Sacred mountains - China

Meli Snow Mountains, Deqin County, Yunnan Province, China

 Yong Pan xi from Xiang Tan city sent this beautiful  card  showing the sunset in Meili Snow Mountain ( Meili Xue Shan ) which is located in the World Heritage area of Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas in  south-west China.

Meili Snow Mountain is one of the most sacred mountains of Tibetan Buddhism. 'Kang Karpo Peak' means the God of Snow Mountain in Tibetan, and is a holy land for worshiping. Pilgrims from Tibet, Qinghai Province, Sichuan Province,and Gansu Province come here at the beginning of each winter to worship. Thousands of devout pilgrims worship together and encircle the holy mountain, adding even more mystery to it.

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Lushan National Park

"Mount Lushan, in Jiangxi, is one of the spiritual centres of Chinese civilization. Buddhist and Taoist temples, along with landmarks of Confucianism, where the most eminent masters taught, blend effortlessly into a strikingly beautiful landscape which has inspired countless artists who developed the aesthetic approach to nature found in Chinese culture. "

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China by Xu Yong

Cards from the series Albums by Xu Yong

Childhood in Loess Plateau, China,

School in cave of Yellow Earth, with teacher and pupils.

Private swap from Nadia

Scenery of Water Regions

 Lunch time

Private swap from  Zhua.

Scenery of Water Regions, China,
Environment friendly  trasportation
Private swap from Heng Yao

She writes that bicycle is still very important  vehicle for people in China . She still remembers when she was sitting on her fathers bike on the way to her school. But after the development in economy many people can afford to buy a car, especially in big cities like  Shanghai and Beijing.

Springtime works

 

I wish you all a sunny, funny and active weekend with this young farmer by Martta Wendelin.

Belarusian Easter goodies

This Easter card I received from Nastya who lives in Minsk.

She was waiting for her quests with colorful Easter eggs traditional Babka cake :)

In Belarus a special cake is prepared to celebrate Easter called Babka and it is  served with a cheese mixture and that is called Paskha. Babka or Kulic is a tall cylindrical sweet yeast cake.  It is flavored with rum soaked raisins and candied fruit.  Sometimes Saffron is added to make the cake more yellow.

Kulitsan ja baban ohjeet löytyvät esim. täältä ja täältä.

Cupcakes

Stefan sent greetings from Germany with these colorful cupcakes.
Nice surprise on a rainy day:)
I handed also this card to my dear Baker, just as a hint...

Chocolate

 

Crow sent this old  poster advertising the German chocolate from the 40's or 50's. Flowers in the card  (Potentilla nitita  / Potentilla nitida )  are small evergreen, or nearly so, alpine plant with silvery trifoliate leaves and five petalled pink flowers.

Sweet Greetings from Austria

 Anna from Austria sent a table full cakes! 

 Thank you Anna,  I 'll take a piece of chocolate cake, cream cake, apple strudel cake, vanillekipferls and...

 Itävaltalaisen omenastrudelin ( apfelstrudel ) resepti löytyy täältä.