1 Photographic Pieces
and Short Videos by Ke Ping
2 Sketches and Oils by Ke Ping
1 Photographic
Pieces and Short Videos by Ke Ping
1 Photographic Pieces and Short
Videos by Ke Ping
The Taiping
Lake (太平湖) (安徽省宣城市泾县陈村水库库区)
A pavilion in a neighboring court
A plum tree planted by Ouyang Xiu
The Nanliu
Bridge (南流桥), built in the reign of Emperor Jiaqing (嘉庆) (1796-1820): 1
2
3
An old house: The
hall leading to the backyard; The
back door; Leaves
of grass growing out of crevices on an old wall
Caishi Precipice, Ma’anshan (采石矶), a rocky cliff projecting over onto the Yangtze River: 1 2
A house
(Carmel, California, U.S)
Students' residence hall (Penn State
University, U.S.)
Skyscrapers & sculpture (NYC,
U.S)
St. Michael's Cathedral, Qingdao
A wooden hut
in the compound of Bijiamei Restaurant (比家美饭庄) in Lishui (溧水), Nanjing
An old house relocated from
South Anhui (Collection of Zhou Hetong [周贺桐]): 1
2
3
Bei Dao, Yan Geling, Sheng Keyi,
etc. giving a talk during the 3rd Macau Literary Festival (March, 2014;
University of Macau)
The former residence of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)
Luis
de Camoes (1524 or 1525 - 1580, Portugal’s national poet, author of Os Lusiads,
taken in Camões Park, Macau)
Hugo and Zola in
the crypt of the Pantheon, Paris
Camille Corot (1796-1875): Souvenir de Mortefontaine (1864) (Musée du
Louvre, Paris)
Louis David (1748-1825): Les Sabines (Detail) (1799) (Musée du
Louvre, Paris)
Jean-François
Millet (1814-1875): Bergere et Troupeau (The Shepherdess and the Sheep)
Venus de Milo (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
A statue in front of the Hôtel de Ville, Paris
Jean Baptiste Carpeau (1827-1875): Alexandre Dumas Fils et sa Femme (Musée
d'Orsay, Paris)
Jean Baptiste Carpeau (1827-1875): Madame Delthil de Fontreal (1871) (Musée
d'Orsay, Paris)
The
smiling Virgin Mary and Child (Our Lady of Carmel Church in Taipa, Macau)
Opéra Garnier (1875), Paris, a grandiose consecration
of the "Napoleon III style"
The
Divertimento Piano Trio (萦回钢琴三重奏乐团)
performing in the Military Club, Macau
The
Boston Symphony Orchestra performing in the Venetian Macao's theatre
Students
of the Pius X Conservatory of Music of Macau performing in St. Dominic's Church,
Macau
The
Boston Symphony Orchestra performing in the Venetian Macao's theatre
Oscar
Wilde (1854-1900)’s The Importance of
Being Earnest staged at the Dom Pedro V Theatre, Macau
Sleeping Beauty staged by Russian
State Ballet at Nanjing Baoli Theater
The
Swan Lake
staged by Russian State Ballet at Nanjing Cultural and Art Center
Woods and hills
(Pinggu [平谷])
The leftover of
the Ming city walls near the Railway Arch for the Round-the Capital Railway
(明城墙遗存)
The corner tower
of Beijing's Dongbianmen City Gate (东便门角楼)
The Railway Arch
for the Round-the-Capital Railway (hollowed out of the ancient city
wall near Dongbianmen City Gate) (火车券洞)
Shishahai
(什刹海)
A street by the
Residence of Prince Yixin (奕, 1832-1898)
The
Residence of Prince Yixin (奕,
1832-1898) (恭王府): 1
2
3
China Foreign
Languages Publishing and Distribution Administration
A wedding at a village church,
Barbizon, France
A bride bobbing a
curtsy to her mother-in-law (statue), the family home of the late
Chinese premier Zhou Enlai (周恩来), Huai'an (淮安), Jiangsu Province
Guangbixiang (光壁巷), Lijiang,
Yun’nan Province
The 2nd Youth Olympic Games
(Nanjing, 2014), Football semi-finals: 1 2 3 4
The
“Yaochi Ecological Trip” scenic area at Yaxi (桠溪镇 “瑶池生态之旅”
风光带)
(Gaochun County, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province), China’s
1st international slow city (Cittaslow International,
2010)
A
hot-air balloon in the “Yaochi Ecological Trip”
scenic area at Yaxi, taken in Dept. of English's 2015
spring outing
Diudiu: Concentration
Diudiu: Birthday
Diudiu: Pausing for breath
on a trip
Lina and
Diudiu: Looking in the same direction 1
2
A squirrel half
making his mind to come out of his nest
Two
little girls in Hong Kong..5x3S200K_20140125DSC-RX100 03093.jpg
Oilseed rape
flowers covering a river bank
A hydrangea tree
on a sunny spring day
Bristlegrass (summer)
Winter's sun
(Ely, U.K.)
