I haven't mastered placing photos on the blog yet, so I apologize. Max is holding a gas mask in this photo. It is one of two that is in our closet right now. Ah, what a feeling of security we have, knowing we have them in our room.
Yesterday we visited the Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang. This picture is of the male lion just outside the pavilion. It was just a short walk from our hotel and well worth the walk in the rain to get to it. The Pavilion was originally built as a place where learned men gathered. It is 6 stories tall and sits on the bank of the Yangtze river. The Yangtze, by the way, is the longest river in China and flows from Tibet to Shanghai.
The original pavilion was built in 654 during the Tang Dynasty. It has been rebuilt many times because of fire, wars, etc. While we were there, we watched a traditional music and dance performance. It was beautiful. Max was so enthralled with the beautiful dancers.
After our tour we walked down to a shop and were measured for traditional Chinese clothing. Lucy is having a traditional hat, dress and shoes made for her, Max is getting a traditional shirt, pants, boots, and hat made out of a beautiful silk of blue dragons. I'm getting a black silk dress and Marc is getting 2 silk ties. We also bought 2 traditional silver baby bracelets for Lucy, a seal with her Chinese name, a pair of shoes for me, what am I missing? Oh yes, the best part is all of this cost about $150 and is being hand made. Yes, hand made. The owner of the shop told us to come back today to pick up the garments. Amazing!
Today Marc, Max, Lucy and I took a walk around the neighborhood. We walked to a grocery where no one spoke English. We were able to communicate fairly well with the ladies in the shop. They wanted to know if Lucy was mine. Oh yes, I nodded. They wanted to know if Max was mine, nodded again. They wanted to know if Marc was mine, well I hesitated, hmmmm, but then nodded. They wanted to know if Max was a boy or girl (the hair keeps them guessing!) and I said boy, then I told them he was four. They gave us samples of yummy dried fruits and they all fussed over Lucy. That was nice. She deserves some fussing. The above picture is of a woman who came out of her shop to see Lucy. She couldn't believe the size of her eyes and pantomimed how large they were. We smiled and agreed with her.
Later today we will do some sightseeing and then relax. We leave for Guangzhou tomorrow evening. I can't believe we've been in China for a week.
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Hello from Grandma, Karrin, Fireball and Teddy! We came to gmas to mow and ted stayed outside this time. Fireball swatted at him and growled and hissed the last time we were here. Ted thinks he is like Simon our cat :) Fireball has been behaving well for gma and is sleeping on the upstairs couch right now. Lucy and Max look so cute in her smiling photo! I said he will come home and miss his fans!! We love you and have fun in the next town!
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