中国旅游图片本网站的历史和消息页 King Wong stock pictures of China

中秋-八月十五 2005/09/18	本网站成立 Site launched.
2006/05 - 2006/08	Visited 7 new provinces(Xinjiang,Shanxi,Ningxia,Liaoning,Inner Mongolia,Hebei,Gansu) and about 25 new cities,towns,villages and sites.
2006/08	Back from traveling. Before the trip I had planned on using a Nikon D200 digital camera for all my images, but 2 weeks before leaving I decided in favor of using the Hasselblad as my main image-capturing machine. I shot 100 rolls Velvia 100 and 24 rolls of mostly Acros and Tri-X. For 35mm I brought along my Contax G-1 for color and the all-automatic Pentax ME for b+w. Unfortunately, the G-1 didn't work properly 3-weeks into the trip, and so I used the Pentax for color and my backup Minox for B+W. I shot 50 rolls of Velvia 100 and 20 rolls of mostly Neopan 400. I was also crazy enough to bring along my 4x5 as well. After 6 shots in color and 6 in B+W, I gave up and mailed the lot back to my hometown. It was too much to carry and too little chance of using it. I had all these developed a few days after I was back in NYC . Everything was fine except that my lab lost or, most likely, ruined a roll of 120 B+W. They claimed that the counter person miscounted the rolls, which is amusing since I also IDed the rolls with numbers 1-24. I am now editing the images and preparing them for scanning. I am also preparing a travelogue of this trip, which will appear in a new Traveloque section. In the meantime, I will continue to upload my previous trip's images.
2006/09 - 2006/10	Preparing a selected group of images (about 200) from my most recent trip; it will be a few pictures of each location that I visited in chronological order; they should give some sense of where I had been to. The pages will be ready by mid-October, hopefully. At the same time I am also preparing a travelogue of my experience walking the Great Wall from 古北口 Gubeikou to 司马台 Simatai. Update: The pictures are finally uploaded as of Oct. 28th. See them here.
2006/11	Making some minor cosmetic changes to the website's design. I am also preparing the Great Walls pictures.
2006/12	Still working on the Great Walls pictures. Modified the site's search engine (Dec.31).
2007/01	Uploaded 嘉峪关 Jiayuguan (Jiayu Pass) (Jan.13).
2007/02	Uploaded 卧虎山长城 Wohushan (Crouching Tiger Mountain) Great Wall, 蟠龙山长城 Panlongshan(Coiling Dragon Mountain) Great Wall, 金山岭长城 Jinshanling Great Wall, 哈密市至嘉峪关 Pictures From Hami To Jiayuguan, and 古北口镇 Gubeikou Town(Feb. 15).
2007/03	Replaced the home page's seal which is located on the top-left corner of the page (March 2). The previous seal was hand-drawn, but I finally have the time to carve one on stone. After several attempts, I managed to carve a decent one. Unfortunately, the small image looked better on paper than online. I am in the process of editing the Beijing galleries--adding more images to the existing galleries as well as reorganizing them. Uploaded 故宫 Gugong (The Palace Museum) images (March 17).
2007/04	Worked on home page's seal. I will be replacing it whenever I have a new one. Added some new images to the 天安门 Tiananmen Square gallery(April 11). Added new images to the 天坛 Tiantan(Temple of Heaven) gallery (April 13). Uploaded 北京市 Beijing City Gallery (April 15). Added the Artwork Page with a 篆刻 Seal Carvings Gallery(April 20). Uploaded the 宏村 Hongcun Village gallery(April 30).
2007/05	Drew a map of 宏村 Hongcun village. Edited and added more images of 宏村 Hongcun Village gallery(May 28).
2007/06	Uploaded 南屏 Nanping gallery (6/3). Uploaded 关麓 Guanlu (6/10). Uploaded 镇北台 Zhenbeitai Tower (6/15). I am always interested in toys, puzzles, crafts, odd inventions and interesting objects, and so whenever I find it I get it. So now I have a bunch. I decided to post a section on the 工艺品 arts and crafts I acquired while travelling in China (6/27). Uploaded 平遥 Pingyao (6/27), an old town with an intact city wall that surrounds a well-preserved Ming and Qing town layout.
