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Great Getaways of the World
CHINA !
SEGMENT 335
This is a special compilation with short cuts from the 17 part mini-series on China which has begun its airing debut on Cable 27 this week, and which will continue airing weekly for the next 4 months into February of 2009.
Here we will meet the wonderful group of people who are working as guides throughout the various cities of China visited, and hear their opening remarks.
This segment has been posted to the Permanent Internet Archives to share with all of you the brief overview of the series, and to give everyone the opportunity to take a peek into the journey that has been covered in greater detail in the previous 17 segments.
Please visit this link to enjoy the program!
http://www.archive.org/details/Seg335ChinaCompilationTamaraLynnScott
This tour was arranged through China Spree, and you may all find information on the journey,
The Best Treasures of China, at their website, and by contacting them at info@chinaspree.com.
These programs derive all their support from you, the viewing public. I hope that you will consider contributing to these efforts through your support, should you find them to be of value.
Segment 335 in the Broadcast Cable Series: " Great Getaways of the World", Produced and Directed by Tamara Lynn Scott, features short cuts from a 14 day travel excursion through China with the touring group China Spree - China's Best Treasures, and highlights all the various tour guides and their commentary at each scenic location visited. This thirty minute Broadcast Segment is available as a DVD from the Producer, and derives its support from you, the viewing public. If you find these programs of value, please consider supporting them by making contribution through PayPal TamaraLynnScott@gmail.com
Airing Schedule
Airing Schedule for
SEGMENT 335
Part 18 Compilation overview of the 17 part series on China
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
5:30 p.m. news primetime
and again at
2:00 a.m.
when all other programming goes off the air.
Friday, February 27th, 2009
5:30 p.m. news primetime
and again at
2:00 a.m.
when all other programming goes off the air.
Labels: CHINA - 18 Part Mini-Series - GREAT GETAWAYS- 335
SEG 334 - Part 17 in a 17 Part mini-series on CHINA
Segment 334
is a special compilation segment with some of the most striking visuals obtained in the previous mini-series of 16 segments filmed on China.
Upon arrival in Beijing, I could not help but notice the ringing theme of "One World" - "One Dream", lyrics to a collection of musical compositions I had created and performed as "The One World" concert Series.
In this segment, I use those musical pieces as the theme for overlaying the visuals of China .
Wo ai Zhung Guo Ren! ( I love the Chinese People!)
And pen these words reflecting my experiences there:
Hope is stronger than Fear
Love is stronger than Hate
We often live up to what is expected of us.
Put forth and remember
Your highest expectations of each other,
Your most golden dreams.
We are a spirit in making,
a soul in taking
each other,
repeat.
One World
is all
We will ever be.
SEGMENT 334
In the Broadcast Cable Series
" Great Getaways of the World
Features the original compositions,
Music, Vocals, and Visuals
of
Tamara Lynn Scott
So reminded of
the "One World" Concerts
set with some of the best visual moments
of the 16 part mini-series on
Travel in CHINA.
Everywhere,
The Olympic Spirit of Beijing,
the "One World - One Dream" theme,
reminding us all,
That there is no separation between us.
Our common souls and spirits are Always One,
Within the heart of all that is.
We walk this planet,
and live these eternities,
unfolding in each other,
our common humanity,
found in every life,
every form,
in the eternal become,
We always are
becoming more.
In the heaven of our eyes,
The spirit will rise,
the earth will blossom
into a new heaven on earth.
All that waits is our will to rise,
Our enlightened minds,
that realize
just how much a part of us all
we always arrive.
This last segment - 17 of the mini-series on China,
Celebrates that common whole
with the "One World Concert"
of
Tamara Lynn Scott
"There's a World we look for
all around us.
Find it in the Heaven of our eyes.
Happy is a place where love can find us.
Happy just to be alive.
Sunrise,
We begin again.
Sunrise!
And where our love has been
We will never die.
May our hearts find memory
of another way.
We remain,
Sweet forgiveness,
We remain
All it takes.
We remain,
All that it takes.
We remain,
All that it takes."
