Chenxiangge Nunnery

The Chenxiangge Nunnery is a temple that is actively used for religious purposes. Many people burn incense and candles as offerings. It smelled very nice, but was very smokey.

Dajing Pavilion, Old Town, Shanghai

The Dajing Pavilion was built in 1815. That is all I really know about it. It was lovely.

CONFUCIUS TEMPLE, Old Town, Shanghai

The beautiful garden that leads you into the temple.



ONe of the many libraries and study halls.


Study Halls. These had lovely paintings of Confucius inside of them.


The temple itself.


The doorway to enter the garden.


Tunnel vision.



Judy relaxing by the lake.


Prayers hanging from the trees.





Relaxing by the lake.




Very calming lake.




Statutes got my hand!



Busy window.



Strange rocks lurked behind every door.



Prayers.



Prayers, everywhere.


Prayer hut.


Posing by some of the rocks at the temple.


Me and the prayers.



Statute of Confucius.




Inside the temple.

Chuseok Day One

Chuseok is a Korean harvest festival. It is somewhat similar to Thanksgiving, mostly in the respect that people spend time with families. Chuseok is celebrated by returning to your home and respecting your anscetors. Since, returning to the states was not an option, Judy and I decided to go to Shanghai, China. Shanghai is a very short trip from Seoul, so it was a great destination for a three-day weekend.

Judy and I got lucky and had a very nice hostel room. It was in a really good location in the city. We were able to walk almost everywhere. It was called the Phoenix Hotel.





We had some nice views out the windows.


MOre nice views.




Ah! Naked boys running across the roof!




An alley biker we saw that first day.





Biker with 60 years anniversary flag. So many people ride bikes and motor bikes in China. It is wonderful!





I had to pose with all of the 60 years stuff. I like days of nationalism.




Busy alley. Flags and all.



The HUGE poster that covered a building!





Bikes can carry anything in China. I am convinced. I told Judy we would see a house move by the end of the trip...



A fire safety notice. Keep safe.



Judy standing on a corner somewhere. We walked a lot.



We found a Buddha trapped in a box down one of the alleyways we expplored.



A man on the street with his shirt pulled half way up. This is very common in both Beijing and Shanghai. I have no clue why. It was not that warm out and it clearly doesn't look good.




Yum! There is nothing better than a Shanghai dumpling.



Our first dumplings! We picked them from the many baskets.



Another bike carrying many things. Soda I think.




Duck. Duck is everywhere. Inside, outside, kitchens don't really have walls...




A random book store we found walking around our first day.