Museum Rooms: Documents from the examination system in Dynastic China.
Travels in China
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Here is a scholarly robe:
Calligraphy Hall and Brushes
The City God Temple was a very elaborate affair with lots of gods on display. This temple is all about the local religious practices of everyday people. The first pictures were taken as you enter the temple through several courtyards. The later pictures are of the individual gods.
The initial courtyard had statues of the zodiac animals. The buildings were fabulous.
The initial courtyard had statues of the zodiac animals. The buildings were fabulous.
The actual Temple of the City God is next. As you can see it is a busy place and local folks still come to pay their respects. The mural mentioned on the stone tablet shows up later. I will point it out.
The next few posts are of the gods. To be honest, I do not know which is which. But they are pretty wonderful.
More gods from a different room. The mural talked about above in shown in the last picture in this post.
The Wealth Temple was part of this complex and it has its own gods. Lots of gold looking stuff all around.
Some of the architectural details from the temples here.
I should have asked this in post 1 but didn't.
Do you have a preference for thumbnails in a post or full sized images? Thumbnails let you skip stuff more easily.
Do you have a preference for thumbnails in a post or full sized images? Thumbnails let you skip stuff more easily.
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Pics in spoilers. Not much of a problem now with my new phone, but with my old phone there was so much lag when it was loading 30 pictures a page. 4 pics to a spoiler max would have been better, so I could just close the spoiler after seeing the pics and look at the next 4.
Yes. keeping them appeased is probably worthwhile.
Next up is one of most favorite parts of the entire trip:
I walked through this tunnel and an opera was on stage. It has live music in the wings. From what I could gather from the performance a wife was having trouble adapting to a new, young concubine and various other family and friends were helping resolve the situation. The singing and music were exhilarating and wonderful to listen too. I spent almost an hour listening. In the picture below, the wife is on the right and the concubine on the left.
I walked through this tunnel and an opera was on stage. It has live music in the wings. From what I could gather from the performance a wife was having trouble adapting to a new, young concubine and various other family and friends were helping resolve the situation. The singing and music were exhilarating and wonderful to listen too. I spent almost an hour listening. In the picture below, the wife is on the right and the concubine on the left.
I'm pretty sure that Chinese opera is not everyone's first choice of music, but I really like it. One clip is just over 2 minutes, the other 3. If Chinese opera is new to you, begin with the shorter one that is listed first.
Link to video.
Link to video.
Link to video.
Link to video.
I'm glad you all enjoyed that bit of Chinese opera. Up next was a visit to a newspaper gallery with old stuff on display. The last pic is of a collection of Mao's Little Red books which was published from 1964-1976 and was popular during the Cultural Revolution. I have a personal copy that my sister brought me back in the 80s. That copy is inscribed and dated Oct 5, 1968. I'll get the inscription translated and post a pic later.
I had lunch at a nice little restaurant. It was a typical offering and from the picture it didn't look particularly exotic. It was delicious.
Store front
Menu board with the waitress
My meal
The waitress with her mother, the cook.
The prices on the menu are in rmb which are now about 7 to a dollar. In 2018 it was closer to 6.5.
Store front
Menu board with the waitress
My meal
The waitress with her mother, the cook.
The prices on the menu are in rmb which are now about 7 to a dollar. In 2018 it was closer to 6.5.
In my walking around I ran into a couple having wedding pictures taken in a picturesque alley setting.
In the evenings I walked around the town and window shopping and eating street food.
- The first lady was selling tasty chicken on a skewer.
- That group of girls were visiting Pingyao to take a survey for a college? business course about tourism. Three of them spoke some English and they were thrilled to 1) practice their English, 2) have a non Chinese answer their questions and 3) run and tell their friends they were talking to an American.
- A map of the walled Pingyao I should have added earlier. My hotel was near the new east gate and the main streets with all the noted sights were the busy ones. I could walk across the city in about 20 minutes at leisurely pace.
- Two pictures of vendors selling things on the street to entice you into their stores. Some of the shops sold what could have been real antiques that tempted me. But I declined.
- Even little Chinese boys like guns.
- The last picture is of a couple selling Peking Duck. It was as good as i have had anywhere else and much cheaper. As I recall a nice serving was about 90 rmb.