UNESCO,
where I worked in the summer of 2004
L'avenue des Champs Elysées
(name of the avenue
referring eponymously to the abode of the heroic mortals of Ancient Greece and
Rome: the Elysian Fields): To Place de la Concorde
Bastille Day on
L'avenue des Champs Elysées
Tour Eiffel: Arched legs set on masonry
piers
Sorbonne (Universites de
Paris), where Madame Curie studied
Pantheon: Tombs of Hugo and
Zola in the crypt
Notre Dame de
Paris: The Sunday Mass
Hôtel des Invalides, built by Louis XIV (1638-1715) in 1670 as a hospice
for war veterans
Hôtel des Invalides: The Court
Hôtel des Invalides: Tombeau de Napoleon
The statue of Denis Diderot
(1713-1784) on the Boulevard St Germain
A statue in front of the Hôtel de Ville (town hall)
Opéra Garnier (1875), a grandiose consecration of the
"Napoleon III style"
Musée d'Orsay: Jean Baptiste Carpeau (1827-1875): Alexandre Dumas Fils
et sa Femme
Musée d'Orsay: Jean Baptiste Carpeau (1827-1875): Madame Delthil de
Fontreal (1871)
Musée du Louvre: Le Grande
Galerie, the main picture gallery
Musée du Louvre: Venus de
Milo
Musée du Louvre: Louis David (1748-1825): Les Sabines (Detail)
(1799)
Musée du Louvre: Camille Corot (1796-1875): Souvenir de Mortefontaine
(1864)
Renaissance palais
(palace): A distant view
Millet's house and studio:
interior
Millet: Bergere et Troupeau (The
Shepherdess and the Sheep)
Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867)'s house and
studio
A small town passed by on
the way from Chenonceaux to Chambord
Hulishan Battery (胡里山炮台, built in 1891, known for its Krupp 280
coastal gun): 1 2 3
Zhongshan
Road (中山路)
in downtown Xiamen
A
quiet neighborhood on the Gulangyu Island (鼓浪屿, an international settlement
in late Qing and Republican years)
The
church on the Gulangyu Island where Lin Yutang (1895-1976) married his wife
Dr Lin Qiaozhi
(林巧稚, 1901-1983) Memorial Place on the Gulangyu
Island: 1 2
Shu
Ting (舒婷)'s
childhood home on the Gulangyu Island
Jimei
Educational Institution (集美学村, started in 1913)
The
conference room in the residence of Chen Jiageng (陈嘉庚, 1874-1961)
Xiamen University: A
pavilion in memory of Chen Jingxian (陈敬贤, 1889-1936, co-founder of
the Jimei Educational Institution)
A distant view of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ladies shoe model
(Landmark, Central)
The
night scene of Lan Kwai Fong in Central..5x3S200K_20140125DSC-RX100 03100.jpg
Hong
Kong Disneyland..5x3S200K_20140124DSC-RX100 02866.jpg
Dance
performance in Hong Kong Disneyland.5x3S200K_20140124DSC-RX100 02921.jpg
The
University of Hong Kong - Department of English..5x3S200K_20140125DSC-RX100
03034.jpg
The
University of Hong Kong - Department of English..5x3S200K_20140125DSC-RX100
03060.jpg
The
Holy House of Mercy of Macau (1569) 3 - The meeting
room..5x3.3R240_20140410DSC-RX100 03674.jpg
The
Holy House of Mercy of Macau (1569) - Sacred
objects..5x3S200K_20140410DSC-RX100 03671.jpg
Tall quartzite sandstone
pillars (karst formation) at Wulingyuan
(武陵源, UNESCO World Heritage Site) 1
2
A brook at the
