Journey to the East

A blog dedicated to Asia and its culture. Asian history, philosophy, religion, cuisine, culture, cities, nature, art and literature will be the primary focuses of this blog.

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Craftsmanship of making sandy objects blends art and history

Inheritor of Yingjing sandy objects Zeng Qinghong put sandy objects into a kiln in Liuhe township of Yingjing county, Southwest China’s Sichuan province, May 4, 2014. The craftsmanship of making sandy objects in Yingjing county has a history of more than 2,000 years and it has been listed as China’s national intangible cultural heritage.

More chinese traditional handicrafts at CultureInCart.com

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Qingdao, China

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Tanah Lot, Indonesia

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Sinabung eruption by night, Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

(by Tibt Nangin)

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Mindanao, Philippines

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Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

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Victorian book covers

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Image by:Jenkeh Photography

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The city of Lahore during Basant festival (The festival of Kites)

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Japanese Exhibition Flyer: Kiyoshi Hara Ceramics. Ryotaro Sasame / Sprout. 2013

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Various Textiles from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Textile Gallery

The Cleveland Museum of Art recently added an expansion that included viewing space for its amazing collection of historical textiles. In addition, they have digitized hundreds of images from the gallery you can view on their website.

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The 5 Coolest Beijing Metro Stations 

Beijing is expanding  at lightening pace on a daily basis, and so does the subway network.  Until relatively recently, it was a transport system with very few lines, simple and comfortable. But now the stations are becoming ever more ornate and complex, and not only cleaner and more convenient but more arresting visually too. Sometimes you can even catch yourself actually enjoying their beauty, yes beauty, on the commute to work.  So here is our top list of Beijing’s coolest metro stations.

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I remember noticing that beijing’s metro stations are all totally different! For most, they’re just radically different color themes, but occasionally you wind up at a really beautiful one…

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omg i am so jelly. Then u see canada with EXTREMELY hideous stations compared to this

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Not to mention the few stations in the few cities in the US that bothered to build subways or other mass transit. 

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Kimono [furisode] 2: Yukiko Hanai  designed Spring/Summer 2012 Collection.  Tokyo, Japan.  

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Ancient China, Han Dynasty. 

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The painting of the palace complex in Mandalay. On the left is the Royal Palace. The building in the middle is one of two parliament buildings (Hluttaw). Far right is the royal drum tower, the royal mint, and the tomb of Mindon and other royals.

Artwork by the artist, Saya Chone

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