Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters
Wishing Tree in Tainan, Taiwan
Walking through Tainan, I encountered a wishing tree. I’d never seen a wishing tree before, let alone a wishing tree of this size. Little wooden plaques hung all around its trunk. I can’t read Chinese so the individual and assembled letters were cryptic to me, but each plaque was scribbled with a wish to someone or something, somewhere — like letters sent from the post office of Hope & Thought.
The sign says “ruyi” or “as you wish”, referencing a sceptre in Chinese folklore that symbolized good fortune
Weekly Photo Challenge: Letters
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I love that…”letters from the post office of Hope and Thought”. This is a lovely tradition.
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Hey! Thanks Angel! 🙂
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Interesting. I love the perspective of the first image and appreciate that you included a wider view as well. 🙂
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Thank you, Rene! 🙂
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This is so wonderful! There is something about not being able to read the wishes that makes the tree that much more special – mysterious. Almost like a secret wishing well or wishes upon a star, wishes when you blow the candles out on your birthday cake. There is something about wishes that almost lend themselves to privacy. Love it!
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Yes! Isn’t it ironic??!?! An entire tree of public wishes and yet we can’t know any of them! Thanks for your astute observation.
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Hi there, love your blog and your images are totally awesome!
I’ve just discovered your blog thanks to Irene from Maldives Dreamer who has mentioned your blog as one of her favourites.Why not check out the post!
http://unwillingexpat.wordpress.com/2014/05/08/blogging-around-the-world-maldives-dreamer/
I’m now happily following your adventures!
Cheers
Rochelle
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Buongiorno Rochelle! Thanks so much for the kind words and for following me! Wow, that’s really cool that Maldives Dreamer named me as a favorite! Thanks for letting me know and for doing such a great interview with her. It’s really cool to connect with a blogger who has such passion for one specific place in the world. I hope to get to Maldives this year or next year since it’s only four hours from Singapore. Wow, Sicily! I’ve never been but my friends honeymooned there and had a lot to say about it. I look forward to reading more through your blog. Thanks so much for the comment and connection. Enjoy your weekend! ~Kelly
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Thanks Kelly! Your blog look wonderful too. I am seriously getting addicted to travel blogs and I’m enjoying interviewing some of my favourites on my ‘blogging around the world’ page which has been so great! In fact I now have way too many interviews to sort through!
Sicily is a great place for a honeymoon, great food and plenty of romantic scenary.
Look forward to keeping on contact.
Regards
Rochelle
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This is just magical! Being unable to read the language just adds to the pleasant surrealism of the scene.
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Thank you, Kat!! 🙂
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Absolutely love this tree! I saw several similar things in Japan — places where people wrote wishes or their names and hung them in trees. But nothing this spectacular.
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Yeah, I’ve never seen a tree like this one either! It was magical. So full of hope. We’re going to Japan on the 18th. Never been! Can’t wait! 🙂
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Now I’m dying to go to Taiwan….
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Go! Taiwan is such a cool place! Here’s my post about the night markets: https://compassandcamera.wordpress.com/2014/02/12/taiwans-tasty-night-markets/ Thanks for your comment! 🙂
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I’m planning for a trip to Taiwan in October. =)
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Awesome! Hope you have a blast! 🙂
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Thanks. =)
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