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Easter in the Chinese wisdom of the East Park

Yesterday, in accordance with our long-standing Chinese tradition, we have taken in advance bought bags of chocolate eggs, as well as two of our servants were (next to u 19 years old and arrived in his super nower kolarzowka from the university campus) - to the park. The weather was nice, nice and warm, a little dusznawo, because, as usual, after fully preparing to change the weather (we had thunderstorms at night, and now it is raining and sauna for the window). Usually we go to Hongqiao Central Park 虹桥 中心 绿地, but suggested greater comfort Tianshan Park 天山 公园 (probably had a hidden agenda, I suspect that she wanted to throw a look to the club music of Yin Yu Tang 育 音 堂, which is located in a park), so we got on well and 10 minutes we were already in the park. Chinese parks are a separate topic to discuss, in total, they can be liked, if only one is not adjusted to any great contact with nature.

Photo: Tianshan Park, where we we went for Easter molar:

Large M had reservations about the park, but this is the last exit in the Tiantai Mountains 天台山, where he was - speaking directly and bluntly - amazing. Besides, on this blog a lot of relationships with our stay there 3 months ago - unfortunately the last two I could not describe the rush of work, and were still rewelacyjniejsze.

Anyway, emerged from the Big M, he will be a lot of people, a few trees and a lot of people, some attractions and a bunch of people, in addition to some bushes and crowds crowds. Large M find away and came to the park ready for the worst.

After the entrance to the park, first we heard the music - that it exercised some retiree game on saxophone. Little M is sensitive to the music, so I ran listen, my grandfather probably played her favorite song "Jasmine Flower" 茉莉花.

Photo - The Chinese pensioner has found a rather singular hobby - game on the saxophone:

After a while she started to squeak, as it turned out, the deal left a chocolate egg in the grass. With a basket in his hand, so I started to collect them, but as one wyzbierala, it turned out the next do not know where to have appeared again. She went to the Chinese girl and some sort of gathering together. This is the second child was quite zdezorioentowane, why this big boy throwing sweets to the ground, a little girl collects them, but it helped. Mala M in any case was very agitated, wyzbierala eggs and went away. In the meantime, we passed near a group of retirees rznacych viciously Majionga 麻将, as well as a few fishing enztuzjastow who sticks soaked with determination in the murky water of the pond in the hope of catching some creatures.

Photo: Mahjong is a game zahardowa, which gives itself passionately almost everyone, because not only that you spend time in the company, it is mentally stimulating and preventing dementia:

Photo: ... except for those who stimulates the observation of a stick in the water:

We were walking, we walked in the meantime, Mala M told me that she has a secret, and so I told him my mother is not a secret is such that she saw my mom yesterday to buy those eggs in the shop. Clever child, because her older brother, probably somewhere in the 12-13 years age has only just realized that the star of and hares is some fake.

Photo: In the park children can safely frolic, you can even break the tent:

We concluded the following joint, in which was moored - as has informed us bigger and better comfort-oriented - a torpedo-boat. Krzatalo them out before two young men, so we went to see whether the ship can enter. It turned out that he was somewhere in the distance of a half meter from the shore, and Mala M, be a bit troublesome jump on board. One of the boys walked to the edge, I asked him how he entered, and he jumped at it from. I told her that it is brave, because I fall into this dirty little liquid would be a nice pond. He said that the key psychological barrier to be exceeded. I say to him, as he puts it maybe it was jumped, but with their daughter rather not. For this boy, I should imagine that saves daughter from mortal danger, and the stroke can save lives for us. Because I have fairly poor imagination, resigned from the jump, the more that a little M already was somewhere in krzaczorach and collect chocolate eggs found there.

Photo: Torpedo also retired:

We went a bit further, in the woods a few people were standing motionless meditating and practicing the ancient Chinese qigong breathing gymnastics 气功. These exercises are often kind of Chinese people to escape from the rush and turmoil of everyday life, such escapism into the inner world.

