Harbin + Guangzhou; Travel

choi

(1) Frozen Color in China. Washington Post, Jan 6, 2012 (photo gallery).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/li ... 8CE3dP_gallery.html

(2) Necee Regis, In Guangzhou, China, Plenty to Discover — and to Buy. Washington Post, Jan 8(?), 2012.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/li ... QAIETVfP_story.html

Note:
(a) The travelogue said, "My nephew-in-law, Brian O’Connor, parks in a crowded outdoor shopping district — think of New York’s Canal Street on steroids."

Canal Street (Manhattan)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_Street_(Manhattan)
(forms the main spine of [New York] Chinatown)
(b) In ENGLISH-speaking world, Kiki is a name for females--a pet form of names in K.
(c) "luohan' in Mandarin:
(i) arhat (n; Sanskrit, from present participle of arhati he deserves; akin to Greek alphein to gain; First Known Use 1870):
"a Buddhist who has reached the stage of enlightenment"
www.m-w.com
(ii) arhat (Buddhism)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhat_(Buddhism)
(Arhat, in Buddhism, signifies a spiritual practitioner who has realized certain high stages of attainment. The implications of the term vary based on the respective schools and traditions)
(d) Palladian architecture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palladian_architecture
(Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580))
(e) The "hitch" in "soon-to-be-hitched Chinese couples" is a transitive verb that means:
"2a : to catch or fasten by or as if by a hook or knot <hitched his horse to the fence post>
* * *
c : to join in marriage <got hitched>"
www.m-w.com