tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post9038065650481003822..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: Eight Immortals MountainHobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-1803894927934885602011-03-04T15:45:50.830+00:002011-03-04T15:45:50.830+00:00I am secretly quite happy that the haiga (haiku + ...I am secretly quite happy that the haiga (haiku + image) works rather well - is the leaf getting anywhere? Is it the Baxian in their boat? Do they fall from the trees, and float across the city's river every year?<br /><br />Haiga are good fun. There should be the same kind of "ahah!" moment that links the image to the haiku, as there exists within the haiku itself. They need notHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-44044005421844756792011-03-04T15:41:44.356+00:002011-03-04T15:41:44.356+00:00The Eight Immortals (Baxian) are figures in Chines...The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Immortals" rel="nofollow">Eight Immortals (Baxian)</a> are figures in Chinese mythology, who famously banded together to use their powers to cross a sea by boat. On the beautiful <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijiang_River" rel="nofollow">Li River</a> in Guanxi, there is a mountain named "Baxianshan", because it looks like a bunchHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.com