Photo: meditation-breathing exercises in a quiet corner of the park:

Besides a girl sat on the grass and played the Chinese okarynie 埙 Xun. Xun is probably the oldest Chinese instrument, numbering five thousand years old, found in excavations in the Neolithic village of Banpo near Xi'anu 半坡 村. Instrument restored, reconstructed or techniques of games on it. His sound is very special, I will always remain in memory after many visits to the Temple of Confucius in Beijing, where his time for the visitors played the music band and solo Xuni was important part of their repertoire. The temple was a small shop sells Xuny, and helpful salesperson introduced to the secrets of games on it, suggesting that the first should be to practice extracting sounds from empty beer bottles. Tourist groups from the country, which drove there, took it to heart myself, compatriots began to learn from the preparatory work consisting in the emptying of bottles of beer.

Photo: Silence was broken only in the park sounds clay ocarinas Xun. Large M said that probably the girl chased the house to the park because no one could endure such squeals:

By the way in preparation for the Olympic team's closed down, a part of people moving to the shop next to the main hall of the temple, lost their entire site after renovations of its peculiar atmosphere. Instead of old age started to smell fresh paint, instead of the peace appeared amongst a lot of tour groups These temples on the occasion of his visit to lamajskiej Yonghegong 雍和宫 past, not change for the better.

Photo: Sheltered among blooming cherry trees:

Returning to visit in the park - Mala M collected the eggs, we passed more and admired the landscapes of the bridge, when suddenly on the shore did're looking for - one of the anglers caught something. Looking at Arch stick rod it was a large piece, which strongly fought for freedom and life. Zbieglismy of Mala M from the bridge, lest August przypatrzec process closely. Fish fought increasingly less distinct, in the end buddy lucky I pulled out of the water selector. Was some sort of strange, because I caught myself not too rylo, but somewhere the abdomen, apparently Chinese ascribe different fish.

Photo: Fish taken, giving rise to sensations and zadrosc. NB in \u200b\u200bthe middle of the pond is artificial fish, for those who only have luck in love:

Much of it was art, a few good pounds and 70cm in length, a great park carp. Angler threw it into the prepared before the sack of rice, will be dinner, though I know how life will be terribly Take the mud. Szanghajczycy love to freshwater fish and shrimp, which is quite incomprehensible to me, because they are bred in ponds and very smelly mud.

Photo: Proud angler-lucky:

Photo: ... and his prey already on the lawn:

Large M if you prepare a fish (which does unfortunately quite rare - exactly once a year on Christmas Eve), always a dozen or so hours I soaked in milk to neutralize the smell. These pubs are OK freshly prepared, but a little cool smell of mud is palpable. Not what we carp and other fish, not to mention your favorite herring, which here can only uswiadczyc jars sold in a small grocery store with the Ikea. Big J

not come into a little impatient, apparently in his hurry, he still had something to do in the shop with bicycle parts, so I slowly went to the exit. Passing next to the small white building 小白楼, in which the Yin Yu Tang, suggested we went inside. I want that Lesser M, which has abilities in music, assimilated with the place, maybe for a few years time we go to concerts. Big John's made its debut a few days ago, in four of his colleagues played a song on the awards ceremony in a competition film at the university. As we confided, is a central figure in the team as the holder of the only electric guitar among team members. Besides the four guitars in the band are two of his - another acoustic. Then we entered Yin Yu Tang, began with some sort of event under the sponsorship form "foreman Kang" 康师傅, a famous Chinese manufacturer of soft drinks and Chinese soups, but the people were little. NB do not buy any products of this company, as in past came to light, as is their drink Plum is produced somewhere deep in production, and lovely color of the brew, is produced by pouring ink painting.

