{"id":1666,"date":"2016-02-20T18:55:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T16:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2016-02-20T18:58:23","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T16:58:23","slug":"trip-to-wudang-mountain-and-beijing-19-2-8-3-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/trip-to-wudang-mountain-and-beijing-19-2-8-3-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Trip to Wudang-mountain and Beijing 19.2.-8.3.2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday 19.2.-Saturday 20.2.2016 Oulu-Helsinki-Shiyang-Wudang<\/p>\n<p>The main purpose of the trip was to attend 2nd International Conference of The Heads of National Health Qigong Federation Heads. The first one was in Emei-shan 2014, which I also attended.<\/p>\n<p>I started my journey to misty, mystical Wudang mountain from Oulu, where snow was raining heavily, to Helsinki , and soon I was relaxing in brand new Finnair Airbus 350 with hundreds of Chinese heading to Beijing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1669\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1669\" src=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160219_191933-A-1000x488.jpg\" alt=\"On way to Beijing, picture from the plane's outside camera.\" width=\"590\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160219_191933-A-1000x488.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160219_191933-A-500x244.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160219_191933-A-768x375.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On way to Beijing, picture from the plane&#8217;s outside camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1670\" src=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_022424-1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"20160220_022424\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_022424-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_022424-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_022424-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Arriving Beijing international airport local time 7 am, and Finnish time 2 am. Airport is completed 2008 and designed by Sir Norman Foster, resembling a reclining dragon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1671\" src=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_093306-750x1000.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing Airport by Sir Norman Foster 2008\" width=\"590\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_093306-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_093306-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_093306-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1676\" src=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_091626.jpg\" alt=\"20160220_091626\" width=\"474\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_091626.jpg 474w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_091626-436x500.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wheather in Beijing was great, blue sky and sunshine, a bit chilly though. There I met by accident Petra from Germany. She was also going to Wudang-seminar. Next flight was to Shiyan from a small Nanyuan Chinese domestic airport, to go there took one hour in a taxi. My plane leaved at 17:50 so I had many hours to wait without any sleep but in high spirits.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1672\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1672\" src=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_110930-1000x975.jpg\" alt=\"Having yasmine tea at Nanyuan ariport. You can refill the cup on the same leaves many times, since the cup was half full of them!\" width=\"590\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_110930-1000x975.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_110930-500x488.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_110930-768x749.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Having yasmine tea at Nanyuan ariport. You can refill the cup on the same leaves many times, since the cup was half full of them!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At Nanyuan airport we met more friends from USA and Spain, Nuria, Havier, Neus and Mr. Li from U.S. cathing up the latest news.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1673\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1673\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1673\" src=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_183718_HDR-1000x750.jpg\" alt=\"China Eeastern Airlines on flight magazine features Rovaniemi and Finland!\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_183718_HDR-1000x750.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_183718_HDR-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_183718_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">China Eeastern Airlines on flight magazine features Rovaniemi and Finland!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>From Shiyuan Liuji airport the IHQF staff picked us up and we went by bus to Wudang mountain to WUDANGSHAN JIANGUO HOTEL, which is a lofty, beautiful hotel with big rooms. Signing up to semirar, getting room , having a supper of delicious noodles and meeting shifu Zhang Fang and many other friends from previous events. The journey took me in Finland time from fri 14:00 o&#8217;clock to sat 17:00, about 28 hours, virtually no sleeping, feeling a bit tired but otherwise the travelling was nice, relaxing and studying last time chinese before arrival. Tomorrow the seminar starts with a group photo, and the story continues, stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>Aki<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1674\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1674\" src=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_200328.jpg\" alt=\"At Shiyan after 28 hours travelling, a bit tired but in high spirits!\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_200328.jpg 525w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160220_200328-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At Shiyan after 28 hours travelling, a bit tired but in high spirits!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1675\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1675\" src=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WUDANG-PE-LA-19-20-2-2016-059-1000x563.jpg\" alt=\"Testing new action camera with Neus and Havier from Spain\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WUDANG-PE-LA-19-20-2-2016-059-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WUDANG-PE-LA-19-20-2-2016-059-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WUDANG-PE-LA-19-20-2-2016-059-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Testing new action camera with Neus and Havier from Spain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday 19.2.-Saturday 20.2.2016 Oulu-Helsinki-Shiyang-Wudang The main purpose of the trip was to attend 2nd International Conference of The Heads of National Health Qigong Federation Heads. The first one was in Emei-shan 2014, which I also attended. I started my journey to misty, mystical Wudang mountain from Oulu, where snow was raining heavily, to Helsinki , [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ajankohtaista"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1666"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1679,"href":"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions\/1679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ouluntaiji.fi\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}