On the way in bus, again our powerful tour guide "Wang Jie" share with us more about Wuhan!
i) How do people greet each other in Wuhan?
- Same rank (e.g. Teacher with Teacher) They call each other "Huo Jie"
- Calling someone bigger than you *Boy (e.g. Calling big brother) "Guai Zhi"
- Married woman (e.g. Your friend's mother) "Xiao Shao Zhi" The reason they used these greetings because it depicts the closeness between them and they respect "Yi Qi" alot.
ii) This is interesting. Personality of Women in the various districts.
- Wuchang (Gentle and normal woman): Speech and tone of voice is gentle and smooth.
- Hankou (Rough, fierce and persistent): Speech and tone of voice is rowdy and serious.
- Hanyang (Half rough, half gentle)
Hypothesis made by Wang Jie: Wuchang women looked down on Hankou women because of their outburst behavior. Vice versa, Hankou looked down on Wuchang women because of their weak and easily-bullied personality; soft & fragile.
Apart from the personality, another area could depict the culture of the various districts:
- Wuchang: Area of schools, educational buildings, nature and environment, and landscape sceneries. (Thus, their people are towards the soft behavior)
- Hankou: As you know it is a commercial district. Thus there are alot of business dealings done over in Hankou. (Thus, their people are more serious and rowdy in their speech and behavior)
- Hanyang: Industrial area with factories and other working buildings. Hence I assumed that people from Hankou & Wuchang came to find job in Hanyang and mixed around. (Thus, the people over in Hanyang is towards the balanced side of the other 2 districts)
Some History: In the past, Hankou is flooded with water. It is only after then, it converted from a fishing district to a commercial one. iii) Delicacies in Yichang - Hong Shu (Sweet Potato) While travelling on the bus, listening to Wang Jie & taking pictures of the streets in Hankou. Take a look!
bus going through the 长江大桥 (Chang Jiang Da Qiao) to Hankou
past: agriculture building/apartment at far right, 7-8k RMB per m²
police car
Highlights of the day:
a) 汉口江滩 along the Yangtze River
b) 沿江大道 (like the orchard road in SG)
ouch! I thought it got sync. but anyway here's the map!
Ok, here we go along the Hankou JiangTan for a nature walk. The day was very humid! However we walked inside under the shades of the trees, instead of the perimeter of the Yangtze River. To our suprises, we noticed alot of unusual activities going on. It is an eye-opening and interesting time to enjoy the time there.
inner area/perimeter
don't slip!/desc on/rubbish bin *look carefully
pavilion/uncles playing chinese chess
*more inner, a band!/er hu & other instrument like the flute
cheerful er hu player
Moving out of the pavilion, we're more unto even exciting attractions! I believe there's some story/meaning behind these statues or sort of, however we just take a pic with it!
appMates: carlos jiu kong/ronaldo Jin Cheng Wu/sleepyhead(chengteck)/shiva the d.a/guoyuan the n.w
I like these shots (my placement, heh) grass1/grass2/credit to bingrong's, taking me!
under the bush/bush with ME girl (Elaine)
i looked kinda zombifying!
尾巴/gy with 尾巴和家人
Own chopped it's tail away and called it 尾巴。*interesting*
Walking out, we saw a group of 4 playing poker cards. By looking and studying the way they played, I've taken back some learning points as I noticed that they don't distribute cards. However, individual take each card by oneself instead. Sheng Kiat & me assumed that they are afraid that people might cheat by distributing better hands for the distributor.
kelong-liked/uncle's packing up, no fishy/by the kelong
shaky pathway
after then, we took our last pics and off we go to the next highlight of the tour!
Now this is the the favourite part of mine where we're out for shopping spree. In the end, I didn't buy anything! But I hoped to come back again to get the shoe I wanted! A short description about the shopping places. It is very well categorized of line of products by street. Overall: It was good and it brought me back to Orchard Road in SG!
Learning points in this shopping trip: I've learnt that I need to be more oriented in my mindmap of directions. Especially in these places of unfamilar, I have yet to learn how to remember places better. The streets are busy and I've learnt that there are all sorts of people hanging out in there. There are 2 incident where we experience strangers approached us. Once it was when one stranger showed me N95 and "tsk tsk" me, but I walked away.
I assumed that he's going to sell me that phone to earn some cash money. Another incident is whereby while we're walking to find a food stall, there are a couple of people holding a Nike's brochure and invited us into somewhere "wulu" and told us there's loads of stuff over there. In the end, we didn't moved on with them.
We assumed that once we go in, we'll get out without our bags. Thus, from these situations, I've learnt to be more vigilant of our belongings and be alert to the people around there. Here are some pictures:
one of the entrance at 沿江大道 (yan jiang da dao)
cinema
that bottom level sells alot of nice food/expensive branding
inside the s.center (taka?)/Pepsi's branding *cool
manga/yogurt drink
a shop outside arcade/spiciest wings ever! I nearly gave up
special DDR in arcade/fun car game
prata+ham+hotplate *shiok!
enjoyment of the taiwan snack (this is how we do it):
After the shopping, we went for dinner @ one of the shopping center near WUST.
super spicy mee + tang bao(xiaolongbao)/wanton-liked/fried rice(pkt form)
jac
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