The Wise Old Owl

I am Dick Yip, a retired Senior Education Officer specialising in PE, Sports and the Outdoors, with 4 decades of extensive experience at the Primary,Secondary, JC,TTC,NIE,Sports clubs and NSAs level.I have many diverse interests...travel,music,Badminton,Fishing,ukulele,history... In 2008 was honoured as S'pore's 1st Active Ager INFOCOMM Champion Award Winner. Appointed C3A Active Ager Silver Ambassador 2008, Appointed INFOCOMM 123 Silver Ambassador 2008.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

An old Legend about Yellow Crane tower




According to legend, Yellow Crane Tower was built by the family of an old pothouse owner living in Wuhan City long ago, named Old Xin. One day, a shabbily dressed Taoist priest came to the pothouse and asked for some wine. Old Xin paid no attention to him, but his son was very kind and gave the Taoist some wine without asking for money. The Taoist priest visited the pothouse regularly for half a year when one day the Taoist said to the son that in order to repay his kindness, he would like to draw a crane on the wall of the pothouse, which would dance at his request. When people in the city heard of this, they flocked to the pothouse to see the dancing crane. The Xin family soon became rich and they built the Yellow Crane Tower as a symbol of gratitude to the Taoist priest.


D2 and a future leader of Wuhan.
This little girl has an abundance of unspoilt wit, charm and poise.
She speaks very well too!
By the way, she was in her school uniform.

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Me being surrounded by the kids at the Bell of
Good fortune, luck and prosperity. Surely goodness and mercy will follow me and those with me, all my life !

Unk Dicko at 4:31 PM
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