Retreat & Reflection Garden
Tongli boasts 38 residences in Ming&Qing dynasties, 47 temples and ancestral halls and around 100 residences of local rich and powerful people as well as former residences of celebrities. After viewing countless of pavilions and traditional Chinese…
View PostThe many museums of Tongli
There are all sorts of museums in Tongli and they are housed in old, well preserved Qing or Ming era merchant homes. Apparently, Suzhou and Hangzhou had one of the largest trade business going on…
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Water villages around the Suzhou district are a dime a dozen especially since Suzhou and the six ancient water villages around it is known as ” The Venice of the East”. The most popular one…
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Water villages around the Suzhou district are a dime a dozen especially since Suzhou and the six ancient water villages around it is known as ” The Venice of the East”. The most popular one…
View PostShanghai Stadium
“The stadium was built in 1997 when the 8th National Games of People’s Republic of China was held in Shanghai. It can hold about 80,000 people, so it is also called the “80,000 people’s Stadium”(八万人体育场). It…
View PostNanjing Lu
Nanjing Lu or Nanjing Road is easily recognized as the shopping road of Shanghai. I didn’t take much photos here as I was usually indoors shopping in one of the mall departmental stores. I do love how…
View PostShanghai People's Square
The Shanghai People’s Square is a lovely urban park in the middle of the city similar to Central Park in New York. It’s quite a clean and nice park with lots of people and birds…
View PostBack in Shanghai
I was back in Shanghai again after my little trip to Hangzhou. Morning breakfasts were usually taken at this 100 year old noodle house within a reasonable range of my apartment. There aren’t any pictures…
View PostThree Pools Mirroring the Moon
Taking a boat to the middle of the West Lake, I was going to see one of the 10 imperial sights that was dictated by Emperor Qian Long – (三潭印月) ” Three Pools Mirroring the Moon”.…
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