La semana pasada empecé a contaros mi viaje a Shanghai (aquí), pero aún me quedaban cosas por enseñaros. Uno de los lugares que más nos gustó fue Xintiandi, un agradable barrio formado por casas antiguas “Shikumen” que fueron restauradas para albergar tiendas, restaurantes y cafés. Un buen sitio donde comprar artesanía. Además disfruté como una niña en las tiendas de productos manga y anime.
Last
week I started telling you about my trip to Shanghai (here), but still had somethings to
show you. One of the sites that we liked most was Xintiandi, a nice neighborhood
formed by ancient houses "Shikumen" that were restored to host shops,
restaurants and coffees. A good place where buying crafts. Besides I
enjoyed as a child in the shops of manga
and anime stuff.
And we find a small market with quite exotic products.
Tianzifang, the neighborhood of the old French Concession, promised to also a charming place but we found it a cardboard disctict and it has turned into a luxurious mall. But it was worth visiting there the house where the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist party was celebrated. Nowadays it is a museum where it is possible to see the room in which Mao Zedong and the delegates from the whole China met in 1921 and founded the Communist party. Don’t you think this old flag exhibited in the museum is in fact a quilt?
Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang's province and one of seven former capitals of China, is located approximately
El Lago del Oeste está en el centro de Hangzhou, rodeado de templos, pabellones, pagodas y jardines. Visitamos uno de los templos y nos relajamos con un agradable paseo en barca.
The West
Lake is in Hangzhou's center, surrounded by pavilions, pagodas and gardens. We
visited one of the temples and relax with a nice boat trip.
Later we went to Lingyin Temple, placed in a narrow valley, between hills and forests. In the way you find some of the 470 Buddha statues carved into the rock along the forest.
It is a very big temple, with plenty of buildings and halls. The main one is the Hall of the Great Hero, which contains a 20-meters magnificent statue of Sakyamuni, the Buddha sitting on a lotus flower.
But the most striking one is the Hall of the 500 Arhats (the souls of those who have reached the Nirvana and will not reincarnate again). It is shaped like a swastika in whose arms 500 statues are placed. They are made of bronze and all are different, a little weird and even funny.
As you see, it has been a short but very intense trip.
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