When we walked into the Temple, the first thing we saw were these 2 huge guards. Apparantly 2 guards are very common before you enter the actual temple. They are supposed to guard the temple from evil spirits.
Back from our Fu'Jian Adventure March 2nd 2007 Part 1 of our trip
We had a great trip. We started in the afternoon in
Suzhou and took a car to Shanghai. We then paid 450
RMB per person each way for our bus ticket. Joe (our
boss) said that usually it costs around 150 but since
it was the peak of travel for China prices were much
higher. This didn’t make sense to me, because I had
read in the newspaper earlier in the week that the
gove ... read more
Asia » China » Jiangsu » Suzhou For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more
We are two 22 year old college grads from Nebraska, USA, who decided to leave their Office Space jobs and move to China to become English teachers. We signed a 1 year contract. Should be an interesting year!... full info