Travel theme: The Five Elements

Since I’m living in an Asian country I decided to go with the five elements.
It’s called Wu Xing (五行) and the elements are described as followed:

• Wood/Spring: a period of growth, which generates abundant wood and vitality
• Fire/Summer: a period of swellness, flowering, which overbrews with fire and energy
• Earth: the in-between transitional seasonal periods, or a separate ‘season’ known as Late Summer or Long Summer 
• Metal/Autumn: a period of harvesting and collecting
• Water/Winter: a period of retreat, where stillness and storage pervades

I took the pictures in Chinatown, Singapore – inspired by the various shops and temples there.

Wood (木 mù) ~ sandalwood scrimshaw

Water (水 shuǐ) ~ small Buddha – fountain

Metal (金 jīn) ~ bells

Earth (土 tǔ) ~ potted plant

Fire (火 huǒ) ~ incense

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