The Magnificent Splendour Never Dies.

[Kulindahr]

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Coastal geology trivia: if you wanted to swim in the surf on that beach, go in halfway between two of the slight channels where water is running back to the surf.
This may be the best photo I've ever seen where this pattern is clear -- awesome!

 

[pornoboy]

Coastal geology trivia: if you wanted to swim in the surf on that beach, go in halfway between two of the slight channels where water is running back to the surf.
This may be the best photo I've ever seen where this pattern is clear -- awesome!

Tnx - photo was taken on Feb. 12th 2024 at Scheveningen view from the pier, on a clear & sunny day with my iphone...

 

[Alistair]

A bucket list item

 

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[Alistair]

Imperial three-colour carved ‘Nine Dragon’ lacquer throne,
Qianlong period (1736-1795).
The throne is finely carved through the red lacquer to the ochre and dark green lacquer and has a stepped back separated into three vertical panels each containing dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst dense clouds.
The two side railings are similarly carved in high-relief with dragons striding amidst bats in flight and dense scrolling clouds above a rectangular seat decorated with archaistic lotus scroll and a narrow waist with a shaped apron centred with a front-facing dragon.
The back panel is carved with a bat suspending a chime and a double-fish. The whole is raised on thick rounded legs joined by rectangular base stretchers.

 

[Kahaih]

Zoo

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Imperial three-colour carved ‘Nine Dragon’ lacquer throne,
Qianlong period (1736-1795).
The throne is finely carved through the red lacquer to the ochre and dark green lacquer and has a stepped back separated into three vertical panels each containing dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst dense clouds.
The two side railings are similarly carved in high-relief with dragons striding amidst bats in flight and dense scrolling clouds above a rectangular seat decorated with archaistic lotus scroll and a narrow waist with a shaped apron centred with a front-facing dragon.
The back panel is carved with a bat suspending a chime and a double-fish. The whole is raised on thick rounded legs joined by rectangular base stretchers.

Zoom in on all the dust. Imagine all the people who have, over the many years, had to clean that.

 

[Kahaih]

A bucket list item

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Is he peeing?

 

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[Kahaih]

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I think I can like this now that I seem to have stopped sleepwalking. At least, it's been a few years since I woke up trying to open a door or window.

 

[Alistair]

Is he peeing?

That’s my bucket list item

 

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[Kulindahr]

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We can only hope!

 

[yhtang]

nope - it is The Dresden baroque Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady), destoyed on Feb. 1945 in a useless airstrike that killed approx. 60k citizens and refugees.
Rebuilt after the german reunion, financed by donations from all over the world, I gave 15 DM for one new stone. The golden angel on the top came from the UK.
It took over 12 years to clear the area and rebuilt the church.

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Thank you for the explanation. I think I read about its reconstruction in Readers' Digest magazine a long time ago.

If my memory serves, that story of the church's reconstruction involved one of the people in the bomber that destroyed the church during WWII.

 

[yhtang]

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Imperial three-colour carved ‘Nine Dragon’ lacquer throne,
Qianlong period (1736-1795).
The throne is finely carved through the red lacquer to the ochre and dark green lacquer and has a stepped back separated into three vertical panels each containing dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst dense clouds.
The two side railings are similarly carved in high-relief with dragons striding amidst bats in flight and dense scrolling clouds above a rectangular seat decorated with archaistic lotus scroll and a narrow waist with a shaped apron centred with a front-facing dragon.
The back panel is carved with a bat suspending a chime and a double-fish. The whole is raised on thick rounded legs joined by rectangular base stretchers.

"a bat suspending a chime and a double-fish."

Chinese is a language made of homonyms which perfectly lends itself to symbolism.

That picture you described means "an abundance of both good fortune and celebrations."

Bat 蝠 is pronounced as "fu" which shares the same sound as 福 which means good fortune - often translated as happiness

Stone chime 磬 "qing" = 庆 which means celebrations

The fish 鱼 "yu" = 余 which means surpluses or excess or extras

The two fish 双鱼 means "both in excess/plenty of both"

So together they mean 福 庆 双 余 - "an abundance of both good fortune and celebrations."