A Glimpse of Japanese Social Changes Through Bathing Custom

 Review:TsingHua

As an island country, Japan possesses its unique island civilization. With the development of economical and cultural exchanges with the outside world, mixed culture has gradually become the nation's mainstream culture. Among all kinds of Japanese folk customs, bathing custom has got its own distinguishing features. Japanese have been enjoying bathing for a long time. Japanese took rivers and hot spring as their bathing places, which was later on developed into bathing rooms in Buddhism temples; people took baths in sento (a public bathing place for populace, where people clean their bodies with soaps and hot water outside of the bathing pool.then soak in the pool)and nowadays they can bathe in their own family fulo (a bathroom with a bathtub), what's more, psychological changes of Japanese bathing are worth researching. The reasons for these rest with mangaspects:Firstly, it owes to Japan's geographical locations——hot spring and rivers spread all over the country; Secondly, Japan has contained a great deal of outer culture, especially since the prosperity of Buddhism which promoted Japanese bathing customs in shape; Thirdly, the development of the newly emerging classes forces caused great changes in Japanese bathing places; Finally, the success of modern industrilization made bathing as populace's enjoyable amusement and entertainment. On the whole, each political, economical & cultural transformations in Japanese bathing will have a great influence on its bathing motives and forms. Therefore, it is absolutely possible for us to peep at the Japanese social changes by knowing its bathing culture.
A Glimpse of Japanese Social Changes Through Bathing Custom Originally published in Shvoong: http://www.shvoong.com/business-management/1599114-glimpse-japanese-social-changes-bathing/

My Travels to Bulgaria-8-Visit to the Winter Sports Resort of Borovets

Review:VijaiKSharma
Borovets is a very popular winter sports resort in Sofia . Its top is 2,000 meters high, snow covered peak. The drive by road from Sofia up to the initial stage, takes about one and a half hours.  On the way, we came across an artificial lake called “Panchreva Lake” used for swimming, boating, and water-skiing. Lake was not frozen on the day of the visit. We also saw a road side monument, constructed for the Bulgarian special troops, for constructing roads and buildings in this hilly area. On the way up to the starting point of the winter resort, there are restaurants, rest houses, private cottages, a small town Somokov and other small villages.  After reaching the base of the trolley station, we took the trolley to go to the middle station, at first. Up to the middle station there are 23 columns for the ropeway. From there, we continued our journey, by a similar ropeway and trolley arrangement, up to the top of the mountain, which is the starting point for the skiers. There are 16 columns for the ropeway from the middle station to the top of the mountain. Each time the trolley passed over the columns, it gave a different feeling. The trolley was closed, but still it was very cold. From the trolley, we could see the ski-ways, tree-branches, mountain sides and other areas covered with a thick layer of snow. Occasionally snowflakes would fall down, from the snow covered branches of the trees, on the snow on the mountain side. Snow was also falling from the sky. All this presented a very good view.
 Finally we reached the last station of the ropeway, just near the starting point of the skiing, Coming  out of the trolley in the open, we experienced falling snowflakes on our faces, saw white snow all around and felt extreme cold .

At the starting point there were many gents, ladies and young children, all with skiing outfits, dressed in colourful woollens, starting skiing one by one, down the slopes of the hills covered with snow. They would go up to the lowest base, come up again with the trolley, up to the top of the hill, to be followed by skiing, up to the lower base again. The people skiing down the slopes, as observed from the trolley, presented a very pleasing view. At the starting point, the skiers fix their special shoes on the skis and then they give themselves a forward motion for taking a start and thus go down the ski slopes. Even though snowflakes were falling we enjoyed them, made balls out of the snow flakes, held in our hands and threw on others. We went round this place and observed that the accumulated snow is periodically removed. At the peak there is a restaurant also, which is internally heated. We enjoyed a warm cup of tea in a warm atmosphere. We returned back by trolley and had once again a good view of the snow covered hills. During this return journey we saw a monument, having statues of mother and child.
My Travels to Bulgaria-8-Visit to the Winter Sports Resort of Borovets Originally published in Shvoong: http://www.shvoong.com/travel/destination/2062029-travels-bulgaria-visit-winter-sports/

 

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Golden Sands - One of the Most Fun Destinations in Bulgaria

Review:JoJoGal
Golden Sands is a fairly large resort town on the northern coast of the Black Sea in Bulgaria. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Bulgaria, attracting mostly young people who love to have fun and party, but also others.

There are plenty of things to do in Golden Sands Bulgaria, including many restaurants, a very nice and generous casino and many different sports. So even if you are not a party animal you should be able to enjoy yourself here!