Photo: View of the entrance to the park from the footbridge over the Tianshan Street Yan'anska down the major in the western part of Shanghai:

At the counter sat the head of the club, Zhang Haisheng 张海生, picturesque character, good guitarist and vocalist, Shanghai underground musical legend. Mala M fascinated his hair as he wears the long dreadlocki, so I told her that it is for deterrence, and the evil spirits in them lies his power and strength, so it was the Lesser M even more impressed, especially in connection with the spirits. Presented Zhangowi Big J as an outstanding young guitarist, suggesting that it may in the future might enable him to stage a performance at the club. Zhang smiled, let Big J practicing the guitar more, maybe it will grow some rocker, the trail is already a little frayed.

Then we passed by a footbridge over the street, bought some drinks, also, and came back home, after the phone to the grandparents in the country Chopin went to Big John himself, it got late, we took a bath Mala M and we finished the first day of the world.

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During our last stay in the mountains Tiantai as usual on the last day we went to the Temple of Pure State - because it is located 100m from the hotel and we soon after the visit to take up arms and to go to the bus station without a problem to happen on the bus return to Shanghai.

Temples really like, is a half thousand years, and a specific atmosphere, not to mention the picturesque location of and the whole plejadzie known masters of Buddhism, also sacred (which you attributed to naludzkie powers), who lived in it. It is not a big problem for us, even that of the temple is a lot of people - mostly because we leave the Tiantai usually on Sundays, and on the weekends is always a lot of tourists.

I hope to eventually describe the temples, most recently in Nawal somehow everything I could not get down to serious work on the blog. Wines must be ordered for this Guqina my teacher, who taught us a new, very long and very difficult work, whose title in the free translation is "no hidden agenda" 鸥鹭 忘 机. Determination

Wangji 忘 机 Taoist is a term, which means pure, clear mind, not moved by any desire, without desires or hidden agenda.

Work This is a story inspired by what can be found in the chapter with the yellow Emperor 皇帝 the Taoist classic Liezi 列子. Now, on the shore of the sea lived a father and son. Son was very fond of gulls, and every day at dawn walked on the beach play with the birds, which once saw him immediately przylatywaly whole herds. When my father heard about this, he said to his son: "I heard seagulls love to you, why do not you caught me a few to have fun?". The next day the son, as usual in the morning he went to the beach, to think, to catch a seagull, but these were circulating surprisingly high over his head and none of them approached him.

Chinese are always noted the great strength of mind. If the providential plan has been received by the gulls, how big is the influence of thoughts to ourselves?

Anyway, song is long, it takes more than five minutes, the gestures of musical notation is 3 pages in the book, so on the day sitting on Guqinem and exercise - for at writing a blog is neglected. This week I have lessons to celebrate Chinese holidays 清明节 dead, but the big M has an extra day off and of course we go again ... the Heavenly Terraces

Coming back to the temple - during both visits, of course we had to spend considerable time in the monastery bookstore, where he got another couple of pounds of waste paper. As usual, Mala M also had to necessarily get some sort of booklet - it myself chose the color and graphics on the cover of it. Chose two - a green with bamboo, and the other with pink lotus flower. The funniest thing is that both books are really interesting - especially the green, which is a collection of wisdom by Master buddysjkich Lotus Pond ( Lian Chi ) 莲池大师 titled "Loose Notes on bamboo Window" 竹 窗 随笔.

Master Lian Chi is regarded as the patriarch of the eighth generation of the Buddhist Pure Land school 净土 and one of the four greatest Chinese Buddhist masters of the Ming Dynasty (1378-1644). He was born in 1535 in Hangzhou 杭州 into a wealthy aristocratic family. In childhood received a traditional Confucian teachings. Pewneg of the age of 17 he heard that a neighbor who lives next to the elderly every day thousands of times utters the name of Buddha, and curious about the reason he asked. neighbor said: "My husband daily recite Buddha's name, and when death finally came, he died peacefully, without any illness and suffering, I know that reciting the name of Buddy gives a great power. "Lian Chi moved, he realized how important it is to transition from life to death, and became interested in the teachings of Pure Land. Soon after his parents died, making it even directed toward Buddhism Chi Lian. As a result, at age 32 year he decided to part with the family and become a monk. After an initial period of teaching for the seat of the Temple, choosing among clouds 云栖 寺 in Hangzhou. Surrounding the temple were harassed by the tigers that attacked and killed people, but after prayers Lian Chi tigers did not appeared more . The following year came the drought, and the peasants turned to Lian Chi, asking for help. This went along with the other monks at obchod half, striking a wooden rattle (Wooden Fish 木鱼) and reciting the name of Buddha. A little later, heavy rain began to fall exactly in those places, which celebrated champion.

