The first weekend I was in Beijing I went with some new friends to a small village in the mountains. Here's a link to the slideshow. http://picasaweb.google.com/104196247008740226494/Cuandixia?authkey=Gv1sRgCIvCwfCP5ZGgoQE&feat=directlink
The second day we hiked up Double Dragon Gorge. Although we didn't see any dragons, we did see these beautiful iridescent blue dragonflies with black wings. Dragonfly is "qingting" in Mandarin. That word appears in various sayings:
Qingting dian shui: The dragonfly touches the water lightly (a metaphor for superficial contact).
[Sorry I can't seem to paste the pinyin with tones marks or the Chinese characters in this blog; still learning]
The second day we hiked up Double Dragon Gorge. Although we didn't see any dragons, we did see these beautiful iridescent blue dragonflies with black wings. Dragonfly is "qingting" in Mandarin. That word appears in various sayings:
Qingting dian shui: The dragonfly touches the water lightly (a metaphor for superficial contact).
[Sorry I can't seem to paste the pinyin with tones marks or the Chinese characters in this blog; still learning]
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