foot of the mountains
Xilamuren: Gers (Mongolian tents)
Xilamuren: Aobao (Mongolian herdsmen's
signpost and altar, made of stones and bricks)
Xilamuren: Litter around a
Mongolian holiday village {Tourists: What's the point of
traveling to a place you love and polluting it with your garbage?}
Xilamuren: Stretches of
clouds in a wide expanse of sky
Xilamuren: Dry meadows
Xilamuren: A trail leading to
the depths of the grassland
Xilamuren: Wind and fleeting
clouds
Xilamuren: Three horses
Xilamuren: Mongolian
wrestling
Xilamuren: On desertificated
grassland
Xiangsha Wan (Singing Sand Desert): Kneeling camels
Xiangsha Wan: Parasailing (a kind of extreme
sport)
Hohhot: An old street
A covered bridge in Hongmei Park in
Changzhou..5x3S200K_20140826DSC-RX100 04201.jpg
Tianning Temple (901-904)..5x3S200K_20140826DSC-RX100 04223.jpg
The Dinosaur Park in Changzhou....5x3S200K_20140825DSC-RX100 04136.jpg
The Dinosaur Park in Changzhou..5x3S200K_20140825DSC-RX100 04167.jpg
Old houses in
Jiuli (九里), Ji Zi's (季子) hometown [季子:春秋時吳王壽夢少子。不受君位,封於延陵,號延陵季子,省稱“季子”。歷聘各國,過徐,徐君愛其劍,季子為使上國,未與。及返,徐君已死,乃係其寶劍於徐君冢樹而去。事見《史記‧吳太伯世家》。(据《汉语大词典》)]
A wood of tall
poplars in the Ancient Huaihe River valley (mid-spring)
A wild duck
(specimen)
A bride bobbing a curtsy
to her mother-in-law (statues)
The family home of the late
Chinese premier Zhou Enlai (周恩来): 1
2
3
4
5
A Chinese
crabapple tree in the court of Mei Lanfang Memorial Museum (梅兰芳纪念馆)
The
Tianle Lake (天乐湖)
A
cable bridge over the Tianle Lake
An organic orchard with
free-range chickens: 1 2
An alley leading to the old Xijin Ferry (西津古渡): 1
2
The Dinghui
Temple at Jiaoshan (焦山定慧寺) (name bestowed by Emperor
Kangxi [1654-1722]) 1
2
The Jiaoshan
Battery (焦山炮台), which was used together
with the Xiangshan Battery for controlling the
passage of vessels on the Yangtze during the Opium Wars (1839-1860) 1
2
The Jiaoshan
Museum of Ancient Steles (焦山碑林): A passage outside
it and A stele inscribed
with a text handwritten by Emperor Qianlong (1711-1799)
Rainbow Bridge (A long
covered wooden bridge dating back to the 12th century): 1 2 3
Ancient camphor trees skirting an
eco-friendly mountain village (Xiaoqi)
Woodcarvings on
the facade of a house built in the Qing dynasty (Yancun)
The firewall in an
old house (Yancun)
The
statue of Matteo Ricci (利马窦,
1552-1610, Italian Jesuit priest) near Mount Fortress, Macau
Peter Krawutschke,
President of FIT,
delivering the opening address
Keynote Speakers: Wu JianminYohannes Mengesha
Parallel session on Online Translation
Teaching
Parallel session
on CAT and MT: State of the Art (2)
Parallel session on Social Science
Translation
Parallel session on
Publishing and Copyright in the Middle East, Asia, and Australia: 1
2
Panel on Training
Interpreter Trainers
Parallel session on Teaching
and Training in T & I: 1
2
A
bird's eye view of Macau from Penha Hill (西望洋山)..5x3S200K_20140202DSC-RX100
03421.jpg
An
old banyan tree on Barra Hill (妈阁山)..5x3S200K_20140104DSC-RX100
02651.jpg
The
ancient banyan tree at St. Augustine's Square (岗顶前地)..5x3S200K_20140202DSC-RX100