Photo: Master Lian Chi (Lotus Pond) (1535-1615):

After these events the name Lian Chi became famous, and the teachings of Pure Land school got tones of many followers. After the death of the seventh Patriarch Master Xingchang 省 常 大师 for over 550 years the Earth did not clean remained popular, and only Lian Chi to the newly restored the splendor of this line of Buddhism, whose teachings proclaim that, by reciting the Buddha's name Amithaba man at the time of death will be introduced to the West Land lucky.

in the sixth month Lian Chi 1615 years felt that death is coming, so he went to town and said goodbye to friends, then returned to the temple where the monks had granted last teachings. On the first day of the seventh month Master Lian Chi said: "Tomorrow I'm gone." At night I felt a bit less well, so he went to his cell, where he sat down to meditate with closed eyes. Next day morning, said to awake at his monks: "honestly recite the name of Buddha, do not be fooled by demons, not determined by me lamcie regol monastery," and turned his face toward the west and reciting the name of the Buddha died. He had then 81 years. Was buried on the slopes of Five 五 云山 clouds.

Lian Chi Master of Science in May distinct staining Chan / Zen, said to be he just merged the two varieties each complementing them. Below

two anecdotes in my translation from the "loose notes into a bamboo Window":

"In science, it is important concentration"

Yuanzhang Mi said: "Learning how to calligraphy should devote himself to it completely, if you want to achieve success should not have any other distractions of interest. " I myself once heard that the masters taught their students Guqina only 2-3 songs, and you fully understand their secrets. Although these are not big words, it can be applied to matters of great. Buddha in his will, he said: "If the mind to focus fully, then there is no things which you could not make. "So if someone distracted by many things, then there is nothing in any reaches. If we act with full devotion and concentration, then very quickly reach Samadhi. All those who meditate and recite the Buddha's name should this note.

Note: Mi Yuanzhang 米 元 章 is mentioned here famous champion Mi Fu calligraphy 米 芾.

"Approach"

People react differently when before their eyes, you will get rich, beautiful woman, fame or benefit.'ll feel the fire and comparison of five different substances adjacent to it. The first is the hay, as it touches the fire, the flame immediately overwhelms them. The second is the wood for the fire, though not light up right away, it's enough to blow a few times and is lit. The third one is iron, it in no coming into contact with fire is lit, but if it is in contact with fire long enough, eventually melt. The fourth is water, not only, with no burning, but it can extinguish fire. But when you put me in the kettle, then boiling hot and evaporates. Piata is emptiness, no form or shape, so no matter how great a fire in August that its not mistreated, she suffers not any damage, no need to extinguish the fire, in the end he burns out and turns itself off. Of these five, the first ordinary people, passthru three are those who have achieved various degrees of sophistication in Buddhist practice, in order from shallow to deeper. Only the last This is a level, experienced can only Buddhas and holy.

