Wolfgang's photos

My friends daughter before her dance on a ceremony at the merajapati temple festival in Sembung a village in the province of Mengwi on Bali.

The cool highlands and the breathtaking scenery of this village at the foot of Mount Batukaru makes for wonderful photo opportunities, and serves as a soothing retreat away from the island’s crowded south. An amaz tour not far from the famous Ulun Danu Beratan temple in the volcanic lake.

Jatiluwih is a village that has vast rice paddies with beautiful views of terraced paddy fields landscape located in the sub-district of Penebel of Tabanan Regency on Bali.

Nearby the volcano lake of Baratan in the province Tabanan seen at the Jatiluwih paddy fields. Watching that no birds will pick out the planted rice seeds.

Patung is the Indonesian word for statue and its forms the Hindu goddess Saraswati. She is the goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wisdom and nature. Saraswati is the wife of the great god Brahma. (However, according to some traditions, she was first the wife of Vishnu, one of the principal deities of Hinduism.)

A masterpiece called Salang Barong made by coins only shows the Barong animal mask. Barong is a lion-like creature and character in the mythology of Bali. In the village Kamasan nearby Klungkung on Bali are provided gold- and silversmiths. The art product of making coins is its tradition to make sculptures on gold or silvers in the form of bowls, dishes, and palace ornaments to be used as decoration in Suweca Linggaarsa Pura Gelgel Palace.

A Korean model gets photographed by her boy friend in a marigold field the common flower on Bali. The striking flowers look completely at home in the bright sunshine, with hues of yellow, orange, and gold stretching into the distance.

Three schoolgirls dressed in the costume of Sekar Jepun (flower costume) ready for their performance dance in front of politic officers opening an temple complex in the province Mengwi on Bali. Balinese dancing is obligated to learn for all pupils in Balinese schools.

The gate to Pura Pangubengan in the village Desa Adat Kutuh on Nusa Dua, Bali. Candi Bentar the split gate, symbolizes the world mountain Meru, cut open in the middle and pulled apart in two halves (good and evil). Shape of the outer gates in South Bali. When an evil spirit enters, the halves of the jagged bumpers collide and crush the spirit between them.

Since the mid-20th century, a large number of Beijing hutongs were demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, many hutongs have been designated as protected, in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history. But the hutongs which still exist should be visited by riding on a rickshaw.

The Hall of Harmony and Peace is the main building of the temple. It houses three bronze statues of the Buddhas of the Three Ages, the statue of the Gautama Buddha (Buddha of the Present) is in the center, it is flanked by the statue of Kasyapa Matanga (Buddha of the Past) and the Maitreya Buddha (Buddha of the Future). Along the sides of the hall, the statues of the 18 Arhats are placed.

Traslated is Yonghe Temple the Palace of Peace and Harmony. When we entered the interior we got the feeling of an inner peace and balance. The smoke from Incense filled the air with pleasant fragrances and drove the evil spirits through smoking.

Kunming Lake is a most attractive water feature a short distance from downtown Beijing, where it covers three quarters of the total area of the Summer Palace grounds. By virtue of Beijing’s topographical location, with a gradient sloping down from the northwest to the southeast, the lake is situated at the convergence of the hills and a plain.

Chaoyang is a city district north-east of Beijing, where futuristic building complexes represent the modern cityscape. Not far away is the Olympic Green, the Olympiapark, which was newly built for the Olympic Games in 2008.

The gate in the light of the setting sun to a lamabuddhist temple area in Beijing. The Yonghegong Lama Temple dates from the more recent period, the Qing Dynasty and was built around 1744/45.

In smaller side temples are many art treasures from the time of Kelsang Gyatsho, the 7th Dalai Lama of Tibet. It is truly a treasure chamber of Buddhist art and is still of great importance in Lamaism (Tibetan Buddhism) today.