03499.jpg
Dom Pedro V Theatre (岗顶剧院, built
in 1860), one of the 1st western theatres in China..5x3S200K_20140202DSC-RX100
03450.jpg
Dom Pedro V Theatre, one of the 1st western theatres in
China..5x3S200K_20140202DSC-RX100 03460.jpg
Dom Pedro V Theatre, one of the 1st western theatres in
China..5x3S200K_20140517DSC-RX100 03462.jpg
Guia Fortress complex..5x3S200K_20140613DSC-RX100 03978.jpg
The Ruins of St. Paul's..5x3S200K_20140203DSC-RX100 02446.jpg
The Old Protestant Cemetery..5x3S200K_20140410DSC-RX100 03729.jpg
The Old Protestant Cemetery...5x3S300K_20140410DSC-RX100 03730.jpg
St. Joseph's Seminary (聖若瑟修院), started to be built in 1728..5x3S200K_20140202DSC-RX100 03501.jpg
Penha Church (西望洋聖堂, Church of Our Lady of Penha on Penha Hill, built in 1622) viewed from
Avenida da Republica..5x3S200K_20140104DSC-RX100 03224.jpg
St. Lazarus' Church, one of the oldest churches in Macau..5x3S200K_20131224DSC-RX100
02516.jpg
St. Lazarus' Church, one of the oldest churches in
Macau..5x3.3R240_20131224DSC-RX100 02518.jpg
The Military Club (陆军俱乐部, built in 1870)..5x3S200K_20131218DSC-RX100 02483.jpg
A tiny library by the historical Rua do Campo (水坑尾街)..5x3S200K_20140105DSC-RX100_.jpg
Fisherman's Wharf - Rocks Hotel (a 3-star
hotel)..5x3.3R240_20140130DSC-RX100 03252.jpg
A one-room temple in Coloane..5x3S200K_20140129DSC-RX100 03222.jpg
The Taipa Houses-Museum (龍環葡韻住宅式博物館, built before 1921) 1..5x3S200K_20140612DSC-RX100 02548.jpg
The Taipa Houses-Museum 2..5x3S200K_20140128DSC-RX100 02556.jpg
The Taipa Houses-Museum 3..5x3S200K_20140128DSC-RX100 02555.jpg
The Taipa Houses-Museum 4..5x3S200K_20140128DSC-RX100 02559.jpg
The Venetian Macao 2 - Man-made sky..5x3S200K_20140126 RX1c 03145.jpg
The Venetian Macao 3 - Canal Shopping Street..5x3S200K_20140126 RX1c
03150.jpg
The civil library in Coloane..5x3S200K_20140129DSC-RX100 03234.jpg
A boy at the Xmas mass in Our Lady of Carmel Church in
Taipa..5x3S200K_20131225DSC-RX100 02582.jpg
Lanterns installed on the rotunda opposite the Bus No. 37 by the New
Century Hotel in the Xmas season..5x3S200K_20131220DSC-RX100 02489.jpg
The Script Road - 3rd Macau Literary
Festival_5x3.3R350_20140323DSC-RX100 03610.jpg
The Divertimento Piano Trio performing in the Military
Club..5x3S200K_20140102DSC-RX100 02617.jpg
The
University of Macau - My office (P 212) at the old
campus..5x3S200K_20140606DSC-RX100 02286.jpg
A
retreat of the Department of English towards the end of the Spring
semester_IMG_3517.JPG
With
Dr. John Valdeon at A-Ma Temple (妈阁庙,
built in 1488)..5x3S200K_20131209DSC-RX100 02415.jpg
At
FAH's 2013 Xmas party in Grand Emperor Hotel_5x3.3R350_20131205DSC-RX100
02381.jpg
With
Defeng, Yuanjian, and Victoria..5x3S200K_20140603DSC-RX100 03874.jpg
Hawaii (Hawaii, U.S.)
Nature and art
(Barbizon, France)
Mid-spring sky viewed from
the Purple Mountains, Nanjing: 1
2 3
A diving seagull
(Sand Dune Beach, Monterey, California, U.S.)
On the way to Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
(California, U.S.)