2007/07	Added writings to some of the pages that has none. I am also working on a new Travel section that I hope will be done soon. Uploaded 定边长城 - 三五九旅窑洞 Dingbian's Great Wall gallery (7/22).
2007/08	Uploaded 希拉穆仁草原 Xilamuren Grassland and 响沙湾 Xiangshawan Desert gallery (8/01). Made code changes of the site.
2007/09	Working on a new Travel Writing section that I hope will be opened by the middle of this month. 9/25 - 中秋节愉快 Happy Mid-Autumn Festival.
2007/10	I finally opened my 游记Travel Writing section (10/02) with a piece on 二堡乡游记Erbaoxiang, a township about 40 km. from 吐鲁番Tulufan city, and some short pieces in the 笔记Notes and Observations subsection. After long hesitations, I decided to post some of my 早期美术 early 3-dimensional works that were done from junior high school to college(10/03). Update: I decided to remove my early sculptural works page (1/31/08). I want to post some of my photography that are unrelated to China, so I open a 摄影 Photography section with a gallery of some of my 景物 Still Lifes. and 花卉 Flowers(10/08). Posted a travelogue on 《响沙湾游记》Xiangshawan Sand Dunes(10/18). Add more images to Flowers and Still Lifes(10/19). Made changes to the design of gallerylarge.php page(10/20). Uploaded 城楼 Buildings and Structures page(10/27). Uploaded some of my 纽约中央公园 New York City Central Park images (10/29).
2007/11	Posted the images on 吐鲁番 Tulufan (Turfan or Turpan) (11/05). Added images of 火焰山 Huoyan Shan (Flaming Mountains) and 苏公塔 Sugong Ta (Emin Minaret) (11/11). Added images of 高昌故城 Gaochang (Qorakhoja) Ruins(11/17). As of now I have completed all my images on Tulufan.
2007/12	Posted the images on 三关口长城 Sanguankou Great Wall and 秦长城 Qin Wall (12/11).
2008/01	Posted images on 山海关，老龙头 Shanhaiguan Pass and Laolongtou (Old Dragon Head), the eastern beginning of the Great Wall (01/02). I am now done with all my images of the Great Wall so far - until my next trip. Uploaded images of 景物Things that I see often (01/04). Added text to Shanhaiguan and Laolongtou page (1/07). Added text to 卧虎山长城Wohushan Great Wall (1/12). Created a few new categories:建筑Architecture, with a section on 明清建筑Ming and Qing Architecture, 明清室内建设Ming and Qing Interiors, 门口Doorways; 人物People, with a section on 人物People; and 自然Nature, with a section on 自然风景Natural Landscape(1/26). Added 纪念结构Monuments and Memorials (1/28). Removed my Early Sculpture page (1/31). I decided to focus on my Chinese pieces.
2008/02	Posted the images on 建筑,设计的细节和元素Architecture Elements and Design Details (2/01). Made a few cosmetic changes to the home page (2/03). 鼠年快乐Happy New Year (2/07). I wanted to make something interesting this Rat Year, so I did a little animation on the Home Page. I could not finish on time for the morning but managed to get it up at the late hours of New Year's day (2/07). Added the sitemap page (2/12). Working on a set of maps that I hope to put up this month. Added 中国地图Map of China (2/29).
2008/03	Making some design changes to the site's navigation menu (3/12). Finishing up the maps and will work on the images of several well-known merchant family compounds in Shanxi. Added 曹家大院 - 三多堂Cao Family's Compound (3/18).
2008/04	Made major design changes to the Home page (4/2). Working on another merchant family's compound located not far from the previous Cao family's compound. I wasn't satisfied with the recent designs, so I made more global design changes (4/11). Added 常家庄园Chang family's compound (4/13).
2008/05	Added more 纽约市中央公园New York City Central Park images (5/04). From 5/18 onward for 5 days, the front page's seal will change from red to white in mourning of Sichuan's earthquake victims.
2008/06	Making major updates to the layout of the site. Updated the gallerylarge page and added Google ads (6/10).