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Music Sharing: Half Moon Gathering In Beihai Park

China Memory 3 刺绣

A quite day today...the girls went to the grand parents. I am making sample clothing for the coming season. I can not help to think my mom and my grandmother....

I remembered my grandmother was dressed in black or white color traditional Chinese Style blouse, she had a good looking face with a smile, always. Even though she was a 60 something granny, she was so beautiful in my eyes. She had some treasures in her black wooden box. Some of them are embroidery band, which are almost the same as shown in the pictures (I found the band in Norway and bought them immediately). I was curious about what the embroidery band are used for and thought they were so pretty. I might have got an answer but I don't remember anything now. I learned from her how to do embroidery around 6 years old. It was very common for Chinese girls to learn how to do needle works at an early age at that time, but not anymore.

My mom made clothing for us when we were young. She liked to do some embroidery to the collars , wristbands or somewhere else to make it nicer. Last year I was back to Beijing, she still asked me if I need her to do some embroidery to my clothing... She is 76 year old now.

It is a pity that I am not good at writing neither in Chinese nor in English, so lacking of words. However, I am happy that I can make some clothing to attach some of my emotions... I am so grateful that both my grandmother and mom have granted so much treasure to me. .. nothing materialistic can compare to it. Thanks, grandma and mom, for all those good memories...

My parents at about the age of 27 year old in Beihai Park, Beijing, China, 1959.

China Memory 2 江南

It is not that easy as I thought to do this China Memory Series. Emotions are rushing up and down , and it is so hard to put all my feelings into words.

I dreamt of 江南, the southern China, when I was young living in the Northen China. I had been always imagining what "鱼米之乡(the land of fish and rice)" looks like, and how about 平湖秋月 (autumn moon on lake)? It is a pity that I had never been living in Southern China, so, it is still my dream land. Thanks Yoli, your music is the inspiration for this post .

I love this picture of Iza, and the patten of fabric and the design of the blouse is very chinese, ......so beautiful!!! Yes, I do love contemporary chinese design with a trace of accent of the tradional style. Anyway, she looks exactly and perfectly like the girl in my little chinese movie 江南(South of River) , which was showing on in my little head long time ago:)

The first three pictures are credit to my chinese blog friend 寂寞在唱歌。Many thanks!!!

China Memory 1 青花

I am going to post a series of "China Memory" pictures . It will be about my good memories of my homeland, my childhood, and the sky in the Northern China. I have not met so many chinese at blogspot space, maybe, I think it is my "duty" to show some beautiful chinese things since not so many others are doing so. Let me start with this 青花 blue and white bowl. I would like to write more about china from my country, however, I am just speechless....too emotional to be a blogger...