Tall
quartzite sandstone pillars (karst formation) at Wulingyuan (武陵源, UNESCO World Heritage Site), Zhangjiajie (张家界) National Forest Park
A brook at the
foot of the mountains, Zhangjiajie (张家界) National Forest Park:
Sea waves behind a sand hollow
White waves rolling up the beach
Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal:
Boats by an islet
A
buddhist pagoda at Niushoushan (牛首山,
Niushou Hill)
Willows by the
Yangtze River in spring
The Yanzhi Riveret (胭脂河, a water course created
in the Ming dynasty [1368-1644] to connect the Shijiu
Lake [石臼湖] in Lishui County [溧水县] to the Qinhuai River [秦淮河] in Nanjing)
Shitou Cheng
("Stone City Wall" of the State of Chu [333 BC])
Qinhuai River: Night scene
A young camphor
tree in the morning sun
An old house in
Chenjia Paifang (陈家牌坊)
Riverside homes
near Chenjia Paifang
An almost deserted
compound in Yinma Xiang (饮马巷)
The former residence of Gan Xi (甘熙, a scholar
in the late Qing period who passed the highest imperial examination ― dianshi [presided over by the emperor himself]): 1. A hallway
2. The wedding room
of Yan Fengying (1930-1968), popular Huangmei opera actress
Western-style houses and
mansions on the Yihe Road (颐和路) and its neighboring streets: 1
2
3
4
5
6
The memorial
pavilion at Heping Park (an example of the city's tolerance and
respect for history)
The Presidential Palace of
the Republic of China (1927-1937, 1946-1949):
1 2
Dr. Sun Yat-sen's
Mausoleum: 1
2
The villa of Madame Soong
May-ling (1898-2003): 1
2
The former residence of John Rabe (1882-1950, Siemens businessman; head of the
International Committee for the Nanking
Safety Zone [1937-1938], a designated area in Nanjing which
protected Chinese civilians during the Nanking Massacre which lasted for six
weeks after December 13, 1937 when Japanese Army entered the walled city of
Nanking; author of The Good Man of Nanking: The Diaries of John
Rabe. [Random
House, 1998].): 1
2 3 4 (Women
and kids sheltered in Ginling Women University [part
of the Safety Zone]).
The Cemetery of Members of
International Anti-Japanese Air Services (抗日航空烈士墓): 1 2 3 4 5 6
Main teaching building_mmexport1459754157657.jpg
Ms. Chen Jupan, my music teacher_mmexport1460019842193_cr.jpg
Ms. Tang Rongxiu, my form teacher_mmexport1459998519943.jpeg
Ms. Tang Rongxiu and Mr. Sang Feili, my form
teachers_148262608708465529.jpg
Ms. Sheng Yuqing, my form teacher, in bobbed hair_mmexport1501912181331.jpg
Ms. Sheng Yuqing, my form teacher, receiving my gift book (Taken
20160427)_mmexport1461728240784.jpg
Mr. Li Baolin, our maths teacher_mmexport1459430704792.jpeg
Mr. Cheng Bangyan, my physics teacher_mmexport1459753682585.jpeg
Han Jinru in theatrical
makeup_hdImg_d35c0cb744fbf534403bb33504b46152.jpg
Jin Boping, Zhang Jiejun, Tang Jiamin_mmexport1460472745864.jpg
Ju Wei's Junior Secondary Schooling Certificate.jpg
Kong Xianglin_ac59235cd5f419779b31ea327a2ec53f.jpg
Li Jiejun_mmexport1438570443106.jpg
Liu Ningning_mmexport1459484190550.jpeg
Liu Yonglin in military uniform after being
enlisted_mmexport1439626406579_cr.jpg
Lu Qixiang and Xu Jianjun_mmexport1484676567457.jpg
Ma Ning_mmexport1459998782109.jpg
Miao Weigang with Polish kids_mmexport1459754412781.jpeg
Xuan Wanxiang_mmexport1476268926038.jpg
Yu Chongtao and Lu Guilin_mmexport1457491579370.jpg
Yu Tianjian (oil)_mmexport1507379836216.jpg
Zhu Xueming, Miao Weigang, and Wang Weijie_mmexport1459754215467.jpg
Main teaching
building (my watercolor)
“Moments of Life in Grade 2, Senior High
School” (高二生活纪实; based
on the diary I kept in high school days: picture; text)
Poem by Li Heming: ''You Laoshi de Rizi Zhenhao''_mmexport1439965731693.jpg
Poem by Wang Weijie: ''Changfeng Gudong Shaonian
Hao''_mmexport1439775931339.jpg
The official website of the
school
Mei An (梅庵, "Plum
Cottage"), the residence of Principal Jiang Qian (江谦, 1876-1942)
President Chen
Yuguang (陈裕光, 1893-1989)
The former residence of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)
The house where
Dr. Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) used to stay
The plane
tree-lined avenue leading to the main classroom building
Pukou Campus: The observatory
Pukou Campus: Winter
Pukou Campus: Willows by the
pond: 1
2
School of Foreign
Studies: Seminar on development (August,
2006)
School of Foreign
Studies: Undergraduate Teaching Seminar (June,
2006)
Prof. Cay Dollerup delivering a lecture
(June, 2006)
Prof. Nicky Harman
giving a lecture on translation technology
Prof. Mona Baker's visit to
Nanjing University (May, 2006): 1
2 3
MA Students: 1
2 (Commencement day)
MTI Students: 1 (2010) 2
(1st class of full-time students)
PhD Students:
Nanjing
University's 2014 Commencement at which PhD. degrees were conferred
My doctoral student Zhu
Yubin after receiving a PhD. degree at the Commencement)
2005 (“Smiles of three generations”, November 5; Fulai Hill, Rizhao, Shangdong Province [山东省日照市浮来山])
2011
(April 10; the Horticultural Exposition Park, Taizhou
[泰州], Jiangsu Province)
2013
(April 21; Zhouyaun [周园], Lishui
[溧水]), Jiangsu Province)
2015
(April 18; Gucheng Lake in Gaochun
[高淳], Jiangsu Province)
Giving a talk on academic integrity at the Faculty seminar
Gala performance by undergraduates students of the SFS
Group picture with Prof. Wu
Keming, our beloved mentor: 1 2
The university celebratory function at the gymnasium
An acupuncture therapy session for old classmates
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
A country road in
the afternoon sunshine
Rhus Trail
(Mountain Top Park, Monterey, California, U.S.)