Airing Schedule for
SEGMENT 334
Part 17 in a 17 part series on China
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
5:30 p.m. news primetime
and again at
2:00 a.m.
when all other programming goes off the air.
Friday, February 20th, 2009
5:30 p.m. news primetime
and again at
2:00 a.m.
when all other programming goes off the air.
Labels: CHINA - 17 Part Mini-Series - GREAT GETAWAYS
SEG 333 -Part 16 in a 16 part mini-series on CHINA
SEGMENT 333
Shanghai, China -
Above the Sea
Part 16 in the 16 part series on China
Produced and Directed by Tamara Lynn Scott
Featuring Wendy, Shanghai Tour Guide for China Spree
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I will be rising early in the morning to take the morning train into Shanghai, where I will be spending the day at the American Embassy for an hour replacing a lost passport, and the remainder of the day at the Chinese consulate waiting in line for 3 hours, then told to get original paperwork from the hotel in Shanghai where I will be staying for the next two days as my temporary home in Shanghai, so will be racing by taxi back and forth to get a Visa replaced before 5 p.m.
I am fortunate to have with me, a former national tour guide who has been through this process before to assist with language, and without which I may not have succeeded in getting replaced in time the documents needed to get me safely back home in two days, when my flight is scheduled to leave China.
We have a successful day, and the Chinese Visa is being granted, but just as the office is closing, and no time to pay for the fee, my newly issued temporary passport is kept overnight, and I return in the morning at 9 a.m. to pay the visa fee and pick up my newly re-issued passport and Visa, with the remainder of the day spent filming the sights of Shanghai.
This last segment on China focuses on the spectacular vistas of endless cityscape of Shanghai, the Walk along the Bund, and the Shanghai Museum with it's great collections of Sculpture, Paintings, Ancient Costumes, and Ceramics.
Down to the wire,
with passport now locked in my room safe,
I enjoy the healing waters of the rounded swimming pool at the Skyview Landis, on my final night in China, ready to return home on the bullet train to the Beijing Pudong Airport, in the morning, documents in hand, safely delivered by our faithful national tour guide, Miss Dong Lin, who will now need a few days of vacation and quiet herself - Thankfully the week following is a national holiday for China, and she will have a few relaxing days visiting with her brother, prior to setting off with another group and another successful trip shepherded back to safe water, and return journey home.
The architecture of Shanghai is striking, but not energy efficient.
Large glass structures eat up their weight in air conditioning costs daily.
I create a series teaching the world about energy efficiency,
http://TLS.FromTheGroundUp.blogspot.com
and could help China re-think what is beautiful, by creating architecture that costs almost nothing to heat or cool.
We must, as a world, re-think our way of construction, and rethink how we are currently throwing our resources away.
If we utilize everything well, there will be enough, and none will need to think of war over diminishing energy. Energy is not diminishing, only thought, and will, and way.
Simple roofs that overhang and shade all glass, protecting it from the heat of sun, yet allowing the winter warmth of sun is a good step in this direction. Ancient Pagodas had the form more right.
Rainwater collection systems can both cool, and heat our structures, and provide all drinking and irrigation water. Be like the Buddha! Recycle everything into multiple usages.
All plantings should be useful, medicines, herbs, food. And plantings can also help cool our cities, and green our eyes, hearts, breath, and days.
All materials should be re-cycled. No foods wasted, and this includes the enormous amounts being tossed aside in our stores and restaurants.
Visit the Internet Archives and preview the award winning documentary on the California Grey Bears, to see how simple it is to feed thousands each week on what is being thrown away.
I see great might in Shanghai, and hope great vision and wisdom can help rule here, and assist in saving the world and the environment. We remain all that it takes.
Airing Schedule for
SEGMENT 333
Part 16 in the 16 part series on China
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
5:30 p.m. news primetime
and again at
2:00 a.m.
when all other programming goes off the air.
Friday, February 13th, 2009
5:30 p.m. news primetime
and again at
2:00 a.m.
when all other programming goes off the air.
