The bald main ridge looks like the head of a monk. It is over 650 metres high. It is shaped like the Chinese symbol for mountain. It is the home of the Whistling Water Taoist Temple, Sunshine Facing Temple. Stone Drum Temple, Guanine Pavilion, and others and from the summit you can see the sun rise out of Huanghai Sea and the sun set in the Bahai Sea. You can also see the ancient city of Jinzhou and the dynamic new city of Dalian. They say it is named Dahei Mountain because of its light dark mountain stone.
"The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse [is] a tough-spirited book of enlightened free verse."—Kyoto Journal The Zen master and mountain hermit Stonehouse—considered one of the greatest Chinese Buddhist poets—used poetry as his medium of instruction. Near the end of his life, monks asked him to record what he found of interest on his mountain; Stonehouse delivered to them hundreds of poems and an admonition: "Do not to try singing these poems. Only if you sit on them will they do you any good." Newly revised, with the Chinese originals and Red Pine's abundant commentary and notes, The Mountain Poems of Stonehouse is an essential volume for Zen students, readers of Asian literature, and all who love the outdoors. After eating I dust off a boulder and sleep and after sleeping I go for a walk on a cloudy late summer day an oriole sings from a sapling briefly enjoying the season joyfully singing out its heart true happiness is right here why chase an empty name Stonehouse was born in 1272 in Changshu, China, and took his name from a cave at the edge of town. He became a highly respected dharma master in the Zen Buddhist tradition. Red Pine is one of the world's leading translators of Chinese poetry. "Every time I translate a book of poems," he writes, "I learn a new way of dancing. And the music has to be Chinese." He lives near Seattle, Washington.
The Mermaid And The Monk: Zen Poems, by Martin Avery, part of The Great Wall Of China Books Series, is a collection of poems about mermaids and monks and a love affair between a mermaid and a monk that would make a great movie as a sequel to The Mermaid.
The Longest Poem In Canada (Made In China): Spring, Again is Book One of a four volume series, a very long poem, part of The Great Wall Of China Book Series by Canadian author Martin Avery, in China, with 60 books and counting, plus 100 set in the West, as he aims to be one of the most prolific writers in history. The Longest Poem In Canada will be close to 1000 pages and 200,000 words. Collect them all! It's about the big themes: life, death, enlightenment, the end of the world, waking up, and life in Canada.
You Are Connor McDavid is a short novel dedicated to hockey's great new talent. The story is told in second person so you can identify with the young phenom. You are a generational talent, the leading scorer in the OHL, soon to be the number one draft pick in the NHL, winning gold for Canada at the World Juniors.
Walking Through Clouds In China: Travel Poems, by Martin Avery, is a collection of poems set in Dongbei, China, connecting The Middle Kingdom to Canada, as the poet contemplates the meaning of life and death.
Oh Canada: A Long Poem On Canada Day, by Canadian poet Martin Avery was written in the air, en plein air, in airplanes, as he flew from China to Japan to Canada (Dalian, Tokyo, Vancouver, Toronto) on Canada Day, 2014.
Winter, Again: The WorldÕs Longest Hockey Poem is Book Two Of The Longest Poem In Canada, by Martin Avery. Winter, Again alludes to Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, And Spring, Again. It's an epic poem about waking up, working on enlightenment, while checking out hockey online. It incorporates the greatest in hockey history and a poet's connection to the game after years of Zen training.
Kaifaqu, I Love You: A Canadian Poet In China, by Martin Avery, is a collection of poems about love and enlightenment set in a city of seven million between the Black Mountains and the Yellow Sea, called Dalian, in a special part of the city that has an urban core like Manhattan with a mountain backdrop called Daheishan or Big Monk Mountain.