Backlit old plane
trees on a sunny spring day
The
civil library in Coloane, Macau
Sorbonne
(Universites de Paris), where Madame Curie (1867-1934) studied
Dr.
Lin Qiaozhi (林巧稚,
1901-1983) Memorial Place on the Gulangyu Island,
Xiamen, Fujian Province
Konglin (孔林, The Family Cemetery of
Confucius)
A carved
balustrade on the Zhushui Bridge (洙水桥)
Trees by the tomb
of Kong Li (孔鲤), son of
Confucius
Where Zigong kept
a devotional watch on his master's tomb for 6 years.
Kongmiao (孔庙, The Temple of Confucius)
The shrine of
Confucius in the Dacheng Hall
Kongfu (孔府, The Kong Family Mansion)
The wedding room
of Kung Te-cheng (孔德成), the 77th lineal
descendant of Confucius
The shortest trail
up to Nantianmen (南天门) from
Zhongtianmen (中天门)
Herbs in the late
afternoon sun, seen on the way up to the Yueguan (Lunar-Viewing) Peak
The new moon over
the Yueguan (Lunar-Viewing) Peak
Yong'an
Department Store (永安百货)
at night
Tropical vegetation at the foot of Fort
Canning
National University of Singapore
National Museum of
Singapore: 1
2 (Moving images
of the past)
A
mural featuring stories from The
Illustrated 24 Examples of Filial Piety (The Mandarin's House
[built in 1881],
Macau)
Zheng
Guanying (郑观音,
1842-1921, author of《盛世危言》),
in a family photo (The Mandarin's House [built in 1881], Macau)
A tree singing in the wind
(Valparaiso, Indiana, U.S.)
A cypress in the Monterey Bay
(California, U.S.)
Old trees in a courtyard (Carmel,
California, U.S.)
By the Huanshui
River (洹水), Anyang, Henan, China
The skeleton of an
old tree in early spring
A young tree in
the afternoon sun
Willows
by the Yangtze River in spring
A
hydrangea tree on a sunny spring day
A sapling with
leaves sparkling in the rays of the afternoon sun
A bush backlit by
the afternoon sun
Yaya’s
Birthday Tree No. 7 (Osmanthus, planted in March, 2015)
Tiny
flowers on the way to Langyashan (琅琊山, Langya
Hills), Chuzhou, Anhui Province
Two months later ...
Three months later ...
Four months later ...
Five months later ...
Shrieking
in excitement (Avi file encoded in DivX 6.11; 5 Mb).
Six months later ...
Seven months later ...
Eight months later ...
Nine months later ...
Ten months later ...
The first four baby teeth that erupted
Eleven months later ...
“I can stand now
...” “- I don't want to
be sedentary.”
First
attempt at walking (Avi file
encoded in DivX 6.11; 4 Mb).
1st
birthday: Zhuazhou (a Chinese custom of telling a child's
fortune by placing various emblematic articles before him and letting him
choose his favorite one on his first birthday) 1
2 3 4
5 6 7
1st
birthday: 2nd meeting with Youyou
1st
birthday: Birthday feast
Clear
Bright Day tomb visiting: Gazing at Granddad
Children's Amusement Park: Panicking
Outside Puji Temple (普济寺), Putuo, Zhejiang, China
With
Naonao: 1
The sound
of mouth organ (Avi file
encoded in DivX 6.11; 7.3 Mb).
