Photo Essay: The First Confucius International School, an Ancient Town, and Grapes
Photo Essay: The First Confucius International School, an Ancient Town, and Grapes
Another dull weather day but a great tour.
1 We passed a vinyard, and decided to take a look. It was not like your ordinary row of supported vines. It was covered, very modern and the grapes were ripe.
2 My wife thought they were pretty good, so we bought some to take home.
3 The main gate to the Confucius school. A number of years ago a very rich Chinese man donated $2M to purchase the land and construct the buildings.
4 It was the first one - now they're located around the world, including the USA.
5 What it was like at the very beginning.
6 The windows in the buildings are magnificent.
7 Enough school - this wasn't to be a busman's holiday. We enter the ancient village here. The school is on the outskirts of this village.
8 There are some beautiful decorative plaques on the walls.
9 Many stores had outdoor statuary etc. out front.
10 The big bowl in the bottom right corner of the photo above shows a strange green plant growing in the water, as shown here. Does anyone know what it is?
11 Some stores are guarded by Foo Dogs (but they're for sale). The Chinese are safe if these guard their homes or businesses. No need for an AR 15,
12 Too much fattening food, I guess.
13 This store looks interesting - let's go inside.
14 Many things I've not seen elsewhere.
15 You may find antiques in Canada and the USA that are a couple of hundred years old, but here they could be a couple of thousand years old.
16 I guess we disturbed this person's lunch - and that fan on the right is no antique.
17 Okay, we go looking for another interesting store, past this array.
18 Now THIS one has some interesting stuff.
19 If I had an outdoor garden I'd want to buy this one.
20 Or if you're looking for something colourful....
21 Many wooden implements
22 However, these wooden toys are contemporary.
23 The last store for today - let's go inside.
24 And that's it for today.
Hope you enjoyed the tour.
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The next photo essay will be about the Tao Temple and Palace that we went to on the same day but it will be posted on the Creative Arts group. There is one I just posted on the Discovery group about a Chinese Cinema museum.
Wow-- some excellent photos Buzz!
10 The big bowl in the bottom right corner of the photo above shows a strange green plant growing in the water, as shown here. Does anyone know what it is?
Looks like Water Hyacinth.
Outstanding Buzz,
I would guess the strange green plant to be water hyacinth as well.
Thank you Buzz; wonderful pictorial essay!
The craftsmanship of some of those works is outstanding. Looks like a great day for browsing and shopping.
It looks like lots of fun, period!!! YAY!
I'm feeling the urge-- the urge to SHOP... What a fun place to go and browse! And, I agree with Larry, the craftsmanship is superb!
Your pictures are always so fascinating!
Thanks everyone. Glad you enjoyed the tour.
Thanks for the tour.