tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post1036595326165063754..comments2024-02-14T07:29:25.919-05:00Comments on Cook Ding's Kitchen: Take a HikeRick Matzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-6517573019171064932020-03-04T23:22:01.801-05:002020-03-04T23:22:01.801-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.myhuonglequyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16898182175804788650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-20208033457197112052013-02-02T02:08:24.462-05:002013-02-02T02:08:24.462-05:00Mount Hua has become legendary in contemporary Chi...Mount Hua has become legendary in contemporary Chinese culture principally due to the fact that best selling martial art fictions depicted Mount Hua sect (operated out of Mount Hua: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hua_Sect) as one of the six major sects in old China's Wulin [literally: martial world] (Shaolin and Wudang being the largest and most well known sects). Mount Hua therefore lives more vividly in people's imagination than in physical reality - as far as modern day Chinese are concerned.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15867403006412320812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-14546883015127060422013-02-01T13:29:53.356-05:002013-02-01T13:29:53.356-05:00Nice excerpt from the Inner Chapters, Walt.Nice excerpt from the Inner Chapters, Walt.Rick Matzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-24690988210911142392013-02-01T13:24:41.851-05:002013-02-01T13:24:41.851-05:00Master Eastwall asked Chuang Tzu, "What we ca...<i>Master Eastwall asked Chuang Tzu, "What we call the Tao -- where does it exist?"<br /><br />"There is no place it does not exist," Chuang Tzu replied.<br /><br />"Come on," Master Eastwall said, "you must be more specific!"<br /><br />"It is in the ant," said Chuang Tzu.<br /><br />"How can it be so low?"<br /><br />"It is in the grass."<br /><br />"How can it be even lower?"<br /><br />"It is in bricks and shards."<br /><br />"How can it be lower still?"<br /><br />"It is even in excrement!"</i><br /><br />Now, since I am BIG on balance but POORLY with heights, I take great heart in the above passage, i.e., no need to cross those pictured bridges. Great photos, though. Definitely not for the obese!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-87119380507225467192013-02-01T05:34:46.263-05:002013-02-01T05:34:46.263-05:00It makes me wonder who thought putting that trail ...It makes me wonder who thought putting that trail there and all that goes with it was a good idea in the first place! Rick Matzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09699550034693340637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13961468.post-15392513843714139172013-01-31T21:57:22.588-05:002013-01-31T21:57:22.588-05:00Mt. Everest is *so* last year.Mt. Everest is *so* last year.RunBikeThrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08678354934184597543noreply@blogger.com