Old Zhengzhou

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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 outside Zhengzhou where as the other guy was visiting the city. They spoke good English and explained what things were in the Chenghuang temple. After the temples we visited what remains of the old city walls. It is still taking some getting used to all the people. One of the photos shows people trying to get on a bus. Even tho' the bus was full and the driver was trying to close the doors people were still trying to get on. There seems to be no limit of people that can get on. Coming back from the temples the bus just got too full so we decided to get off and walk.

Ciao a tutti,

Sabato siamo andati a vedere i templi di Confucio e Chenghuang, che e' il dio della citta'. Il tempio di confucio era molto tranquillo e scuro ma il tempio di Chenghuang era pieno di gente. Abbiamo fatto amicizia con due ragazzi cinese uno si chiama Alan l'altro non lo so come si pronuncia il suo nome. Alan e' da Zhengzhou ma suo amico sta facendo una vista alla citta'. Parlano inglese bene. Mi hanno spiegato tutte le cose nel tempio. Dopo i templi siamo andati alla muragli vecchia della citta'. Non siamo abbituato ancora di quanti gente ci sono in giro. Una delle foto vi mostra quanti persone si puo' mettere in un autobus. L'autista voleva chiudere lo sportello ma le gente volevano entrare ancora. Sembra che non ci sia un limite di persone sugli autobus. In fatti quando abbiamo tornato dei templi siamo scesi dall'autobus da caminare perche' c'erano troppe persone.

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Photos

Confucius Temple
The temple was originally built 1900 years ago in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and is one of the oldest confucious temples in China. The temple tho' has been massivly restored and only the foundations remain of the original temple

Tempio di Confucio
Il tempio era costruito 1900 anni fa, nella dinastia di Han Orientalle, ed e' uno dei templi piu' vecchi in cina. Sono le fondazioni rimaste del tempio originale

Comments

[keelz!]

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

[Malc Dixon]

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