Golden Sands Bulgaria is not very good for shopping, even though you can do some shopping here. Most people go to the bigger city of Varna to do shopping instead, which is actually a good thing, since Golden Sands is slightly more expensive compared to Varna.
Golden Sands - One of the Most Fun Destinations in Bulgaria Originally published in Shvoong: http://www.shvoong.com/travel/destination/2065083-golden-sands-fun-destinations-bulgaria/

Rila - queen of the lakes in Bulgaria

Summary:green1
The average altitude of 1487 meters Rila has a total area - 2629 km2. It is the highest mountain in the Balkans - with Moussala summit (2925 m). Most of the high peaks (2 500 - 2 700 meters above sea level) have alpine view. A typical example is Malyovitsa. The remainder, most are in Eastern Rila mountain meadows.
Rila is composed mainly of granite and gneiss , mixed with old crystal and slate are part of the Rila-Rhodopes - the oldest part of the land area. Formation and begins in primary and subsequently in numerous made during the tertiary period. As a result of ice age in Pleystotsena are formed today forms jagged alpine peaks, cirque, deep valleys and vast sea. Rila lakes are the most remarkable legacy of the ice age, almost 190 of them are scattered around the mountains and icy lake (2709 meters) in the northern part of Mount Musala is among the highest glacial lakes on the Balkan Peninsula (second post above Polezhansko Lake in Pirin).The average altitude of 1487 meters Rila has a total area - 2629 km2. It is the highest mountain in the Balkans - with Moussala summit (2925 m). Most of the high peaks (2 500 - 2 700 meters above sea level) have alpine view. A typical example is Malyovitsa. The remainder, most are in Eastern Rila mountain meadows.
Rila is composed mainly of granite and gneiss, mixed with old crystal and slate are part of the Rila-Rhodopes - the oldest part of the land area. Formation and begins in primary and subsequently in numerous made during the tertiary period. As a result of ice age in Pleystotsena are formed today forms jagged alpine peaks, cirque, deep valleys and vast sea. Rila lakes are the most remarkable legacy of the ice age, almost 190 of them are scattered around the mountains and icy lake (2709 meters) in the northern part of Mount Musala is among the highest glacial lakes on the Balkan Peninsula (second post above Polezhansko Lake in Pirin).
Rila - queen of the lakes in Bulgaria Originally published in Shvoong: http://www.shvoong.com/exact-sciences/earth-sciences/1900849-rila-queen-lakes-bulgaria/

You do not need a man to go down to Egypt to see pyramids. Because of the few places in Bulgaria also has pyramids

The Beautiful Bulgaria

Review:bunny500
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You do not need a man to go down to Egypt to see pyramids . Because of the few places in Bulgaria also has pyramids. True, they had nothing to do with the masterpieces of human civilization, but they are natural phenomena.

Most popular now here are the pyramids of Melnik. But the truth is that for them, but rather because wine mountain town full of hotels and houses on the weekend. A beautiful rock formations are accepted rather as part of the landscape.

Pyramids around the area on the southwest slopes of Pirin. Melnik reach 100 m and the color is white to pale yellow. Their slopes are sandy and in places almost completely vertical. With their tops grow shrubs and grass. Besides those around Melnik are very beautiful and pyramids around the nearby village Kurlanovo. There are other rock formations such as sponges, needles and cones.

Another group of pyramids, which is becoming increasingly popular among tourists are Stob. Located on the west slope of Rila, above the village of Stob, whose name they bear. You can combine the trip with them to visit the Rila Monastery. More on the main road there are huge signs indicating their location. And the church at the end of the village has a parking space.

7-8 years before the pyramids led to only a plain path, but today the area is gradually improves over the steep slopes are draped wooden railings. From next year is expected to enter the rock formations in the list of the 100 tourist sites, but now collects a fee of $ 2 a promise to the foot path to the top of the asphalt path and make it more comfortable for walking. Walk around half an hour.

Pyramids themselves are scattered into two groups of people called by different names - towers, crags, Samodivski chimneys, Bride and others. The first group has wood trim, but the top is steep and unsafe, so we must be very careful.

The view from the top, however, is magnificent and worth the climb.

The average height of the pyramids is between 7 and 10 meters. The color of the rocks varies between yellow and brown. Because locals say they are especially beautiful at sunset or moonlight. Most are conical, and some end with a stone cap, resembling mushrooms. Their help in shaping many melting glaciers in the Rila mountain spring. Torrential rain, heat, cold and wind continue its "sculptural" work.

There are three legends about the origin of the pyramids, are associated with weddings and love.

The most popular of them tells that once the village matchmakers Kolibite took a girl from the neighboring village of Stob. Since that time young married without knowing each other, the girl was veiled according to custom. With the passage of the wedding procession on the southern slope of the hill, however Kulsko wind blew and lifted the red veil of the bride. She was so beautiful that the best man could not restrain myself and tried to kiss her. Horrified, turned into stone-laws remained so ever with their hats.

There's a legend and the impossible love between a Bulgarian girl and a Turkish man. They dreamed that their love is doomed because of differences in religion. Desperately, she jumped from the rock and the place is a pyramid, which people called Bride.

