I often say that China is a land of contrasts. Other ways of saying that would be a land of contradictions or a land of paradoxes. Here you can see the ancient and the modern juxtaposed. China is JUST like this: modernizing rapidly, yet the culture is rooted firmly in very ancient traditions and beliefs.
These pictures symbolize how I visualize China — a contrast of modern and ancient.
Old style pavilion with modern, shiny, red, white and blue cars.
The same pavilion with a backdrop of towering apartmentbuildings.
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Hi, I'm Jimmie, and this is my online collage -- a little bit of this and a little bit of that, but mostly homeschooling with a loosely Charlotte Mason style. You're welcome to poke around and leave a comment if you desire. 
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