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clogged pipes and use

We live in military housing estate, from 7 years now, the fourth apartment, the rent in Shanghai, and one of the worst. There is perhaps too many years, probably from 20, but is slowly falling apart in August.

few days ago The big M rescued me from the best sleep at 7 am calling out: "There is no water." I can not say I use this occasion nastrajala me positively to the world, but try as I could keep CORRECT distance to the case. I checked, actually, the taps are not flowing, or a drop of water, even cold. The big M was terribly wrong, because I wanted to bathe, and here you can not even wash teeth. Fortunately (and perhaps misfortune), the tap water in Shanghai is tragic (from the Huangpu 黄 浦江, the mother river of the city), and all the buyer in buklakach potable water. We also, so a large M PJ water in the kettle, poured into a bowl and washed the Chinese way with the help of cloth,. I remember long ago, Chinese kungfu movie about, in which sweaty champion after exhausting workout that way, too bathe - towel into the bowl, soaked it and it dries the body. I was then quite surprised, because next to the seemingly crystal-clear flowing river in August, but no country which is a custom, who knows how to wash in China looks. I suppose that was not seen on film flowing rivers garbage and human waste - in an old building in the Yangzi delta gets through to the wood needs 马桶 buckets, which oproznialo morning in August, or a river or a nearby kanalku. In southern China, many villages situated on the canals, with the famous Suzhou 苏州 at the helm, and once they were buried in a cloud of stench from the canals (now pouring impurity is forbidden.) Interestingly, the same scenes I saw that in one place, someone poured impurity, and the next neighbor confuse vegetables for cooking. But this is not the only Chinese cuisine in an exotic ...

while a large M are mistaken, I initiated an alarm. First, the phone at the entrance to the grandparents. Kind of makes sure that no one here is not entered, guards against thieves, clean up the staircase, but really, it is still fac cards. A few months ago, a neighbor below us doing repairs dust, and to this day in arrears on the chest and stairs. Not to mention the fact that after returning from a vacancy in Poland, someone crept into our apartment - luckily nothing killed. Apparently the old boss's management employs Liu, because he is a relative of one of the military. But I do not know why it employs old Jiang, because it seems there is no back - at least I do not know about them. Then I called upon the Heads of Ni. Of course, once with a thick tube, because, unfortunately, long-standing practice of the present settlement of affairs has shown that this tactic is most effective. Current apartment was supposed to serve us in the alternative for 1-2 months, until the owner, in which formerly lived there, do not do repairs. Lotr but sold them after the renovation, and we were in the present. She was a severe winter, we are with the child 2 years, air conditioners niedzialaly with old age. Previous management company was planning to do something there, and suddenly occurred, Ni and took the building in ajencje. Ni came, sprzwdzila climate and found that ... works normally! The apartment was maybe from 5 degrees, the cold wind blew Klima, and she squeezed us to ignorance. Then began fierce fight with her to finally negotiate a new air conditioner, but it cost me a lot of gray hair. Later

such situations was still at large, and as it is now run out of water, according to the tactics developed contacted Ni. Promised - as it is - the deal with this matter immediately. And indeed, after a while came the Young Wang. Wang saw a young forever, as rozwozi motorbike courier, is working For some companies in the cage next door. How came, it suddenly learned that he is a plumber ... Typical played Ni, which sends the incompetent people who can not do anything, just to create the illusion that something does not spend a penny at the same time. In any case, Young Wang made well in August - dismantled the pump (we live on 5tym floor, so that was adequate water pressure pump is needed - without a gas water heater does not zalaczylaby in) i. .. I broke down.

After an hour came from the Young Tang jakmis soldier. Ni apparently started in a military unit prompts. Tang is working for the army here in a garage, had left a deep impression on me, when half a year ago came to write down the water meter, and such has left the stench of his socks, that a large M was looking at me suspiciously when I returned from work after 6 hours. This time it was just - Young Tang probably still in the same socks ... Slippers, which he gave, in order to live in the shoes did not go to air today on the balcony. However, Young Tang dismantled a few pipes and przeczyscil them finally began to fly and cold water, so some progress has been made. Young Tang stated that in general pipes are completely clogged, not to push them and that we will have to do a bypass of the plastic pipes.

