Beibei

B and I are in Beibei, which is a small city by Chinese standards – about 250,000 or so.

photocopies « Peace Corps: China 2003

Beibei is the Fish, Jingjing is the Panda, Huanhuan is the Olympic Flame, Yingying is the Tibetan Antelope and Nini is the Swallow.

Chinese Performers Ring in the Lunar New Year at Universal Studios Theme Park 2007

La mer and Beethoven's "Pastoral" symphony, conducted by Kent Nagano, formed agreeably played bookends to Tan Dun's acrobatic and splashy Water Concerto which is exactly as its name suggests: three percussionists, led by the extraordinarily agile Wang Beibei, conjured amplified drips, drops and trickles from transparent bowls of water, while the orchestra acted as a conduit for more conventional east-west sounds.

Philip Glass Ensemble: the Qatsi trilogy; BBCSO/Volkov; Melvyn Tan; T'ang Quartet; Bo Skovhus; Montreal SO/Nagano; Llyr William; Ten Plagues – review 2011

The cute Fuwa group consists of five members according to the traditional five elements: Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, and Nini.

Olympic Mascot Fuwa BeiBei Papercraft | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2008

On a high note, the sun is out and the sky is believe it-or-not BLUE in Beibei.

Archive 2009-01-01 Phil Razem 2009

I am spending this Lunar New Year, in comparison to last year's Spring Festival-on-the-move, here in Beibei, studying a little Chinese, reading, journaling, running which I just returned home from; hats and gloves required, and preparing for my life after Peace Corps, all while huddled close to my electric heater wearing several layers of clothing, hats and gloves required.

Archive 2009-01-01 Phil Razem 2009

I have always wanted to see a real Chinese wedding - and by "real" I mean "traditional"; wedding planning shops are all over Beibei and they advertise wedding packages that look no different than Western-style weddings.

Archive 2009-02-01 Phil Razem 2009

Chinese recession let's not forget the Communist Party of China holds legitimacy only because the economy has been growing for the last 30 years - take away the money and bye-bye goes Mr. Mao's fraternity, so says the 800 million Chinese farmers...bringing this piece of Truth into the spotlight, I like to explore the changes happening in Beibei, my Peace Corps site.

Archive 2009-01-01 Phil Razem 2009

In celebration of sitemate Kristen's younger brother, Tim, visiting his big sister in Beibei, our Waiban took a small entourage to a fancy Hot Pot restaurant, so I thought this would be the perfect time to capture this "cultural culinary experience" on film for this blog and, of course, the next round of PCVs coming to China this summer.

Archive 2009-02-01 Phil Razem 2009

Two nights ago, I met up with PCV Patrick you remember Patrick - aka "Captain Ahab" - from my Sanya adventure in Beibei, who returned to Chongqing from his site in Guizhou Province to spend his first Spring Festival with his host family, only to leave 3 days later to start a long stretch of traveling with my sitemate, Kristen.

Archive 2009-01-01 Phil Razem 2009