November 19th, Sunny Shadows Event
Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center
Beijing Cultural Heritage Protection Center (CHP) is an independent Chinese grassroots non-profit organization, supporting local communities across China to protect their cultural heritage. Officially registered as an NGO in Beijing in 2003, our work is vital because China’s rapid development and social change is dramatically affecting its cultural landscape.
CHP gives Chinese people a voice to protect the future of their past through capacity building, education, training, networking and support. Our belief is that people make change. CHP’s main focus areas are cultural heritage protection and civil society building, ethnic minority cultural revitalization and media mobilization.
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November292011
November272011
Fusing traditional Mongolian music with modern Chinese sensibilities, Hanggai are striking a bold musical path where mundane pop music in the norm. This is a band on the verge of greatness, now touring internationally with their unique north-Asian sound. Here’s a video of appropriate scenery accompanying their song “Wuji,” and check out their Myspace page for more free music.
(Source: thegroovethief)
November262011
Archaeologists! At the tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi.
November252011
Hidden behind the billboards and restaurants of Changchunjie district Beijing, lay the remnants of a Hutong. Despite the demolition, some structures remain, and continue to provide housing for a small community of laborers and their families. The juxtaposition of high-rise department stores and apartments that overlook this small plot of land highlight the duality of Modern China. Those that have reaped the benefits of Chinas newly accomplished modernity, and those yet to do so.
One builder proclaims, “We have a hard life, but it is the real life that we live.”
The walls of his modest home are lined with the fantasy of hope – numbers from the State run ‘Welfare Lottery’. This national lottery is hugely popular in China. Each ticket costs two Yuan and has the potential to reward as much as 15 Million Yuan should the beholder manage to match the six numbers. According to the Finance Ministry, lottery sales accumulated 138 Billion Yuan within the first eight months of 2011. An Increase of 33.4 % from last year.
November242011
Forbidden City
November222011
from the ‘Totems’ series by Alain Delorme, Shanghai 2009-2010.
November212011
The Archaeological Heritage is in extreme danger in Hungary
New legislation in Hungary endangers archaeological sites. Orsolya Láng translated information at the Hungarian facebook community ’600-ana Régészetért’ – ’600 for Archaeology’, which is posted here by permission:
According to archaeologists, a new draft law recently submitted to the Hungarian Parliament could mean the end of heritage protection in Hungary. The most serious point in the draft is that first phase test-excavations related to large-scale investments (e.g. motorway constructions, major state investments) would be limited to a time period of at most 30 days. Furthermore, any necessary follow-up preventive excavations could not last longer than another 30 days either. This would not be applied to simply to the sites themselves – which would also be equally irresolvable - but to the whole of the investment area!
November202011
“WTD 2011 is a call to all those involved in tourism to act in a way that is conscious and respectful of culture, which promotes intercultural dialogue and ensures that local communities fully participate in, and benefit from, the development opportunities of tourism.”
Taleb Rifai, UNWTO Secretary-General
(Source: wtd.unwto.org)
November192011
“World Tourism Day is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of tourism to global well-being. As we travel, let us engage with other cultures and celebrate human diversity. On this observance, let us recognize tourism as a force for a more tolerant, open and united world.”
Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
(Source: wtd.unwto.org)
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