Six Feet Lane – 六尺巷 据《桐城县志》记载，清代（康熙年间）文华殿大学士 兼 礼部尚书 张英 的家人与邻居吴家 为了围墙发生了争执，家人飞书京城，要 张英 用权势“摆平”吴家。 而张英回了一首诗 “千里修书只为墙，让他三尺又何妨。 万里长城今犹在，不见当年秦始皇。” 家人见书，主动退让了三尺，而邻居吴氏深受感动，也退让三尺， 于是两家的院墙之间有一条「六尺巷」。这个美谈一直流传至今。 不计较的人生，才是快乐的人生。 乐于分享人生，更是得胜有余的人生。
Artist Mr Jason Chen 画家陈锡然先生
January 4, 2012 by
His paintings have been selected for display in International Exhibitions in Beijing, Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia. For more than ten years, he has also participated in numerous joint exhibitions and has held many solo exhibitions in Australia, winning a number of awards and has been invited to take part in art exhibitions during the […]
Artist Mr An Pan 画家潘鞍先生
January 3, 2012 by
Learn drawing and painting since five years old 1975-1979 as a professional artist worked in the army in China 1990 migrated to Australia Participated in many exhibitions both in China and Australia His works of art 潘鞍先生作品 Golden Season (Pastel) 金色季节 Street Band 街头艺人 Bride 新娘 Russian Musicians in National Folk Festival 民俗节庆中的音乐家 Floriade 花展 […]
Christmas Lights in Canberra
December 22, 2011 by
The house at 3 Tennyson Crescent in Forrest, Canberra has been awarded “The most lights on a residential property” by Guinness World Record. Gates open and lights on every night from 4 December to 26 December 2011. Entry by gold coin donation in aid of SIDS and Kids (ACT). See the following websites for more Christams Lights: […]
Artist Mr Cunde Wang 画家王存德先生
December 16, 2011 by
A graduate of the Central Academy of Arts and Design in 1969, Mr Wang was engaged in textile and package design for 12 years. He joined the Beijing Institute of Industrial Design in 1982 as a lecturer and went on to become the Head of Department of Decoration. Mr Wang is also a member of […]
Artist Jane Lo Chou 畫家羅真女士
December 14, 2011 by
Learned Chinese painting from various masters whilst living in Taiwan. Migrated to Australia in 1987, now retired. Her works of art 羅真女士作品 Children playing underbanana trees 香蕉樹下兒僖圖 Red Roses 红玫瑰 Grapes and yellow birds 葡萄、黄鹊和黄鹂鸟 Picture of beauty 仕女圖 Butterflies and flowers 蝴蝶海�� Lotus 蓮花圖
Sunset from Space
December 2, 2011 by
This photograph was taken by the crew on board the Columbia during its last mission, the ill-fated mission. This photograph was taken via satellite, on a cloudless day. The picture is of Europe and Africa when the sun is setting. Half of the picture is in night. The bright dots you see are the cities […]
How many human faces can you see?
December 1, 2011 by
There are 12 human faces in the picture. Can you find them all? Normal people find 4 or 5 of them straight away. If you found 8 of them, you have an extraordinary sense of observation. If you found 9 of them, your sense of observation is above average. If you found 10 of them […]
Tuggeranong Festival 2011
November 28, 2011 by
Festival season has started and ACCEPA had their first community involvement in contributing the following five programs at the Tuggeranong Festival 2011 on 26 November 2011. Chinese fan dance “The Truth of Love” Flute and violin duet based on a popular Chinese song “Two Butterflies” Chinese folk dance “Full Moon and beautiful Flowers” Modern dance […]