Labels: CHINA - 16 Part Mini-Series - GREAT GETAWAYS
SEG 332 - Part 15 in a 16 Part Series on CHINA -
SEGMENT 332
Tongli, China - Part Two
Ancient water town
Part 15 in the 16 part series on China
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The ancient water village of Tongli is 1300 years old, and built up around natural canals and waterways complete with small boat taxis similar to the city of Venice. We'll be stopping along old street shopping markets, visiting an artist shop where silk is being embroidered, and visiting the wedding museum which houses the components of a traditional wedding box, seeing ancient childrens' clothing, ornaments, household goods, and a folklore museum.
An enchanting old bearded musician is captured playing his ancient music, a bemused and smiling wizard like sweet magician of pleasant music face.
Tonight I will be returning to Shanghai to re-unite with the rest of the touring group at the Skyway Landis Hotel.
You may check out this hotel on-line at
www.skywaylandis.com
Airing Schedule for
SEGMENT 332
Part 15 in the 16 part series on China
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
5:30 p.m. news primetime
and again at
2:00 a.m.
when all other programming goes off the air.
Friday, February 6th, 2009
5:30 p.m. news primetime
and again at
2:00 a.m.
when all other programming goes off the air.
Labels: CHINA - 16 Part Mini-Series - GREAT GETAWAYS
SEG 331 -Tongli - Part 14 in a 16 part series on CHINA
SEGMENT 331
Tongli, China
Ancient Water and Garden City of China
Part 14 in the 16 part series on China
Segment 331
features the beautiful water and garden town of Tongli.
It is a small and ancient town very near Suzhou, which is the "Venice of the East", signified a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997,a 2,500 year old city famous world-wide for its traditional gardens, canals, and silk worm production mills.
We'll be filming a few of these Garden houses.
With the construction of the Great Canal, another of those huge public work projects the poorest people of China got roped into to build by imperial emperors to more easily transport the wealth of the region to Beijing, a distance of 600 miles.
This large canal project did result in increased prosperity and prestige for the area, and as merchants and artisans plied their trade, came the construction of many Classical Chinese "Garden" houses, home enclaved that sometimes housed families and extended families of 100 people surrounding a central water garden pools filled with goldfish, non-edible carp, kept strictly for their good looks and now very hungry for the tourists to buy food for them to eat. They all come swarming over when food is being dropped into the pools.
For me, it seems a waste to have a pool and not a fish to eat in it, as I would prefer lake bass, trout, and dinner stock in my self-reliant pool, but this was the household of a wealthy family who most likely had enough money to purchase fish, instead of having them nearby to catch.
The wealthy like to demonstrate their wealth
Perhaps someday, the wealthy will like to demonstrate full utilization and non-wastage of resources instead.
Located on the bank of Taihu Lake, Tongli is an ancient and scenic water town with natural canals and many quaint and beautiful stone bridges. It is like a small Venice where the locals and tourists alike boat about in wooden gondolas.
We will be visiting a traditional Chinese Garden house of Tuisi (Pondering Over After Retirement ), which has attracted many film makers as a location.
We are delighted by the performance of an ancient song by two beautiful young Chinese women, on ancient instruments, as a musical delight for the segment.
Suzhou is a city famed for it's silk production and spinning mill, and a visit is planned, but no footage is allowed shot on the inside where silk worms feed on the mulberry tree leaves, and where the cocoons are then unthreaded, and combined with other silken threads to produce a combined silk thread strong enough for weaving.
We may be featuring the famous silk factory at a later date showing the various fabrics, fashions, and other goods made from this marvelous silkworm in our sister series, the Arts of Fashion and Beauty. Stay tuned for another day.
We will be overnighting at the Nanlin Hotel in Suzhou, which can be found on-line at
www.nalin.cn
Airing Schedule for
SEGMENT 331
Part 14 in the 16 part series on China
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
5:30 p.m. news primetime
and again at
2:00 a.m.
when all other programming goes off the air.
Friday, January 30th, 2009
5:30 p.m. news primetime
and again at
2:00 a.m.
when all other programming goes off the air.
