Wednesday, December 30, 2009
{ 8:15 PM }
hmm this post is more about what i didnt post yesterday... for more info please look at my ytd's post... =)
the view from my shanghai hotel roof top..
cheng huang miao street. (city god temple)
wang shi yuan (master of the net's garden) all the furniture made out of top grade rose wood. survived 500+++ years
in wang shi yuan's garden..
han shan temple.. 5years ago a wishing ribbion cost 3yuan... now? it cost 30yuan! the most famous temple in hangzhou...
they say eve of new year the temple will strike the bell 108 times for the 108 trouble we all have... a ticket to come to hear it, 700YUAN. which is about 120SGD! monks are rich nowadays.
hangzhou cultural center
remember mission impossible 3 where tom cruse run through a old street? its here alright
here!
long bridge.. a replica of where liang shan buo and zhu ying tai died. china's romeo n juliet
a pavillion in it
hangzhou acrobatic show. this thousand hand guanyin show is done by all deaf people. amazing uh the chinese
the best tea plantation in hangzhou. Mei village
the terraces
zhuang yuan bridge in nanjing... they said always the winner of the imperial exam in the past must walk over this bridge.
fu zi miao street (confucious temple street)
how they paint inside a crystal ball, teapot, snub bottle, etc. this is the grand master.
nanjing massacre... from the JAPs.. cox nanjing last time was the capital of china, not beijing.. so Japs did many things here... it was said 300,000 were killed, 80,000 were raped.
as u can see... where they film 3 kingdoms movie
the statues
the miniature boats where they took the huo shao lian huan chuan (fire burn a string of ships)
ya looks stupid.
with my olden days idol.. brilliant strategist.. zhu ge liang aka kong ming...
Einstein anyone?
bill clinton
nan jing bu xing jie (Nan jing foot path) but its in shanghai. they most famous shopping district in shanghai. like our orchard road. chanel, gucci, LV, prada, anything! all real
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fun fact.
i also didn't really know the difference till 6days ago... Jiang Nan, Jiang Su and Zhe Jiang
Jiang Su = SuZhou, WuXi, NanJing and others... Nan Jing is the province capital... total 13 cities
Zhe Jiang = HangZhou and others... HangZhou is the provincial capital... total 11 cities
Jiang Nan = Jiang Su, Zhe Jiang and Shanghai. which is the southern part of the Yang tze river..
i at first hear also mix up.. but its good to know.. =)
