:53

merci pour cette longue note linguistique; j'avoue que ce n'est pas si facile que ça dans notre logique alphabetique tous les idéogrammes...
c'est beau de s'apeller printemps, c'est la saison porteusse d'espoir... mais fêter le printemps début février alors que chez nous c'est neige neige et pluie cela semble bien tôt; chez nous le printemps arrive officiellement fin mars et comme perso j'habite en montagne j'estime qu'il n'est vraiment là qu'en mai ou juin même parfois!
en attendant je te souhaites d'agréables festivités de NCY (je sais pas l'écrire en rouge mais c'est ainsi que je le pense!)

Gerrit (36229) 2009-02-08 8:29

Hi Bill,
well framed subject in appealing colors.
Good note/
Regards, Gerrit

gunbud (28143) 2009-02-08 17:44

Hi Bill,
Your middle name is seen in glorious mid day light that brings out the vivid colors and sharpness here.
The palm trees make a very nice natural frame for this fine vertical presentation.
I'm learning alot about Chinese culture and hope you are having a lovely new year.
Regards, Tom

stego (22448) 2009-02-13 16:24

Hi Bill,

I wish you a Merry New Year of the Ox.

You produced an interesting compo, combining nicely the decorations with those funny palm trees that seem to have been created to serve as decoration rather than being natural (I know they are natural, I have seen them plenty of times). It's a pleasant image, despite the façade looking a bit boring and the decoration being very simple.

Thank you for the interesting lesson on Chinese alphabet, Mr Spring. :-) Did you forgot to explain the meaning of the character in the decoration, or is it a variation of your middle name? If it is, Chinese is even more complicated than what it looks!

Regards, José.

danyy (69393) 2009-03-18 23:55

Bonjour Bill,
simplicité des lignes, sobriété des couleurs.
Une composition toute simple dans laquelle la cadreg joue un rôle essentiel.
Regards.
Daniel.