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Have you ever seen an authentic Japanese garden? Well, I had the chance of seeing the one in Monaco and was really impressed too. Wanna taste a little Japanese culture? Stepping on this ground is escaping from the real world into a fantasy land. You suddenly find yourself in a typical Japanese natural setting like the ones you see in marvelous paintings. The only thing that's missing is the fog. Instead, the Mediterranean sun reveals all minute details in a warm light.
With Japanese gardens, what you see is not all; the surface of things is the mere reflection of the psyche of an ancient culture. One really needs to be literally "cultured" in this direction to best appreciate the value of this art. (which I myself was not at the time of my visit! And it was a pity as I did not know what to look for and what to analyze better!) One can speak of a philosophy of gardening coming from the ancient Japan. Japanese gardening is an art fetched beyond the arrangements of vegetation, water and stone but is full of symbols:
* Koko - the veneration of timeless age;
* Shizen - the avoidance of the artificial;
* Yugen, or darkness - imply the mysterious or subtle;
* Miegakure - the avoidance of full expression
The perception of nature is different in the Japanese culture from that of the European one. Instead of viewing nature only as something to be subjugated and transformed according to man-made ideal of beauty, Japanese developed a close connection to nature, considering it sacred, an ally in putting food on the table and an ideal of beauty in itself. That is why the Japanese gardens are the synthesis of nature in miniature instead of correction of nature as with European gardens.
Actually, the design of Japanese gardens come from the Chinese model. The history goes back in time, around year 100BC when the emperor of China, Wu Di of the Han Dynasty established a garden that contained three small islands, mimicking the Isles of the Immortals, who were the main Taoist deities. An envoy of Japan saw it and took the idea to Japan, improving the existing Japanese practices.
The Japanese Garden of Monaco was designed at the request of Prince Rainier who thus fulfilled a desire Princess Grace had expressed during her life-time. The garden was designed by the landscape-architect Yasuo Beppu, has 7,000 square meters, its construction took 3 years and it was inaugurated in 1994.
Specific elements
* The wall (Heï) with an intermediary bamboo fencing (Takégaki) that stands for fragility and simplicity.
* The main gate (Shô-mon)
* The stone lanterns (Tôrô) - each having special different characteristics;
* The lake (Iké) with large swishing gold fish.
* The stone fountain (Fusen-Ishi)
* The covered terrace (Kyukeïjo)
* The islands (Shima) - represent two long-living animals - the tortoise and the crane, symbols of complementarity expressed
* The Tea house (Chatshitsu)- named the Garden of Grace (Ga-én)
* The dry landscape (Karésansui) - quintessence of Cosmos
* The Belvedere (Azumaya) - a house on a hill allowing view in all four corners
* The waterfall (Taki) - symbolizes the strength of Man and Nature, contrasting to the horizontality of the lake.
* The arched red bridge (Taïkobashi) - is red, the color of happiness and is narrow so as to make access to the divine island more difficult.
There are olive trees, cherry trees, conifers, azaleas, rhododendrons and camellias, a varied, rich vegetation of Mediterranean, South American, Australia, African and Asian origin, pruned according to the Japanese tradition.
Walking in the crowded Monaco, with all its stone, steel and glass, you can find in the Japanese Garden a peaceful, green oasis where even the great number of tourists pass unnoticed, wandering on the winding paths, through the thicket of the garden.
Laura Ciocan writes for http://www.ilovemontecarlo.com/ where you can find all you want to know about living in Monaco Please feel free to use this article in your Newsletter or on your website. If you use this article, please include the resource box and send a brief message to let me know where it appeared: mailto:lauracio@gmail.com
Research Report on Chinese Tire Industry, 2010-2011
The Asian market represented by China has gradually become the global tire manufacture center. Since 2004, both Chinese tire production and export volume have ranked the world Top. China has become the world leading tire production country. Owing to the financial crisis, the global tire industry suffered great losses. Especially, auto markets in Europe and USA have greatly shrunk. This severely cut down Chinese tire export volume and thus impacted Chinese tire industry. In 2009, USA declared to carry out three-year punitive tariffs on Chinese exported tires (tire special safeguard case), forcing Chinese tire enterprises to expand domestic and other emerging markets. According to investigations on Chinese tire enterprises by China Research and Intelligence, Chinese tire industry did not receive too much adverse effect from the tire special safeguard case. Many domestic tire enterprises began to focus on the domestic market and third-country export to partially counteract the unfavorable effects from the tire special safeguard case. Moreover, in 2009, encouraged by domestic demand stimulation policies (the purchase tax of passenger cars with the emission no more than 1.60 liters was halved by Chinese government in Jan. 20th-Dec. 31st of 2009), Chinese auto market saw prominent growth. In 2009, both Chinese auto production and sales volume exceeded 13 million, becoming the world largest auto production country and new vehicle market for the first time. Chinese domestic tire market is under rapid recovery, leaving vigorous demand.
