Floor plan of Chinese new house

In Soufun.com, there are a lots of floor plans of new house in China, including one-bedroom, two-bedroom, three-bedroom apartment and high value house.



In Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other southern cities in China, there are new design for apartment. Chinese enjoy relaxation at garden but no enough space for sitting, so architects design a big balcony (7-10 Square Meters) behind the main door as a front garden.

Get more floor plan, please have a look http://newhouse.soufun.com/newhousenet/newhouse/newhouse_housecollection.aspx

Vestibule in the house

玄关 - Xuanguan - Vestibule

Vestibule (Xuanguan) in Chinese house is quiet important space. It is the walkway between main door and living room. Xuanguan is came from Buddhism. Xuanguan looks like a gate in Buddhism. If it is opening for you, that means you get a right way to learn Buddhism. So you visit to Chinese temple, you will found there are many doors form main entrance to main building. So please don't walk side door as last time that we went to Fo Guang Shan in Howick, haha.

家 - family - home

In Chinese, family and home is same word.

For Chinese, family's structure looks like a tree. My ancestor is the root, and my kids are new branch. But if my kid is a girl, she will be put to else tree cause she will marry to other people. That is why son always more care than daughter.

The ladys are naked!

Amazing? What are the naked ladies?

It is sculpture. It is at outside of a toilet in Chongqing, China.

The pig is …

Guess, what is this? It is a pig toy. Half correct, it also is a radio. Its ears are functional button. The tail is not only an antenna, but also is a leg to support radio. The poor nose is for speaker.

In Chinese calendar, this year is pig year. I bought it few months ago in Guangzhou, China. It is inexpensive, only 15RMB (NZD3).

Olympic torch

A product will be focused by billions of people in next year. What is it? It’s a torch for carrying the Olympic Flame around the world ahead of the Beijing 2008 Games. At the opening ceremony of Olympic Games, all people will gaze at the torch when it will be lighted to the fire tower at the stadium.

Last month, the best one of 388 designs was announced by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympics. It is created by designers at Lenovo, a Chinese PC company.

The torch calls “Xiang yun” (scroll and cloud). It was inspired by many Chinese elements. Paper was invented by Chinese, and at past people scrolled paper to pass message to people. Red, as you know, is a favorite colour for Chinese. In Chinese mythology, deities ride flying on "xiangyun", or lucky clouds. Chinese people expect the auspicious clouds to bring blessings and harmony.

In addition, it also is a hi-tech and sustainable product. The torch can withstand winds of up to 65 km/hour and stay alight in rain, hail or snow. The light yellow flame can burn for over 15 minutes and will be fueled by propane, a relatively clean energy source. Main material is aluminum, and rubber is sprayed on the lower part’s surface for hand held.

I think this torch will inspire us in this project.