My Name as Found in Shandong, China

My Chinese name “泰安” is spelt as “Tai Onn” in Cantonese (my dialect group) and ‘Tai'an” in Mandarin.  

It is derived from the proverb “国泰民安”(Guo Tai Min An) meaning “the country prospers, and the people are at peace." This proverb is usually found in congratulatory messages for national days.

The following photos of signages or banners carrying the phrase of  “国泰民安” are captured by me during my recent tour to Tai'an city of Shandong, China. 

Pictorial Highlights of My China's Shandong Tour from May 11th to 19th, 2024

Group Photos (Courtesy of tour leader Gerrie Wong)

Daming Lake (大明湖)  on 12/05/2024

Mount Tai (泰山)   on 13/05/2024 

Taishan Fengshan Ceremony Show Performance (中华泰山 封禅大典演出) on 13/05/2024

     Kong Family Mansion (孔府) on 14/05/2024

Underground Grand Canyon & Firefly Cave Tour Area (地下大峡谷/萤火虫洞旅游区)  on 15/05/2024

Tsingtao Brewery (青島啤酒博物馆) on 16/05/2024

Yangjiabu Folk Cultural Ancient Village (杨家埠民俗大观园) on 17/05/2024 

Beijing (北京) Bird Nest (鸟巢) & Water Cube (水立方)  on 18/05/2024

All lady participants of the group celebrating Mother's Day on Sunday, 12/05/2024

Poses with Tour Guide & Tour Leader

A pose with Tour Guide Chris 牟雪松 (携程旅行金牌导游)

A pose with BeeFlyz Holiday's Tour Leader Gerrie Wong

Poses with My Wife/Buddies/A Professor

Poses with my wife Soh Ai:

Poses with my buddies Yong Yew Khoon and Poon Yow Meng:

Poses with Dr. Thock Ker Pong, retired senior lecturer at the Chinese Studies Department, University of Malaya:

Selected Scenic Places 

Daming Lake (大明湖), Jinan (济南)

Mount Tai (泰山), Tai'an (泰安)

    The origin of my name Tai Onn (泰安) is reflected on the banner: "The country prospers, the people at peace (国泰民安)"

Mount Tai (泰山) at Tai'an (泰安)

People Mountain People Sea (人山人海)

God of Fortune Palace

Guanyin or Goddess of Mercy Hall

The Myriad Dharmas are Only Consciousness. Reaching the Pinnacle

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So crowded that I couldn't take a shot at the stone tablet with the inscription of "Wuyue Duzun" or "The most respected of the Five Sacred Mountains" (五岳独尊) 

Renminbi 5 Yuan note with the image of Mount Tai 

Jade Emperor Peak of Mount Tai (玉皇顶) at 1545 m above sea level

Stone statue "Shigandang (泰山石敢当) " bearing the origin of my name

Dai Temple (岱庙)

  

  Confucius Museum (孔子博物馆) at Qufu (曲阜)

A pose with the statue of Confucius

Underground Grand Canyon (地下大峡谷) at Ishui County (沂水县) Linyi City (临沂市)  

Butterfly Valley (蝴蝶谷)

                 The Firefly Cave (萤火虫洞)

 River drifting in the Firefly Stream Cave (萤火虫水洞漂游)

Tsingtao Brewery (青島啤酒博物馆) at Qingdao (青島)

Danish mycologist and fermentation physiologist Emil Christian Hansem (1842-1909)

Huilan Pavilion (回澜阁) / Zhanqiao Pier (栈桥) at Qingdao (青岛)

             May Fourth Square (五四广场)

Yangjiabu Folk Culture Village (杨家埠民俗大观园) at Weifang (潍坊)

                    Kite Museum (风筝博物馆)

Badaju Market (八大局便民市场) at Zibo (淄博)  

Bell Tower Bookstore (海岱钟书阁) at Zibo (淄博)  

 Zhoucun Ancient Town (周村古商城) at Zibo (淄博)

Ruifuxiang, a chain of silk stores in eastern China

(瑞蚨祥 "中华老字号"的绸布和皮毛制品)

Lushang Cultural Centre (鲁商文化馆)

    

Main entrance to Zhoucun Ancient Town

Note: A detailed travelogue in Chinese can be found in my other blog:  https://lautaionn.blogspot.com/2024/05/2024597.html