LONDON ECCO Jack Slip On 504034-02001 Black , April 12 (Xinhua) -- Singers, poetry and song Saturday welcomed a 600-year-old Ming vase from the Chinese collection at the British Museum on the first stage of a national tour at a museum in Scotland.
The cobalt blue and white flask, with lotus scroll decoration, is just over 50 cm tall and is the largest Ming porcelain of its kind at the British Museum.
The vase goes on show at the Burrell Collection in Glasgow, which houses one of Europe's best collections of Chinese porcelain.
The Burrell Collection was gifted to Glasgow by Sir William Burrell Men'S ECCO Leather Slip On 615215 Black , a Scottish ship owner who died in 1958.
He was a collector of art and antiques, and left his collection to his home city before his death. It is made up of 9,000 items, of which 1300 are Chinese ceramics, ranging from the Neolithic era to export porcelain of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Chung Yupin ECCO Mens Intrinsic 2 Slip On 860504-51707 Black , curator of Chinese and Far Eastern Civilizations at Glasgow Museums, told Xinhua the vase goes on display with three porcelain bowls from the same part of the Ming period as the visiting vase.
Chung added, "There are three large and rare early Ming porcelain bowls from Sir William's outstanding legacy. The bowls are very large, and had a ceremonial function at festivals in the ceremonies of the imperial court in the imperial palace in Beijing."
The vase is the shape of a bottle, in Chinese 'bian hu'. "It is a beautiful object made for connoisseurs. The Ming era Xuande Emperor commissioned the best people to make this very significant shape. This is the first time in porcelain history that this shape of vase is seen ECCO Collin Casual Slip On 535584-51707 Black ," said Chung.
As part of the tour, contemporary artists have been creating new work in response to the vase going on display.
At the Burrell Collection, composer Eddie McGuire has set to music words from poet Tom Furniss who has written an ode to the flask, entitled "Ming imperial porcelain flask visits Glasgow."
"The ode is a reflection on the beauty of the object; it is not just a song, more an explanation in music and verse Men'S ECCO Collin 535584 Blue ," McGuire added.
The vase is on show at the Burrell Collection until July 6.
JAKARTA， Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian government strengthens the focus on sport development in the country in a bid to boost the achievement of athletes at international events.
President Joko Widodo on Wednesday stressed to put priority on development of sports which are potential to garner medals at international championships， including badminton， archery and weightlifting.
"Prioritize development of games which have already shown achievements，" President Widodo said at the State Palace after congratulating the country's medalists at the Rio Olympics， including the gold medalists badminton mixed doubles.
In addition to the one gold medal， Indonesia also collects one silver medal and one bronze medal at weightlifting competitions at the Olympics， improving from the achievement at the Olympic in 2012， during which only one silver medal and one bronze medal were secured.
President Widodo added that the development "includes the improvements of facilities， infrastructures and training camps."
"If it is better undertaken with a long strategy， more gold medals will be able to be garnered，" he said.
President Widodo said that he had coordinated with sport minister on how to materialize the new strategy.
By Denise Wall
HELSINKI, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Finland lags behind its European peers in its efforts to develop wind energy resources. However after a slow start, the wind-powered renewable sector is slowly beginning to gather speed.
Finland is now trying to catch up to wind power pioneers such as Britain, Denmark, Spain and Germany ECCO Collin Loafer 535904-02001 Black , countries where wind power accounts for a growing proportion of energy output - in the case of Spain, wind power satisfies as much as 16 percent of total electricity demand.
"We introduced the feed-in tariff in 2011 but we had trouble with radar issues. Since 2012 the capacity has been growing non-stop, and growth rates have been as high as 56 percent year-on-year," said Heidi Paalatie, Operational Manager of the Finnish Wind Power Association.
According to Paalatie ECCO Classic Moc 2.0 570904-01072 Coffee , the industry is now seeing a whirlwind of activity with some 250 projects ongoing, some of which are joint ventures involving international partners.
"There is huge international interest in investing in this sector in Finland. Apart from the feed-in system, this is a low-corruption, stable and transparent country," she added.
However she pointed out that not all of the projects listed on the books are active or even feasible.
Greenpeace energy campaigner Jehki Harkonen said that although Finland is covering some ground after entering the wind power market ten years late ECCO Classic Moc 2.0 570904-01001 Black , it will still take some time to smooth out the kinks in the system.
"The current feed-in tariff will encourage investments," Harkonen said, referring to a long-term contract often used in the renewables sector that offers a degree of price certainty.
"But there are problems with bureaucracy. It will take time before the system adapts to this new kind of energy because Finland is so highly regulated," he added.
He noted that wind power leaders like Germany allow wind parks alongside highways and railroads, however such arrangements do not fly in Finland because of safety concerns.
Like its European Union neighbors ECCO Classic Moc 2.0 Loafer 570944-01014 Mink , Finland is tied to an ambitious undertaking by the European Commission to increase the use of renewable energy sources in the region. The European Commission Renewables Directive aims to ensure that by the year 2020, 20 percent of energy consumed in the EU will come from renewable sources, with member states each having their own individual targets.
In the case of Finland the 2020 target is for renewables to contribute 38 percent of all energy production.
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