Wedding in Taizhou

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December 5th 2012

Published: December 7th 2012

12072012 Blog We were off for a four day visit to the hometown of our student/friend/colleague, Junfang. She was getting married, actually in was a celebration of her marriage which had taken place weeks ago in a government office, to another friend and colleague, Huanbiao. Chinese domestic flights always remind us of the cultural nuances (“At China Southern Airlines we cherish your decisio... Read Full Entry

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We had the place almost to ourselves

There were a number of touring monks but the large size of the grounds gave us lots of chances for solitude.

The spaces were calming

After the din of the city (the horn tooting was ongoing), the quiet of the mountaintop was a great balm

13th Century Pagoda

Many of these shrines were destroyed during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, but this one did survive.

Group shot, bad light

This is the family, first cousins, parents, sibs and 2 foreigners

Family values

We toured this large series of caves, which were filled with kitschy representatives of Chinese culture. This series of dioramas was the zenith.

I can totally tell how that might occur

I mean, you don't even need tp be Chinese to get this one!

Hyperbole?

They do love their mothers deeply

And their fathers??

Family shot

Bride, her brother, sister-in-law, nephew and those same two foreigners

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