Nanjing University, Pukou
Campus: In the court with a statue of Confucius: 1
2
“We'll
have rice and dishes after booboo is eaten.” (Avi file encoded in DivX 6.11;
490kbps; 3 Mb).
Gleefully
walking on the bench in a pavilion in the court of Baiye Guan (Rural Trades
Museum) in Jiangxin Zhou (“Mid-river Islet”), Nanjing (Avi file encoded in Mp4; 2000 kbps; 720x480 p, 30 fps; 18.6
Mb).
In the
oceanarium (Avi file
encoded in DivX 6.11; 490kbps; 8.84 Mb).
Morning
exercise in the kindergarten (DivX file encoded in DivX 6.11;
1500 kbps; 9.4 Mb).
Windup performance
of the dancing class (Mov;
26 Mb).
Kindergarten sports meet: Morning exercise
Tengfeiyuan's 1st open house {Mp4; 92Mb}.
Tengfeiyuan's
2nd open house
(Before moving to NU Kindergarten. Mp4; 28.5Mb).
In the courtyard
of the Paleontological Museum of the Academia Sinica
Wearing spectacles
chosen by himself
1st day in the top class in kindergarten
Last
session of the kids swimming training class (Avi file encoded in mp4; 1000kbps; 14.7 Mb).
Playing
on the piano “On the way to school”, “Through the woods”, etc. (3 months after starting the piano course) (Avi file encoded
in mp4; 1000kbps; 14.5 Mb).
Monday morning's
flag-raising ceremony
Kindergarten open
house: 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
In the willow wood
by the Yangtze River
A picture
Yaya requested to be taken with a statuette featuring a laborer resting after a
day's work to excavate the Yanzhi Riveret
(胭脂河, a water course created in the Ming dynasty [1368-1644] to connect the
Shijiu Lake [石臼湖] in Lishui
County [溧水县] to the Qinhuai
River [秦淮河] in Nanjing)
A picture
Yaya requested to be taken with the water buffalo statue (by Xiong Binming) after attending Prof. Yu Yizhong's
funeral
Before lunch at
Xinsifang (新四方)
Graduating from
kindergarten: 1
2
3
The graduation ceremony of the senior classes of the kindergarten (Mp4;
1000kbps, 29.97fps, 720x480p; 98 Mb).
Yaya's first few football training sessions (Wmv; 2000kbps, 29.97fps, Hd960x720; 27 Mb).
The first day at
school: 1
2
3
In
a mall in Central in Hong Kong..5x3S200K_20140125DSC-RX100 03097.jpg
By
a gun in Mount Fortress..5x3S200K_20140203DSC-RX100 03553.jpg
Open
house in the 2nd semester of Year 1..5x3S200K_20140416DSC-RX100 03779.jpg
Open
House in the 2nd semester of Year 1.5x3S100K_20140416DSC-RX100 03809.jpg
The
2nd Youth Olympic Games - Football semi-finals
At
the Cemetery of Anti-Japanese Aviator Martyrs
Three
good buddies on a trail by the Tianle Lake (天乐湖)
Fathers
Christmas giving away gifts on the morning of the Xmas of 2014
At
the South Putuo Temple (南普陀寺),
Xiamen, Fujian province
In
the courtyard of 134 Hankou Xilu, Nanjing
Yaya
and Yaya (1st visit to Caishiji [采石矶, The Caishi Precipice] in Ma'anshan, with the Big Yellow Duck in the backdrop)
Taking
the examination for promotion to the 9th geup
rank in junior Taekwondo
Ahgu:
The mini-train is running again
Alert / Concentrated: 1 2 3 4 5
Watching
TV..5x3S200K_20090413RICOH R10 2392.jpg
By the balustrade
at Nantianmen (南天门), Mount Taishan
Art and artisanship
Singing “How beautiful is the national
flag” (Wav; 274 Kb).
Singing “Little Star”, “A Pug”, and “I
found a coin at the roadside” (Wav; 620 Kb).
