A PLACE TO CELEBRATE

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Repoussé

Repoussé or repoussage  is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repousse

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Zheng He

Zheng He (1371–1433), formerly romanized as Cheng Ho, was a Hui-Chinese court eunuch, mariner, explorer, diplomat andfleet admiral, who commanded expeditionary voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa from 1405 to 1433. As a favorite of the Yongle Emperor, whose usurpation he assisted, he rose to the top of the imperial hierarchyand served as commander of the southern capital Nanjing. These voyages were long neglected in official Chinese histories but have become well known in China and abroad since the publication of Liang Qihao’s “Biography of Our Homeland’s Great Navigator, Zheng He”^[3] in 1904.^[4] A trilingual stele left by the navigator was discovered on Sri Lanka shortly thereafter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He

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Love is in the archaeology of our tears.

Wrote a stoic old goat of ancient years.

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And there is a time for each, mused he,

When nothing is as beautiful as a We.

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When life’s restless waters  flow on by

Lovers bereft must envy others and sigh.

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