Tasty Morsels at the Market
Nothing like freshly barbecued (is that an oxymoron?) seafood ready for the taking.
Lu Xun Museum, Beijing
Lu Xun was a man of letters who changed Chinese thinking and thought from Confucian (the elders are always right and are to be respected) to contemporary.
There are several museums all over China dedicated to him, but the best ones are in Shanghai and Beijing. This particular picture above is taken from the newly renovated museum in Beijing which is next to his old house where he had stayed for a little over 2 years.
More than 10,000 manuscripts, letters, journals, photographs and other personal objects are in the museum. There is also a copy of the entry he made in his diary on the day of his death.
A section of the hall showcases Lu Xun’s library of 16,000 books (under renovation as of June 2008). Lu Xun was as much an artist as he was a writer, illustrating and designing many of his own book covers.
19 Gongwenkou Ertiao
Beijing, 11 100034 China+86 10 6616 4168
Open Hours: 9am-4pm daily
Closed on Mondays
Where are you looking?
“We are all of us living in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”– Oscar Wilde
An incredible moment at Yosemite, just after a hailstorm. We emerged out of our tents into the clearest of nights- no moon, only filled with the shiniest of stars. Diamonds in the sky indeed.