Wednesday 9 April 2014

Traditional Horse Fighting of China



Probably you’ve heard fighting of several animals, but this story is something unique and unusual. There are a number of pictures in which you see two stallions fight during a traditional Chinese New Year horse fighting competition for the Year of the Horse in Tiantou Miao village in Rongshui, China. It’s a traditional festival which is carried out a grisly 500-year-old tradition. The two stallions fight by the presence of female horse to ring the Chinese New Year, who is kept meters away from the clashing pairs by a villager armed with little more than a stick and when it’s the Year of the Horse, the fights are considered to be even more substantial. The horse which successfully defends its position close to the female is declared the winner.
Animals Asia has said the female horses are sometimes "induced into season through the injection of hormones. They’re nourishes the horses in a small village across southern China and have been condemned by animal rights groups; including Hong-Kong based Animals Asia. But those who participate in the events defend the fights and insist they take care of the animals. Members of the Miao ethnic group encourage the animals fight and betting on the winner. The tournaments can earn the winner 10,000 yuan (around $1,650) and are happening more frequently now, as the Year of the Horse begins. The inhabitants of this area argue that horse-fighting is steeped in tradition and without horse fighting it wouldn't feel like a new year and also referring to horse’s bloody bites, We have adequate medicine to treat his injuries, and after some times he will gradually get better. As most of people know horses are not naturally aggressive and wouldn’t normally engage in their behavior like this. Moreover; Horse-fighting has been outlawed in many countries but not here in China. The animal activists from the non-profit organization Animals Asia called the tradition a “horrific spectacle" and says that local government officials now actively boost this cruel event in order to entice tourists to this area.








Friday 28 March 2014

China Village is connected with Outside World by Dangerous Ropeway



Life is extremely difficult for some peoples, we can’t imagine even. Like there is a remote mountain village in the central China’s Hubei Province, which is connected with the outside world is precarious zip line. The remote village of Yushan is situated in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei approximately 150 KM away from the nearest downtown.  The village is surrounded with magnificent cliffs and deep valley. The village is without roads and only one Kilometer long stretched across a 480 meter deep gorge.  The rudimentary zip line was built in 1997 actually consisting of a simple steel cage and powered by a diesel engine to help local inhabitants to travel and bring daily life supplies.
The local inhabitant of Zhang Xinjian took the responsibility of maintaining the ropeway as no one taking ownership of rope set up. He says; we’re lubricating the cables once a week and this dangerous assignment is continuously in action for 15 years. Zhang has to take the cart and apply oil onto the cables along the way. In the beginning, my father and brother was helping me, but later on my brother quit and my father’s health gone down, so it’s only me that could the job now. China’s government has finally building a road to the village and plans to finish the ropeway cable car upon completion. Basic ropeways and transportation system is very common in poorer nations particularly among Asian countries where adults and children take peril each day just to go about their lives.Source: Charismatic Planet





Tuesday 4 March 2014

Where Two Oceans Meet But do not Mix



This phenomenon is simply incredible and mind blowing, when two bodies of water were merging in the middle of The Gulf of Alaska and there was foam developing only at their junction. It is a consequence of the melting glaciers being composed of fresh water and the ocean has a higher percentage of salt triggering the two bodies of water to have different densities and consequently makes it more testing to mix.

Sunday 2 March 2014

Balancing Stones Seems Defy Gravity



Grab of gravity with glue is incredibly skillful activity by achieving stunning harmony in the most magnificent rock formation. Artist Michael delicately assembled stacks, entitled balancing rocks, seem to defy gravity. Although gravity is the only glue that holds his structures together. The creative stone balancing process initially grew out of Grab's simple inquisitiveness and has since developed into what he defines as a therapeutic ritual. With great patience, a very stable hand, and a thoughtful mind, he works prudently to catch small connections between the stones' natural indentations. Some balances can apply substantial pressure on your mind and your endurance. But the test is overcoming any doubt that may arise. Check out great pictures of Michael work.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tuesday 18 February 2014

Rooftoppers Conquered Second Tallest Building of Shanghai



Russian photographers and “urban ninjas” Vitaly Raskalov and Vadim Makhorov, actually are no guests to traveling to the world's highest towering skyscrapers and climbing them with undeniably no safety gear, have freshly conquered the 2nd tallest building in the world. The two daredevil managed to gain entrance to China's Shanghai Tower earlier this month, both ascend the 650-meter-high structure and take several unbelievable photos from their exclusive viewpoints. They took them estimated two hours to hike up to the 120th floor on foot, after which they climbed a crane mounted on top of the tower. Check out these incredible images. Source: Charismatic Planet