Old Zhengzhou

Asia
March 14th 2010

Published: March 14th 2010

Hi All, Saturday we went to see the temples of Confucious and Chenghuang, who is the town god. The Confucious temple was very quiet and solemn with hardly anybody around but the Chenghuang temple on the other hand was bustling with people. We also made a couple of friends at the Confucious temple. Alan and another guy whose name I could pronounce. They were both Chinese. Alan was from just outsid... Read Full Entry

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Temple seen from the old city walls

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Il tempio visto della muraglia vecchia

Chenghuang Temple, Tempio Chenghuang

A temple for the town god. Built in the Shang Dynasty about 3,600 years ago. Un tempio per il dio della citta' costruito circa 3,600 anni fa

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On the left is our new found friend Alan. Alla sinistra il nostro nuovo amico Alan

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Opera stage, Palco per opera

Henan opera is performed in the temple. The operas are performed on the stage in this building. The audience sits in the courtyard. L'opera Henan e'fatto nel tempio. Sono fatto sul palco in questo edificio. Il pubblico si siede nel cortile.

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14th March 2010

keelz!
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OMG!!! Those little cars look like the dinky dodgems off Takeshi's castle!!! :) The temples look beautiful! I want to go! I'm soooo jealous!!! I didn't know they had teletubbies in China! lol :) :) xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

14th March 2010

Malc Dixon
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noodle belly
you found me at the noodle shop!

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