Though China has become the global largest new vehicle market in 2009, the retain volume per capita is still quite low. In 2009, the vehicle retain volume per thousand people in China was less than 50, much lower than the 600-800 in developed countries and less than the half average retain volume in the world. It is forecast that Chinese auto market will maintain the annual growth rate of over 20% in the coming years. With the increase in Chinese vehicle retain volume, the annual growth rate of Chinese tire market will also exceed 20%. In Chinese auto tire market, the demand for replacement tires is about twice that for OEM tires, accounting for over 2/3 shares in Chinese tire market. China is expected to develop into the world largest tire market in the near future.
Since the 1990s, attracted by the low production cost, transnational tire enterprises begin to enter Chinese tire market. China has become the tire production base for many transnational tire enterprises. Large amount of global tire investments advances into China considering the gigantic demand and low cost. Instead of joint venture, foreign-funded tire enterprises prefer sole proprietorship and new projects in China at present. Foreign-funded enterprises have occupied over 50% shares in Chinese tire market. Particularly, they dominate the domestic high-end tire market, so the profit rate is usually folded (even more) that of domestic tire enterprises.
In China, transnational tire enterprises possess great advantages while most local tire enterprises are of small scale and weak strength. According to incomplete statistics of China Research and Intelligence, by the end of 2009, there were over 400 tire manufacturers in China. The M&A in Chinese tire industry is expected to be accelerated in the following 3-5 years, phasing out many small and medium enterprises. These eliminated enterprises will be acquired by competitive enterprises or go bankruptcy. There are many misunderstandings as well as development opportunities in Chinese tire industry, requiring tire enterprises to distinguish between them.
This report is accomplished by China Research and Intelligence by about four months. During the composition of "Research Report on Chinese Tire Industry, 2008-2009", the global financial crisis had not placed too much influence on Chinese tire industry. However, during the composition of "Research Report on Chinese Tire Industry, 2009-2010", Chinese tire industry fell into downturn. Fortunately, in 2010, promoted by the domestic demand, Chinese tire industry begins to restore. In 2009, Chinese tire export value was reduced by 4.7% YOY; in 2010Q1, Chinese tire export saw a certain growth. However, meanwhile, trade barriers on Chinese tire enterprises have also been raised. Some countries increase the tariffs while some others enhance the environmental-protection standards. With the complete tire upstream and downstream industry chain and cheap energy and labor cost, Chinese tire industry possesses more prominent advantages compared with other developing countries in recent years. It is forecast that Chinese tire export will also enjoy growth in the coming years.
Through this report, readers can acquire more information:
- Development course of Chinese tire industry
- Development environment of Chinese tire industry
- Supply and demand in Chinese tire industry
- Demand in Chinese tire market by segment
- Competition in Chinese tire industry
- Status quo of Chinese tire-related industries
- Major transnational enterprises in Chinese tire market
- Major local enterprises in Chinese tire industry
- Influence of global financial crisis on Chinese tire industry
- Influence of tire special safeguard case on Chinese tire industry
- M&A in Chinese tire industry
- Investment opportunities in Chinese tire industry
Following persons are recommended to buy this report:
- Tire manufacturers
- Auto manufacturers
- Upstream rubber, carbon black and steel cord, etc manufacturers
- Tire importers and exporters
- Investors concerning tire enterprises
- Research institutes concerning tire enterprises
- Others concerning tire enterprises
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What features of your body/face would you change?
Lots of Asians are adding folds to their eyes, Jews are doing their noses and I won't even get into the skin bleaching (Indians, Blacks, Chinese)
I saw this thing on tv with before and after pictures. They also showed the butt implant and lip implants, though. If you had flat bottom, would you "fix" it? I started this topic because of something that I saw on the news- Chinese women having their eyes changed, black women having their lips thinned, white women having butt implants, etc. etc. Very interesting.
Chinese surgery example
http://img.timeinc.net/time/asia/covers/1101020805/images/before_after_03.gif
People always want what they don't have.
For me, I'm going to get my jaw and eyes fixed in a couple of years.
Pork and green garlic chives in a tasty cup
Other than salt and pepper, garlic and onions are the two ingredients that bridge almost all cuisines. Both members of the allium family, they contain volatile sulfurous compounds that contribute aromas as well as flavors to food.
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