Chinese
Sky Walkers
23
March 2007
A skywalk was
offcially opened to skywalkers over the Grand
Canyon in the United States on 20 March 2007,
and the guy who initiated the concept design
of this new wonder is said to be a SBS -
Shanghai born Shanghainese. Therefore it
could be quite safe to assume he is a
Chinese.
If so, it's no wonder
then, because Chinese are masters of sky
walking. We have proves here. In the photo 1
a Chinese sky walker is shown in full swing,
literary.
Photo
1: A Chinese sky walker
highlighted in the light circle
are travelling from a temple
built on the edge of a cliff to
reach the another cliff top
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image to view enlarged version
Unlike in the case of the Grand
Canyon Skywalk where you look down through
thick glasses, here you can enjoy a complete
open spectacle of the natural majesty. And it
certainly does not cost 454 tons of metal to
have 100 steel bars drilled into limestone
bedrock 40 feet deep. In this Chinese skywalk
one set of iron train is suffice to do the
job - it brings least to the original
environment, and takes away nothing.
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Photo 2: Strolling
leisurely on the narrow footpath in
his vertically challenged backyard
信步于空中闲庭
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It seems the SBS did not
introduce the best of the East to the West
when he proposed his design concept. But on
the other hand, he may have a good reason for
not doing so. In the noble spirit of sharing
- as we would like to guess - he doesn't want
to see the high experience to be exclusively
reserved for super kung fu masters. And he
may argue that the old and the young and the
fit and the weak shall all have an
opportunity to explore a lofty point of view
as it is demonstrated in the photo 3.
Photo
3: Some Indian
elders and two aging former
astronauts are among the
first group of people
stepping onto the thick glass
floor of the Grand Canyon
Skywalk
But does it centainly
have to be the case? Without a broad glass
floor the ordinary folk will definitely have
no chance to acquire a broad perspective?
Look what is happening in the photo 4.
"Sky
walk? Just a piece of cake. And I
have many pieces of cakes in my
basket."
A group of
Chinese vilagers living in
China's southwest are on their
way home after attending a market
fair
How about this
dizzying stroll? Braved by the men and the
women, the granny and the baby, with heavy
burdens on the back or in the arm.
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