Washed up and changed and off to Wu Dang Shan!
We have the same tour guide with us again. The bus journey was 5 hours! So I decided to take a nap :D Stopped by and have our lunch at a restaurant. The restaurant is filled with cigarette smell, which I don’t really like it, but I have to bear with it :/
The dishes for lunch today are alright, only the donkey meat which I cannot take it. I think it is a little cruel and donkey is really not a very common meat to be found. Therefore, I did not even try to lay my chopsticks on it! Had carrot soup like finally! Good!
\After lunch, we continue with our journey. We reached the ticket office of Wu Dang mountain scenic spot. Cool name indeed. It is the place where we need to buy some ticket for entrance and after which, we changed quite a number of bus, going different locations in Wu Dang.
The first place we went was 太子坡and the second place was 紫霄福地.
At 太子坡, we can see there are many different halls in the temple. Being respectful, it is not advisable to take photos of the status.
We went inside and explore the place. Most of the rooms with the god status inside has a lower temperature than the outside.To preserve the status or it has other meaning? We then went to the 财神殿(Hall of the God of Wealth), of course we were praying that we will become rich! =D Next, we went to the CangJing Tower. It was used to store Daoist Inscriptures. there were two side rooms on the first floor which were the storekeeper's living rooms. I wanted to take a peep inside, but it was locked ): Spotted this tree, which is the 桂花 tree, with a lot of strings tied around it. I think people tie the string up on the tree perhaps they wanted the god to fulfill their wishes or bless them. I bought a letter from a street store near to the tree which is related to my surname and the origins of it!
Went into a tea house and have some tea. Eline, Charmaine and I bought some pearl bracelet at the temple for our family and we are perhaps a little superstitious as we might think that it will bring some luck to our parents. We went to The Five Storey Tower; look around and took some pictures.
After which, we left for our second destination,紫霄福地.
When first entered the place, it look kind of holy as compared to the previous one. Perhaps it is larger with more different categories of hall.We took a group photo before it is free and easy time.
We walked around the temple and went in to each and every room. I like a particular room we went in. It consist of all the herbs and stuffs that are being used in the olden times. I like it! :D After which, we left and went to check in to our motel.
Mixed feeling when we were going to see how the motel looks like. We were being told that it is a 3-star motel. But i really wonder what kind of motel can they have at a mountain. Took bus and we have to walk a distance before we cab reach our destination. We went pass quite a few shops and it looks like all of them are selling the same thing.
We walked further down the street and finally reached our motel! The place is better than what i expected! It does not look like a motel at all, but a 4-star hotel! We collected our key and went to our rooms immediately! The room is bigger than the hostel and of course much better than the cruise, with 2 arm chairs, a dressing table and television! We also have a bath tub! i suppose we have a VIP room~ Lucky for me and Eline! :D Hazel and Charmaine later moved to our room we will be sleeping together! :D
We only have 5 minutes to get ourselves prepared and we shall head to final attraction before having our own free time!
We were supposed to climb the stairs to another temple, but we did not managed to though we were half way due to time constraint. We bought some snacks and sat outside the shop, enjoying both the food and the scenery!
Walked back and waited outside 太和宾馆 at 6.30pm. We had a VIP room! All thanks to the malay guys~ :D
The food served is not very appealing :/
After dinner, we decided to browse the shops along the streets and we bought some snacks and cup noodles ! Back to our room. Bathed and changed. We had our snacks while watching television program! The show was awesome! We laughed like there is no tomorrow :DD Perhaps its because also i have not been watching shows for the past one month :/
It is the first time we slept so early! 10.30pm and all of us are like dead logs, i suppose :D Nights~
In all, the places we went today seems to be related to Taoism. There are temples whereby there are a lot of people, regardless of tourists or the locals, they would come and pray to the status there. I believe that they are quite accurate, if not why would people come to such a far place and walked/climbed for so long! I cannot said that they are superstitious as i am also into this kind of stuff :) After all the rides and walks i have taken today, i can see that China differentiate their lines very clearly between rural and urban :/ Afterall, i really enjoy myself today as the scenery is really beautiful here :D There is also one television program we watched and i find it quite meaningful. It is a show whereby the children have to overcome some barriers in order to find their mother, with the help of their fathers and other people. They have to go under a temperature of around -30 degrees and they are only 4-6 years old! I think they are quite independent as i think the task is not easy for them. I think this is good form of training for kids, but their safety are still the main priority :D
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