Something about Wudang Mt. (武当山): ... ... located in Shiyan in north western Hubei, is both a famous scenic spot and the Taoist Holy Land in China. The ancient architectural complex on the mountain was listed by UNESCO in 1994 as a World Culture Heritage Site. That day we only explored 2 places of attraction in Mt. Wudang from The Crown Prince Slope (太子坡):
- Nanyan Temple 南岩宫
- Purple Cloud Temple 紫霄宫
entrance of Mt. Wudang
mansion outside Mt. Wudang
stores inside Mt. Wudang along the pathway
visitor center/the entire map of Mt. Wudang
a junction/interesting signboard
//the origin of chinese's surnames
interestingly the architecture of this support could withstand for years
osmanthus tree/flower of osmanthus (smells like peach)
tree full of wishes, casted by people
inside Nanyan Palace/interesting fire extin guisher
a little peak where people knelt and pray
street along Mt. Wudang/mist = cold
our hotel room
21st Sept. 2008 Sunday
The Start: We climbded the Mt. Wudang by feet up and...
The End: cable car down!
Destination: Golden Hall (金顶)
the start of treking/our tourguide "Jiang San" treking with us (she's fit!)
see no end-point, see no start-point
nearly reaching the peak 金顶/300metres away
//paddlelock locked by passer-by
//zhengwei & me at the peak
nice scenes from the peak
heading back down to where we first trek via cable car ($45RMB for this ride)
At night upon reaching dorm about 10pm, we relax and head out for supper around 11pm...
supper outside school/tangyuan 黑芝麻汤圆 in rice wine
Reflection:
This 1 minute of video (below) is a footage of how the lower class of citizen live in their agriculture fields and cultivate crops. Because of the speed of the bus and the lack of a good view, this is the best I can capture, so please hang on.
Anyway, the big large scale of landscape along the highway captivates me and kept me awake for a time being, as thoughts coming through my mind, thinking about the goodness they found with the nature.
It's not only 1 or 2 houses that is built with the green. But at some places, it's a long stretch of houses and at their designated area, they have their own farmland to take care. Apart from that, looking through into their houses, they have a street of shops they opened along the mini roads. It seems like a small village have been popped out.
The green pastures with the cow, cultivating crops and selling/trading it to neighbours, enjoying the carefree life. It's really something that it least be found in Singapore. Everything in Singapore is so competent, everybody wants to be the top in all things and strive to work hard to aim for a balance in life. So I guessed, there are a small amount of people who wished to have a life like this in China. I think for a moment, if China is going to advance and bloom in the future years, will all these nature living standard be wiped out? I hope not.
During this weekends, I noticed quite a number of things & defined some areas of personal understanding. Weeks ago, I thought that Chinese are very persistent in China and would get to the things they want. However, that was to an extent that they have high endurance in executing tasks that is at top priority. But not persistent in a way that they concentrate on the things they wanted so much. Looking back quite a few weeks back, I've noticed that they are relational-oriented Chinese where they don't evoke any conflict easily; to maintain tip-top harmony the best they can. To that, coming in deal with any of their business, regardless along the street or in commercial buildings, they always asked for our quotes but not they themselves. This shows that they respect our decision and won't make us feel bad. Like the experience I had at 大洋百货 where the lady is persistent in selling away their things and instead of she offer a price after I told her to reduce the price a little, she insisted that I name the price.
Apart from that, there's another situation which I thinks Chinese in China are very harmonious where I noticed that the caution signboard in China are very indirect but caring for the people. Unlike the ones in Singapore which are direct and "By Law". One of it I noticed, which is on the top of the police car behide the siren where it has an LED lighted message, displaying "祝你平安" (Peace be with you). It was at night and only then the first time I saw this message with the police car. One another example is in the bus (picture below) :
the caution sign in bus (refrain from smoking to promote healthy environment)
jac
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