Labels: CHINA - 16 Part Mini-Series - GREAT GETAWAYS
SEG 330- Part 13 in a 16 Part Series on CHINA
SEGMENT 330
Guilin, China
Li River Cruises
Yangshou
Hello Market
Reed Flute Cave
Part 13 in the 15 part series on China
Segment 330 features the world famous scenery of the Li River Cruise, a 4 hour journey on board a comfortable, 3 storied boat with air conditioned compartments, and lunch service midway down the river.
Guilin is world famous for its karst pinnacles that rise like jade combs above the blue ribbon of clear tropical waters, according to a famous Chinese poetess, and filled with scenics of fishermen, cormorants, water buffalo, sleepy villages, bamboo rafts, and the most spectacularly photographed landscapes of China.
You'll see these scenics at the Olympics, on the 20 Yuan note, and on the most scenic location of China list of every Chinese citizen. These are the scenics made famous throughout the world on calendars, posters, and art galleries. Haunting, surreal peaks rise up in slender mist shrouded peaks, a floating gallery where every turn of the river is a photographic vista.
We are traveling in September, but here in the warm tropical sun, the steam and condensation that leaves the skin wet and shimmering is leaving my broadcast camera shuddering into a screetching halt of warning signals of condensation, and lock up of all the mechanical gears on the camera. It is impossible to record, the tape refuses to move, the screen has gone bluezoned, and I am forced to retreat with the Digital Video to below deck where in the air conditioned surroundings, I begin to open the camera and to fan it's internal organs in hopes of saving the $7000.00 camera from total annihilation.
I leave the broadcast camera amoung the other members of my touring group, another good reason for traveling with a group, when my production assistant is not with me, and instructions to come uptop to retrieve me, should the camera shudder back to normal, and the cassette drop into the down position, signally it becoming unfrozen by the condensation, and perhaps non damaged enough to film.
I have gone uptop to begin photographing with the backup high quality digital still camera I've brought along for just such emergency back up and begin to capture the fantastic scenics passing by.
One hour up river, as we begin to enter one of the most scenic areas of the river,
our tour guide comes uptop with the camera, outer door forced closed, and we begin the 20 minutes of filming along the river before descending back down into the air conditioned cabin to join the others with lunch nearing completion.
I would suggest choosing the driest and coolest time of the season for anyone planning to film this river scenic, or risk permanent and unrepairable damage to your camera, and miss the opportunity of filming altogether.
Fortunately, the footage was not damaged, the door lock on the camera, repairable, although the camera frozen with the last 60 minute tape in it unretrieveable, as it had been forced closed by an overly anxious tour guide wanting to get footage and not knowledgeable of proper camera operation procedures, and this segment records the efforts of the day.
We are porting in Yangshuo, where a famous "Hello" market is captured with it's fake antiques, not quite 100% silk ties, and other colorful wares, and then on to the surrounding area, local spots along the rivers and bridges, other moon shaped features in mountain rocks, pagodas, local fruits, and the Reed Flute Cave, a subterranean wonderland, beautifully lit in artistic colorful displays, culminating in the huge Crystal Palace chamber, which can hold more than 2000 people, and which provided shelter to many Chinese people escaping from the aggression of the Japanese Empire during World War Two. Fortunately for the world, and for the common people of Japan, democratic government has replaced the dangers of imperial rule in Japan, and the two nations are on the road to better relationship. All power must have the balance of forces to restrain it, or there can be no peace on earth. No dictatorship is saintly and wise.
The Reed Flute Cave is also moist inside, wet dripping from the ceiling, and the warning signal on the camera remains on, but the temperature is cooler, and more hospitable than the earlier conditions of the river cruise - which proved to be the worst filming conditions of the trip- partially saved through having an air conditioned cabin to retreat into for an hour or so.
Airing Schedule for
SEGMENT 330
Part 13 in the 15 part series on China
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
5:30 p.m. news primetime
and again at
2:00 a.m.
when all other programming goes off the air.
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
5:30 p.m. news primetime
and again at
2:00 a.m.
when all other programming goes off the air.
Labels: CHINA - 16 Part Mini-Series - GREAT GETAWAYS
