Tag Archives: jhubei
Last Weekend Via Instagram
Last weekend, I was able to follow and slightly take part in a Mazu festival for a local temple. I’ll tell more about the day itself when I make a proper post with the photos from that day, but I … Continue reading
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Eight Shots at f/8
I have to admit that after a year being in Taiwan that even with the different things going on all around me on a daily basis, I’ve been finding myself getting bored with what I normally shoot. For this reason, … Continue reading
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Jhubei Drum Festival, 2011
On the weekend of 10/10, a drum festival was held in Jhubei which included not only Chinese drumming, but also some influences from across Asia. In addition, some Taiwanese pop stars performed at the end of the show, most notably … Continue reading
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Single Shot: Chinese Opera in Jhubei
This is from a Chinese opera performance in Jhubei which took place last summer. Lately, the weather hasn’t been good for these sorts of events so I’m reposting some older shots.
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Reprocessed Shot: Jhubei Lion Dancer
As I improve my postprocessing in Aperture 3, I try to go back to old RAW files and see what I can do to improve some of my favorite shots. One of these is a dragon “handler” from mainland China … Continue reading
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Single Shot: Sea of Flags
This shot was taken while visiting a main temple in Jhubei City a few weeks ago near the end of Ghost Month. These flags were set up with incense and a few small food items for the ghosts. After these … Continue reading
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Jhubei Tibet Festival: Golden Dancers
These dancers, which took some stylistic inspiration from the Buddhist “1,000 Hands Dance” – a mostly Chinese phenomenon - recently performed at a Tibetan Culture Festival here in Jhubei. While this dance is not Tibetan, it was the first time I saw … Continue reading
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Jhubei Yimin Performance
This is the last post in a series about the Hakka Yimin festival, an event which takes place every year to honor ancestors who fought in a military struggle against certain rebel factions in Taiwan. It is celebrated by the … Continue reading
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Jhubei Morning Market
While Taiwan doesn’t have a lack of things to photograph, sometimes I find myself getting bored with some of the same day-to-day street subjects and fear that I might get stale if I’m not searching at least one day a … Continue reading
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Double Ninth 2010
Double Ninth, as I have mentioned before, is a Chinese religious festival interested in warding off evil spirits. The event falls on the “double-ninth” date of the lunar calendar, which, because of the numerology, is considered to have too much … Continue reading
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