A continuation of my trip to the Chinese Lantern Festival at the Missori Botanical Garden in St. Louis, MO. if interested, you can go to www.missouribotanicalgarden.org and read more about this beautiful exhibit...only here for a few more weeks.
As we roamed the gardens we came across...The Chinese Pillars
And a Cherry Blossom Tree
And Colorful Flowers
There were 8 of these lining the path
This is the Heavenly Temple. the Heavenly Temple in Beijing was constructed in 1420. it is a grand shrine to the gods where emperors would pray for a fruitful harvest.
Closer pic of the heavenly temple
The Wishing Well. throw in your pennies....and other coins....to have your wish granted.
The Flying Apsaras...these are female spirits...beautiful, youthful women proficient in the arts...dancing and playing celestial music.
The Double 7th Festival
Very cool cranes in this display.
The First Emperor's Quest for Immortality
Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of a unified China from 246 to 210 B.C. he influenced cultural and intellectual growth and built the Great Wall of China.
In middle age he was concerned about death and spent considerable time looking for an elixir that would allow him to live forever.
Hope you are still enjoying the Lantern Festival tour....we have one more day to go. i'll try to get it out here in the next day or so.
This exhibit was one of the coolest things i have seen in a long time and i really enjoyed it. if you can, i recommend seeing it in person. it will only be here a couple more weeks...so go sooner rather than ...
Later
As we roamed the gardens we came across...The Chinese Pillars
And a Cherry Blossom Tree
And Colorful Flowers
There were 8 of these lining the path
This is the Heavenly Temple. the Heavenly Temple in Beijing was constructed in 1420. it is a grand shrine to the gods where emperors would pray for a fruitful harvest.
Closer pic of the heavenly temple
The Wishing Well. throw in your pennies....and other coins....to have your wish granted.
The Flying Apsaras...these are female spirits...beautiful, youthful women proficient in the arts...dancing and playing celestial music.
The Double 7th Festival
Chinese Double 7th Festival is held on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month ... falling in mid-summer. at night when the Milky Way is visible, you can see a bright star at the far north and south ends. They represent Cowherd and Weaver Maid who fell in love and were torn apart ... only allowed to meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh month.
Very cool cranes in this display.
The First Emperor's Quest for Immortality
Qin Shi Huang was the first emperor of a unified China from 246 to 210 B.C. he influenced cultural and intellectual growth and built the Great Wall of China.
In middle age he was concerned about death and spent considerable time looking for an elixir that would allow him to live forever.
Hope you are still enjoying the Lantern Festival tour....we have one more day to go. i'll try to get it out here in the next day or so.
This exhibit was one of the coolest things i have seen in a long time and i really enjoyed it. if you can, i recommend seeing it in person. it will only be here a couple more weeks...so go sooner rather than ...
Later
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