After a few hours and my husband prompts appeared on the Old Ni Liu. Maz is quite kumatym man, even a dolphin to like, but with a husband, Ni, is unfortunately not possible to. Stated that the pump is broken (eureka!), and the need to buy new. OK - Buy from then. They went somewhere, in late afternoon appeared and began to mount. Normally I'm doing the trade, but I insisted to fix everything as soon as possible. New pomka nothing away - still only cold water, and only at the tap in the kitchen and bathroom, or a little bit, not to mention a warmer. Puddings - so I'm calling for Ni and speech, we must necessarily take a bath, so I let him prepare the money for a hotel - no because where else? After a half hour calls and says Ni, from deputy commander of the military unit he knows me and agreed to, we took a shower in the barracks. Zarzadalem, in order to verify the sanitary condition of Ni, then he went, it turned out that it was not worse than in our apartment. Same deputy I met the commander before the Chinese New Year at the hairdresser (what does not like Uighurs.) Then it sort of talking, there was not a little surprised when I told him that Chinese TV has ignored in the translation of the message of Obama's statements against the communist dictatorship. In any case, then it broke the ice, and the shower went Ni - and a total of us too - on hand.

Ni promised resolve the matter the next day. So I waited and waited, and neither one nor slychu widu. In the end I called - Ni visited surprise, in the end says that the spec will arrive in the afternoon from the factory push-ups, lest I actually mount. I return from training, actually waiting already skilled, young boy in overalls with the logo of the manufacturer. The boy asked me whether exercise can kungfu Shaolin, he replied that no, that the practice of interior styles. The mere fact that he asked, intrigued me, so I also asked if he practiced something. For he, with the Bagua 八卦 掌 - Style Eight Trigrams palm. And so began to talk - NB I myself also from year parunastu exercises of this style, so from word to word zgadalismy August. It turned out that the young Wang (yes his name as the hapless destroyer pump) practiced a style, which was called the Imperial, as the founder taught that his bodyguards at the Imperial Palace. In Shanghai, the style was popularized by a man called Wang 王 壮 飞 Zhuangfei from Shandong province, and was a disciple of a famous master Gong Baotiana 宫保 田 - known for its so-called. "Skills Body of Light." Gong Baotian, a slight increase, staying at a high second floor of a house without stairs, and he could get into it without stain ladder. It is said that he was so fast and before he could do dodge a bullet fired from a distance of 100 steps. So at least claimed Zhang Zuolin 张作霖, his employer and the Lord of War (northern most part of the rulers of China when the country was divided after the fall of the Empire in 1911). It is now believed that such rumors Zhang preached to discourage the hidden killers to be planted in August on his life in those turbulent times, but no doubt Gong Baotian was an expert in combat. Over 10 years ago, I visited Wang Zhuangfei'a in his apartment in Shanghai, Wang was on the stroke and the bad stick. Young Wang claimed the reason for was insufficient attention to internal exercises. Wang Apparently very jealously guarded its style, and the full message received his only son, Wang Hanzhi 王翰 之. Son is not only a master of martial arts, but also recognized calligrapher, painter and a diviner, who made a career in Singapore, but now lives again in Shanghai.

Young Wang also said that a Buddhist, I in turn admitted that he feels strongly affiliated with Taoism. He said that all religious systems in the end lead to the same goal. You would then I showed him the pictures of Padre Pio, who sent me a few days ago Stefano (Italy, friend from Beijing, also a kungfu practitioner) - Photos showing the body of a famous stigmatic Padre Pio in 40 years after death. The body seems to be in very good condition - like body Buddhist and Taoist monks, who reached a high level in the practice of meditation.

We exchanged phone calls, Young Wang has help in touch with several masters of interesting styles practiced in Shanghai, as well as arrange a meeting with his teacher.

Well, I have a new friend from kungfu - and think that it was necessary to August clogging pipes, accidental corruption, and buy a new pump. Chinese people call it destiny 缘分, we - the coincidence. Anyway, this is not bad, something good came out no.

Oh, I do not have to say, the Young Wang made well in August - has identified all the problems and repaired them, we Now warm water everywhere, where you.