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Yasakuni Temple in Tokyo

risvank — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 10:31:47 +0000

TEMPLE was originally built in June 1869 on the orders of Emperor Meiji to commemorate the victims of Boshin War. First, Yasakuni Shokonsha named Tokyo, and renamed Yasukuni Jinja in 1879. Yasukuni is a Shinto shrine that is sacred in the city of Tokyo. Our temple houses (spirit) to leave all the history for the life of Japanese soldiers and its colonies (Korea and Taiwan) in the Meiji period, World War II.

Yasukuni Shrine Complex occupies an area of ??6.25 hectares. Three major shrine torii gates are equipped with steel, bronze and cypress wood. To the inside there is a war museum (Yushukan). Inside the museum itself are some interesting artifacts including armor, samurai, military uniforms, tanks, guns, artillery, pieces of kamikaze planes and a series of photographs of war. But the main temple building is haiden Yasukun, prayer hall where the pilgrims pay homage to us and make offerings. This place was built in 1901 and given a new roof in 1989.

Uniquely, sometimes in the pages of this holy temple is also filled with cherry blossoms in spring.

Visiting Anhui Village

risvank — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:10:56 +0000

IF you are a fan of Ang Lee, certainly know the films such as Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon (2000) which directed the Village Hongcun. This is one of two villages in Anhui Province, China which is protected by UNESCO besides Xidi Village.

Being in a narrow lane and has historic architecture, making Hongcun and Xidi into two beautiful tourist village, where the life of nobles, men play sword skills and the girls dressed in brocade can you see there. The village is located in Huizhou, about 480 km southwest of Shanghai. Hongcun and Xidi known as trade and financial areas throughout China since the Ming and Qing Dynasty.

The traders spent much of his life on the road, although in the end they built a spacious residence and places of meetings to the public in the Village Hongcun and Xidi. In Xidi, you can find a variety of current art students sketching and painting with watercolors. Li Guoyu, owner of a small guesthouse unique in Xidi Shanghai, reported that almost half of art students go to this place.

The Hoge Veluwe National Park Art

risvank — Sun, 22 May 2011 08:50:21 +0000

NOT like other parks, the National Park De Hoge Veluwe there are many of the most unique works of art. One of them is a sculpture garden Kroller-Muller Museum. Kroller-Muller Museum is home to a collection of Vincent van Gogh and the works of the 19th century until the 20th. This museum has been open since 1938 and became one of the largest in the world and also have the famous sculpture garden in Europe.

Initially in 1909, Anton and Helene Kroller-Muller bought this land bit by bit to become an area farm deer, wild boar and sheep Croatia (mouflons). Then over time they intend to change it mseum nature of art and architecture. But unfortunately, their efforts hampered a bit because of finance that is still lacking. It was only in 1935 conducted negotiations to create a national park. Although in the end still managed by the private sector.

In the park is also a lot of diversity that is still natural. Starting from the ‘black pine, grassland, peat bog and a few homes with landscapes from endangered animal species, such as frogs and grass snakes.

Not only that, De Hoge Veluwe National Park also has Museonder which is the first underground museum in the world. In this museum there are many lessons learned, such as the familiar roots pohonm and fossil bone.

The park is open daily and year-round, but there is some attraction which closed on Mondays. To Jachthuis Sint Hubertus can be visited only during the tour. The museum is also closed on Mondays.

To get to De Hoge Veluwe National Park, you can use the train and get off at the nearest station Arnhem and Apeldoorn. From the entrance of the park, bike rentals are provided as well.

Visiting Stone Craft Village in Magelang Central Java

risvank — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:00:46 +0000

Kasongan better known as a pottery center in Yogyakarta. But if you turn Tamanagung Village, Magelang, which is famous for stone carving craft centers. Four sub-majority worked as a stone carver is Hamlet Ngawisan, Ngadiretno, Tejowarno, and Prumpung. Latter hamlet name is a forerunner of the central Craft Village Stone sculpting Tamanagung.

The main material used by the stone carver is generally taken from the frozen liquid hot lava and the rocks near the slopes of Mount Merapi. This stone is also known as andesite stone. Tamanagung Village is one of the tourist village in Muntilan district, Magelang regency which attracted many local and foreign tourists.

In this village there are also hundreds of stone carving workshops that produce various types, shapes, and sizes. However, the most common are carving statues and several other ancient Archa. Not only served the craft of stone carving that is so, but visitors can also order directly suit the tastes of the buyer. In fact, not infrequently buyer already has a sample or product design.

The craftsmen also often receives an order to create artificial various historic buildings in some countries such as Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Dagong Pagoda Shwe in Myanmar, or the Potala Palace in Tibet.

In addition to classical statues and historic buildings, the craftsman also serve orders sculpture for interior and exterior hotels, offices, monasteries, and the pagoda.

Sentra Craft Village Stone sculpting Tamanagung is only about 29 kilometers from Yogyakarta, or about 12 kilometers from Borobudur and approximately 125 kilometers from the city of Semarang.

The History of Lynchburg

risvank — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:44:57 +0000

IF want to know the story of history during a visit to Lynchburg, Virginia, United States, you must visit the Museum of Old Cemetery Lynchburg and Lynchburg. Lynchburg Museum (lynchburgmuseum.org) that there are currently occupies a former courthouse building. Historic buildings that have an open dome tower was built where the dependent bell in 1855.

Various collections of the Museum focuses on the history of Lynchburg Lynchburg and the surrounding area. The theme of the gallery, including history, art and artisans, military history, culture, and history of the courthouse itself. Skip to the old historic cemetery in Lynchburg, you‘ll find more than 90 percent of the tomb containing the slaves and African American population. It became the main burial site for African Americans in 1806-1865. Part Confederate Cemetery also has a tomb more than 2,200 soldiers from 14 states.

At the burial site area of 110,000 square meters, you will find four small museum in the form of the old houses, among Pest House Medical Museum (the first hospital Lynchburg), Hearse House and Caretakers’s Museum, Station House Museum, and the Mourning Museum (museum of customs funeral).

This old cemetery also includes a non-denominational chapel that was built to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the founding of Lynchburg old cemetery in 1806.