本帖最后由 ceciliachiu 于 2013-3-15 00:12 编辑
My husband and I had a very nice journey to Szechuan in 2008. Initially we planned to climb Mount Hua but the earthquakes in Szechuan changed our plan. While tourists shunned Szechuan, I thought it was an opportunity of a life time to see the wilderness there without the crowds.
On the flight to HK, overlooking the Kap Shui Mun Bridge
文殊院空林佛教图书馆, Wenshu Yuan Monastry
A cat with different pupil colours
An artist making up for the Chinese opera
An artist in the back stage
Szechuan opera
The very famous face changing opera.
The artist does not only change the face mask. He can also change the costume at the same time so that the colour of the costume matches that of the face mask.
Szechuan opera fire spitting
I booked a room in a hotel on the internet. When we checked it and they found out that my husband is a Gweilo (yang guizi), they said they could not accommodate us because they did not have the proper license to entertain foreign friends. Instead they put us in a youth hostel nearby which turned out to be very pleasant and full of character.
Our room in the hostel
Shared toilet facilities
A self portrait
The Bronze Goat Taoist Temple (Qing Yang Gong)
A tea garden in the Bronze Goat Taoist Temple
Old vs new
Starbucks in Kuan Zhai Xiang Zi, one of the three historical relic protection areas in Chengdu. It is euphemised as ancient meets modern.
Ancient bricks of a few thousand years old
River Jin, which meanders through the city
People's Park, Chengdu, full of people and activities. Can you spot me?
These are some of the places we visited in our first 2 days in Szechuan.
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