With a nice and round crown, this deciduous Chinese elm variety has smaller height and leaves. It retains the unique bark of a Chinese elm, and produces small reddish flowers in the late summer before changing color in the fall. Like other Chinese elm’s, it is resistant to disease. A Seiju Elm makes a wonderful indoor bonsai with enough lighting.
Seiju Elm
This Chinese redbud is blossoming all over including on the tree trunks!
Exceptional hand painted Chinese wallpaper from the late 1700s creates the magnificent showcase for one of Winterthur’s most iconic rooms – the Chinese Parlor.
Realistic looking wildebeest at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina
Chinese Lantern Festival – A Jumping Wildebeest
A pair of Chinese elephant lanterns glowing in the dark
Chinese Lantern Festival – A Pair of Elephants
Nearly life-size, these giraffe Chinese lanterns are amazing …
Chinese Lantern Festival – A Trio of Giraffe
A colorful tiger Chinese lantern ….
Chinese Lantern Festival – Growling Tiger
Displays of giant jelly fish lanterns at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina look much better at night!
Chinese Lantern Festival – Jelly Fish in Daylight
Chinese Lantern Festival – Jelly Fish at Night
The theme at this year’s Chinese Lantern Festival, Belmont, North Carolina was “The Wild” as displayed in the welcome gate.
“The Wild,” a world of life-size (sometimes larger than life) illuminated panda bears, lions, flamingos and more fauna from the world’s seven continents. Each of the lanterns is made by masters of the craft in Zigong, China’s center of lantern heritage. Others are made of small glass medicine bottles filled with colored liquid. Arranged in the shape of dragons, peacocks, and giant pearls, they glimmer like crystal rainbows.
Chinese Lantern Festival – Welcome Gate
Chinese Lantern Festival – Theme
When one thinks of a Chinese Lantern, it would be generally as a source of light.
A Chinese Light Lantern
From humble beginnings of silk and paper, the Chinese lantern has evolved into wondrous shapes and sizes well displayed at the Chinese Lantern Festival in Belmont, North Carolina. Over the next few weeks, I will be posting unique images of these “lanterns.”
Chinese Lantern Festival