Workers clean the surface of the Qiandaohu Lake in Chun'an County of east China's Zhejiang Province Aug. 16 cheap nike air max dlx 2019 , 2017. The lake, a famous scenic spot, is under stricter protection now as the local government issued a zero emission policy according to which garbage disposal, residents' waste water and vehicle emission are under tighter control. (XinhuaXu Yu)
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LOS ANGELES， March 3 (Xinhua) -- "Convergence LA"， a landmark public art installation funded by Chinese real-estate developer Greenland， was unveiled at downtown Los Angeles on Thursday night.
The artwork， which was created by local artists Susan Narduli and Refik Anadol， is a digital craftsmanship that visualizes historic and real-time data of Los Angeles and reflects it on a 100-foot-wide (30.48-meter) LED media wall.
"The really unique thing about this project - really ground breaking， is that this is an artwork telling the story of a city. It is taking live data that the city of Los Angeles is making all the time，" Narduli told Xinhua.
She said the visuals were created by various kinds of data， including tectonic， weather， social media， news feed， and traffic.
"In fact， this piece is always live， always new， and it's always informed by the data in the moment that's being made by the city，" the artist added.
Jose Huizar， a Los Angeles City Council member， said this digital artwork would potentially increase the traffic in downtown L.A. area.
"People are going to be curious" and they are going to "talk about it，" Huizar said. Once they understand what this means and how it comes together， they will "start visiting."
"Convergence LA" is located on the facade of Metropolis， a Greenland property that Council member Huizar described as "a huge second spark" of revitalization after the establishment of L.A. Live， and this spark encouraged many other investors to invest in downtown L.A.
L.A. Live is an entertainment complex occupying more than 520，000 square meters in downtown of the city， adjacent to the Staples Center and Los Angeles Convention Center.
"We have a great working relationship with Chinese investors right now，" Huizar said. "We're looking forward to continue that relationship."
Putuo Mountain is a sacred site of the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin).
Putuo Mountain cheap nike air max tn plus , a small island southeast of Shanghai, is a Buddhist pilgrimage site that has been attracting worshippers for thousands of years.
It is known as the “Buddhist kingdom on the sea.”
The legend behind the site dates back to the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907), when a Japanese monk, Hui’e cheap nike air max 270 , studying Buddhism in China was attracted to a statute of the bodhisattva Guanyin (Avalokitesvara), the goddess of mercy, compassion, kindness and love cheap nike air vapormax plus , at the Fahua Temple on Wutai Mountain in inland Shanxi Province. He finally secured the abbot’s permission to transport the statue back to Japan to help popularize the religion there.
On the trip, his boat was wracked by storms, fog and countless iron lotus flowers on the surface of the sea near the Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang Province. The stunned monk took it as a sign from Guanyin that she didn’t want to go to Japan. According to the legend, a giant iron bull appeared and carved a path through the sea by swallowing the lotus. The path led to a cave near an estuary on Putuo Mountain.
The monk managed to get the statue on shore cheap nike just do it shoes , where a fisherman was so awed by her presence that he gave his house over to her. The house became a temple known as Bukenqu Guanyin Yuan, which literally translates as “Refusing to Go Guanyin Temple.”
Putuo Mountain is one of the “Four Great Buddhist Mountains of China.” Today, on this 13-square-kilometer island, more than 200 temples and nunneries exist. Buddhist believers travel from afar to seek the mercy of Guanyin cheap nike air max 90 white , even dating back to olden times when the sea voyage could be treacherous.
The original Bukenqu Temple, rebuilt in 1980, retains its former look. It has three simple halls surrounded by a yellow wall. It stands as a monument to the idea that faith doesn’t need luxuriously decorated temples to honor the deities.
A written notice is found on nearly every temple on the island, suggesting that burning three plain incense sticks is sufficient to show respect or deliver a message. A pack of three sticks sells for 1 yuan (14.7 US cents).
Generally cheap nike air max 90 black , it is all right for visitors to burn incense at every temple they visit, but they are advised to make a wish with only one Buddha.
Not far from the Refusing to Go Guanyin Temple is a partially submerged cave called Chaoyin, or “sound of the waves.” It is believed to be the site where the monk Hui’e landed and transported the statue ashore.
The cave is also the site where Guanyin is said to have appeared to a devout Indian monk who burnt his fingers to honor her. An advisory carved there in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) warns visitors against repeating his ritual.
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