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I was astonished by this scenery. The sun shines in the beautiful balcony around the white marble pillars with the blue sky and sea behind far away. Is it a classic Mediterranean view in the old movie?
At the first sight, I felt that I saw the princess castle in the fairy tale.
Beside the sea, the white marble castle hidden behind the forest, looks like a dream.
When I saw this view at the first glance, I knew why Jinshan is called a "Great Scenery". You can never see this when you in it. To see this you must leave it, and go farther. Maybe this just is "distance produces beauty". It is hard for Jinshan to be called a mountain. It is no more than a big rock. But please see how many things are located on it. Splendid halls, magnificent towers, elegant courtyards, exquisite pavilions, and so on, with their flowing roofs and flying eaves, so many beautiful things are put on such a small place, arranged so compactly and so excellently. What an amazing thing it should be! It is just a magnified miniascape. This Great Scenery has been painted in Chinese paintings again and again. Moreover, it had provided a paradigm of Chinese landscape architecture, and had been imitated all over the country. Now you can see "Small Jinshan" in gardens at different places, such as Thin West Lake in Yangzhou and Mountain Resort in Chengde.
Jinshan temple, whose establish dates from more than 1600 years ago, is too famous in Chinese culture. This famousness is not originated from its long history or its high level of Buddhism, but from a well-known fairy tale, the story of Lady Bai. The biggest bad man in this tale is Fahai, the abbot of Jinshan temple. In order to save his husband, Lady Bai, a fairy of white snake, made flood to Jinshan temple by her magic. But at last, she failed and was shut under Leifeng Tower(Hangzhou) by Fahai. However, the fairy tale is just a tale. In fact, Fahai is a real person. He was not bad at all. On the contrary, he was a respectable mook and a very good man. In any case, owing to this old tale, Fahai and his temple are widely known in whole China.
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StanisławGoś - Many thanks for your visit and comments - Kind regards from Athens
The Adriatic under the sunshine, so blue, so bright, so beautiful.
I was astonished by this scenery. The sun shines in the beautiful balcony around the white marble pillars with the blue sky and sea behind far away. Is it a classic Mediterranean view in the old movie?
At the first sight, I felt that I saw the princess castle in the fairy tale. Beside the sea, the white marble castle hidden behind the forest, looks like a dream.
An exquisite small stage.
tom sellek - Many thanks for your visit and comments. Kind regards from Athens
Very beautifull.For me,it is such a picture of a dream .I like very much. Regards Jean Paul
史记—周本纪：“古公有长子曰太伯，次曰虞仲。太姜生少子季历，季历娶太任，皆贤妇人，生昌，有圣瑞。古公曰：“我世当有兴者，其在昌乎？”长子太伯、虞仲知古公欲立季历以传昌，乃二人亡如荆蛮，文身断发，以让季历。”
史记—吴太伯世家：“吴太伯，太伯弟仲雍，皆周太王之子，而王季历之兄也。季历贤，而有圣子昌，太王欲立季历以及昌，於是太伯、仲雍二人乃奔荆蛮，文身断发，示不可用，以避季历。季历果立，是为王季，而昌为文王。太伯之奔荆蛮，自号句吴。荆蛮义之，从而归之千馀家，立为吴太伯。太伯卒，无子，弟仲雍立，是为吴仲雍。”
When I saw this view at the first glance, I knew why Jinshan is called a "Great Scenery". You can never see this when you in it. To see this you must leave it, and go farther. Maybe this just is "distance produces beauty". It is hard for Jinshan to be called a mountain. It is no more than a big rock. But please see how many things are located on it. Splendid halls, magnificent towers, elegant courtyards, exquisite pavilions, and so on, with their flowing roofs and flying eaves, so many beautiful things are put on such a small place, arranged so compactly and so excellently. What an amazing thing it should be! It is just a magnified miniascape. This Great Scenery has been painted in Chinese paintings again and again. Moreover, it had provided a paradigm of Chinese landscape architecture, and had been imitated all over the country. Now you can see "Small Jinshan" in gardens at different places, such as Thin West Lake in Yangzhou and Mountain Resort in Chengde.
Jinshan temple, whose establish dates from more than 1600 years ago, is too famous in Chinese culture. This famousness is not originated from its long history or its high level of Buddhism, but from a well-known fairy tale, the story of Lady Bai. The biggest bad man in this tale is Fahai, the abbot of Jinshan temple. In order to save his husband, Lady Bai, a fairy of white snake, made flood to Jinshan temple by her magic. But at last, she failed and was shut under Leifeng Tower(Hangzhou) by Fahai. However, the fairy tale is just a tale. In fact, Fahai is a real person. He was not bad at all. On the contrary, he was a respectable mook and a very good man. In any case, owing to this old tale, Fahai and his temple are widely known in whole China.