夜观天象 发表于 2011-10-31 21:13
A380，梦想啊。
猫元帅 发表于 2011-10-31 21:19
阴差阳错搭了一回A380，回来就大骂南航破飞机777。
非 发表于 2011-11-1 07:08
我只说新西兰的。
2。go all blacks! 这是给新西兰橄榄球队加油的标语，时值橄榄球世界杯，最终新西兰全黑 ...
诗韵 发表于 2011-11-1 12:35
8。紫薇花
9。摩门教
诗韵 发表于 2011-11-1 08:35
8。紫薇花
9。摩门教
楚天碧霭 发表于 2011-11-2 10:10
玻璃房是墨尔本联邦广场上的游客问询中心
非 发表于 2011-11-1 15:13
原来这个是紫薇花，我一直不知道，还以为紫薇是藤本植物呢。
摩门教这个是新西兰蛤蟆屯的吗？不说我还忘 ...
Origins
In 1986, the United Nations International Year of Peace, the Kingdom of Nepal agreed to participate in World Expo '88, and the Association to Preserve Asian Culture was commissioned to create, operate for the Expo, and find a new home for the Pagoda at the Expo's conclusion.
Construction
Immediately, 80 tonnes of indigenous Nepalese timber were sourced from the Terai jungle forest of Nepal, carted across to the capital Kathmandu where 160 Nepalese families worked for two years at crafting its diverse elements. These were then shipped to Australia in two 40-foot containers and one 20-foot container, where they were assembled at the Expo site by a handful of Australian workers under Nepalese supervision. The final assembly for World Expo '88 only took a few days.[2]
During the Expo
Three-levelled, with a beautiful tea house on the second level, and one of the only hand-crafted Pavilions, the Pagoda quickly became one of the most visited and photographed Pavilions at the Expo. Towards the end of the Expo a group of persons called Friends of the Pagoda established a petition to keep the Pagoda in Brisbane after the conclusion of the Expo, with some 70,000 signatories.[3]
Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to ascent Mount Everest, was VIP Guest to the Pagoda during the Expo on 8 August 1988.
Artistic and Religious Heritage
The Pagoda is one of only three Nepal Peace Pagodas outside of Nepal, the other two being in Munich and Osaka, and is a close copy of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, with significant Hindu and Buddhist iconography representing the different Avatars of Shiva, buddhas in different states of meditation, or mudras, the eight auspicious symbols of Buddhism, a sacred statue of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddhist deity of compassion, as well as a Peace Bell, two smaller side Pavilions, a Buddhist stupa, and a Peace Post, with the calling to World Peace in four languages Japanese, French, Spanish and English. Sanskrit prayer chants also feature inscribed on the roof eaves of the two side Pavilions, as well as the inscription for om above the central door.
Whilst not used as a traditional Buddhist or Hindu centre, it is occasionally used for weddings, private functions, book launches and company events, and many visitors can be seen using the Pagoda's internal first level Church pews for personal meditation. South Bank Corporation manages the Pagoda on behalf of the Parklands and the City of Brisbane.[4]
After the Expo
After the Expo, it was work of Friends of the Pagoda, with Brisbane City Council Councillor David Hinchliffe as head, to liaise between government and private donations to keep the Pagoda in Brisbane, and the campaign was a success, largely also due to the last minute concluding successful donation by retirees Mr & Mrs Frank & Myra Pitt.[5] Various ideas were put forward as to where to host the Pagoda, including the Queensland Art Gallery, and Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, with South Bank Parklands the final successful resting place for the Pagoda, at its new riverfront location, where it became part of the parklands opening in June 1992.[6]
Since that time, the Pagoda has been a significant part of one's visit to South Bank, where it still welcomes visitors from all over the world much as it did during World Expo '88.
冰蚁 发表于 2011-11-3 05:57
第三个是新西兰工党的纪念碑，纪念 Michael Joseph Savage。他提出的高收入、高税收、高福利政策为新西兰搭 ...
老妈此行的感慨有三：
一、人真少。
二、中国人真多。
三、A380真好，阿联酋真有钱。
非 发表于 2011-11-5 18:43
有关第二条，我想起个笑话。
几年前我一个深圳的姐姐，为了激发她读初中的女儿学习英语的兴趣和动力，就 ...
张声语 发表于 2011-11-7 02:55
阿航那一个个都是财大气粗的暴发户，飞机都巨好。。。国航属于想模仿一下暴发户但是画虎不成终成猫。。。 ...
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