According to another story of two young village fell in love. Her mother did not agree, but they decided it will raise the wedding. When she realized she cursed her daughter - her father in law as a kiss, all the wedding guests to become stones. So it happened.

Whatever the truth, the rock formations are very beautiful and the place is absolutely charming.

Pyramids has much closer to Sofia - on the village of Katina. They are not popular and that makes them difficult to detect.

Katina to be reached quickly - for 30-40 minutes by car from downtown, with Shuttle bus 18 or 27. The problem is that only one place in the village has a plaque indicating the direction. Floor is not any street, namely the "pyramid". Almost at the end it is the small path to the beautiful rock formations, which, however, was almost impassable from the branches.

Pyramids themselves are also "buried" in the trees and plants are visible only expressed in late autumn and winter when leaves are windfalls. The very rock formations change from yellow-brown to burgundy color. They, however, from year to year because of eroding established near an artificial lake and vegetation coming.

Becoming smaller and wonder soon disappear entirely.

One of the most beautiful rock formations in the region of Kardjali - over Zimzelen villages, clematis and volunteer. Unlike other pyramids that are formed in volcanic tuffs. The researchers said they have occurred before 50 million years of volcanic ash at the bottom of the former Eocene sea, whose bottom is believed to have been present Eastern Rhodopes. The rocks are saturated with iron and manganese oxides, which leads to their varied colors - pink, green, yellow or white.
The Beautiful Bulgaria Originally published in Shvoong: http://www.shvoong.com/travel/2226062-beautiful-bulgaria/

The adventure to be adopted in Bulgaria - An adoption story

Summary:dteneva
Like a lot of the people who has been adopted or simply connected their life with the adoption process I had my own sad story which I would like to share with you. 13 years ago I understood for my adoption. And so 13 years ago there was a big secret. The secret of my life. So, a long time ago when 1I was 6 and I was just a young scared girl… I understood for my adoption. “Adopted” - Did I know what does it mean? I think I know already… My journey has began on 3rd of March, 1978 in one hospital. The birth name given me from my biological mother was Happy. And this is the beginning of my story. A woman who was a doctor from a small town, married, mother of two has came to work in a bigger hospital, here where I was born. She wanted to hide her pregnancy from the others. That’s why she moved out from the small town with me in her womb. One man – my biological mother’s husband and also a teacher worked abroad. Two more children in the family – my oldest brothers or sisters (who knows), probably have their own families and children already… Here the story ends and begins a new story a little bit different than the other but also interesting and… A woman – a teacher and a man – her husband – a mechanic, meet each other, fall in love and create a family. On the next six years they waited to have their own child but it never happened. And until September 4th 1978, when their dreams came true and a little miracle came in their life… Six months ago a baby was born on a big city hospital and right after that this baby were sent to an children home never seen its mother… but waiting to find a family. And this is our story: I had very difficult childhood because of the beliefs that the adopted children are second hand. My adoptive father parents thought I’m not a good enough to be a part of this family. I was always separated from my cousins without a reason. But I didn’t know the simple fact that I’m an adopted child. Many, many years I grew up with all those fears in my heart and I never realized what the truth is. I only new that I’m good enough and I have the right to be loved like all others. But I lived 16 years under a pressure, abused and victimized. My poor adoptive mother she loved me so much but She never find the right time to tell me what the horrible secret they hide from me.

And so it was so hard for her to love me in this way – watching the sadness in my eyes… After my 16th birthday I remember playing with the children from the neighborhood and then something really big happened in my life… -You’re nobody’s child you are a small stupid bustard – she said laughing on me. It was an old lady living in our block. -I’m sorry but I’m not so sure what does it mean - answered I, already scared enough. -Don’t You know? You are adopted which means nobody’s, second hand… At this moment I had nothing else to say. My life was turned up side down. I just started to cry and cry and cry… This lady changed my whole life and my future. On the same day I told my parents how much I love them and they are my only parents who I know and I want to have. And then they said they don’t care for me anymore and I’m free to go wherever I wish… Now I’m 29 years old and for 13 years I changed my life for good. Till this day I live with my beloved parents. We live together just because there is no way for us to be separated anymore. My mother helped me to start searching for my biological parents and my father gives me hug every day with a smile and the blessed “I love you daughter!” Just because I never thought it can be in different way – I believed in them I teached them to believe in me. For those 13 years they grew up much more than me. Every day I’m keep telling them: We are a family – You have only me, I have only You and this is right. I love Youso, so much and I’ll never leave You. I never found my relatives but I want to thank them so much. This unknowun lady made the biggest present in our life. And that is the end of my story, but this is not the end of our love – our journey starts right on this moment when me, my mother and my father said “YES” to the adventure to be blessed with the adoption!
The adventure to be adopted in Bulgaria - An adoption story Originally published in Shvoong: http://www.shvoong.com/social-sciences/psychology/1619972-adventure-adopted-bulgaria-adoption-story/