Painting up a
plaster statuette of “Xiyang [喜羊(羊)]” the Lamb
Visiting an oil painting show featuring local scenes of Songyang,
Zhejiang Province
'We Three' (Yaya's 1st drawing of his family)
Groping for the
right keys to play ''A Merry Yellow Duckling''
A miniature
Victorian house Yaya assembled
Exercises
Running joyfully out of Puji Hospital, where a surgeon just repositioned the subluxated capitulum radi of his left arm 1
2
In Baiye
Guan (Rural Trades Museum) in Jiangxin Zhou
(“Mid-river Islet”), an islet in the middle of the Yangtze River at Nanjing,
China: 1 (On a
swing) 2
(Walking on the bench in a pavilion)
Dance show in the
kindergarten
The last session of the kids
swimming training class: 1
2
Snowball fight in the first
heavy snow of the year: 1
2
3
Football training
sessions: 1
2
3
In good humor
Posing as a
duckling, with bruises on his nose and cheek from a fall on the
ground
Walking
up smilingly in Guofang Yuan..5x3S200K_20091025RICOH R10 2437.jpg
Offering to pose for Sony
DSC-RX100: 1
2
Playing
with a rubber squeeze bulb water gun..5x3S200K_20140124DSC-RX100 02910.jpg
The joy and sorrow of discovery
The magic and wonders of creation
A house built for his camel: 1
2
Observation of nature
A dialog with two mynas (Wav; 499 Kb).
Looking at peach
blossoms in Fan Hongsheng's arms
Looking for “booboo” (one of the first
few living things that caught his attention)
Something fallen from the tree
In a vineyard
in Jiangxin Zhou (“Mid-river Islet”), an islet in the
middle of the Yangtze River at Nanjing, China
A solitary goose
across the pond
A young backpacker
climbing up the Yueguan (Lunar-Viewing) Peak, Mount Taishan
Examining a large
block of rock with his magnifying glass at Nantianmen (南天门), Mount Taishan
Observation of people
The twins and their mom:
1
2
3
Old houses
The
former residence of Gan Xi (甘熙, a scholar in the late Qing
period who passed the highest imperial examination ― dianshi
[presided over by the emperor himself]) in Nanjing,
China: 1. In a “Grand Preceptor's Chair”
2. With the statues of two urchins competing
against each other with grass stems
Baicao Yuan (百草园), a big garden
in the childhood home of Lu Xun (1881-1936) in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum in Nanjing, China
Wuling School (武岭学校),
created by Madam Soong May-ling (1898-2003) at Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang, China
The
villa of Madame Soong May-ling (1898-2003) in Nanjing, China: Pushing open a window
The
former residence of John Rabe in Nanjing, China (1882-1950, Siemens
businessman; head of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone [1937-1938], a designated area in
Nanjing which protected Chinese civilians during the Nanking Massacre which
lasted for six weeks after December 13, 1937 when Japanese Army entered the
walled city of Nanking; author of The Good Man of Nanking: The
Diaries of John Rabe. [Random House, 1998].) 1 2 3 4
A young helping hand in a bean curd workshop,
Baiye Guan (Rural Trades Museum) in Jiangxin Zhou (“Mid-river Islet”), an islet in the middle
of the Yangtze River at Nanjing, China
Shaoshan, Xiangtan, Hunan Province, the birthplace of
Mao Zedong (1893-1976), founder of the People's Republic of China: In silent tribute to the late Chairman in
front of his statue
Before
the moving of the SFS to the Xianlin Campus: 1 2 3
In front of the former
residence of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)
Passion for machinery
Passport photos
Schoolwork
Granny teaching
Yaya how to write Chinese characters
Stone Forest:
Workings of Nature
Stone Forest: Ahshima
Pota Tso National
Park: Shudu Lake
Hutiao Xia (Tiger
Jumping Gorge, a gorge of River Jinsha)
Grass on the roof
top of an old house
A kid and a puppy
at the door of a Naxi inn
“Be considerate
and stay quiet” (sign on the door of a Naxi inn)
Sifang Jie (Square Market): Naxi chain dance
Congsheng Temple:
The Triple Pagodas in the misty rain
Wuling School (武岭学校), created by Madam Soong May-ling
(1898-2003) at Xikou, Fenghua, Zhejiang, China: 1
2
Old houses at the
foot of a stone bridge
A local pharmacy
where traditional Chinese medicinal drugs were dispensed
Flowers in the Palais du Luxemboug, Paris
“Booboo”, one of
the first “named entities” of Infant Yaya
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2 Sketches and Oils by Ke Ping