truant blog entry
Mike is arriving tomorrow and we’re going to travel to Yunnan so I probably won’t blog for a couple of weeks. I hope that doesn’t deter you from reading this blog once I get back; I’m going to have a lot to write about. Be sure to check the site in mid April!
In the meantime, here is an entry I meant to do a few weeks ago.
On a sunny weekend day, I hopped on my bike and took a ride along the lake to Nan Shan Lu. I ended up at the Leifeng Pagota.
I got a kick out of the sculptures on the railing along the walkway.
Here is story of Leifeng Pagoda
Yup, its brand-spanking new, complete with escalator out front.
The original Pagoda fell down in 1924 and was rebuilt three years ago.
Putting aside the fact that the building in brand new and another bit of Hangzhou’s manufactured tourism, it is very pretty. Leading up to the pagota is a marble staircase with pictures inscribed into the railing.
The second floor of the building has intricate wood carvings of the tale of the pagota. They are absolutely beautiful and wonderfully three dimensional. Unfortunately, my camera doesn’t do well in that kind of lighting. The story is about Bai Suzhen, an immortal snake-woman. She falls in love with Xu Xian and they have a child together. She is then imprisoned in the pagoda away from her family and is only released when the pagoda falls down.
Bai Suzhen longs for the world of mortals during the gathering of immortals
In the rain, Bai Suzhen borrows an umbrella from Xu Xian.
Suzhen revert to her original form of snake on Dragon Boat Festival.
Bai Suzhen steals the magic herb from kunlun mountain.
Bai Suzhen launches a flood battle against Fa Hai on Jinshan Temple
After the flood battle, Bai Suzhen meets Xu Xian on the Broken Bridge.
Bai Suzhen is imprisoned in the Leifeng Pagoda by Fa Hai.
The Leifeng Pagoda crumbles and the family reunites.
Here is a view of downtown Hangzhou from about half way up the pagoda
And West Lake’s islands and the Su Causeway
The gilded ceiling on the top floor of the pagoda
In the basement are the remains of the original pagoda.
In the meantime, here is an entry I meant to do a few weeks ago.
On a sunny weekend day, I hopped on my bike and took a ride along the lake to Nan Shan Lu. I ended up at the Leifeng Pagota.
I got a kick out of the sculptures on the railing along the walkway.
Here is story of Leifeng Pagoda
Yup, its brand-spanking new, complete with escalator out front.
The original Pagoda fell down in 1924 and was rebuilt three years ago.
Putting aside the fact that the building in brand new and another bit of Hangzhou’s manufactured tourism, it is very pretty. Leading up to the pagota is a marble staircase with pictures inscribed into the railing.
The second floor of the building has intricate wood carvings of the tale of the pagota. They are absolutely beautiful and wonderfully three dimensional. Unfortunately, my camera doesn’t do well in that kind of lighting. The story is about Bai Suzhen, an immortal snake-woman. She falls in love with Xu Xian and they have a child together. She is then imprisoned in the pagoda away from her family and is only released when the pagoda falls down.
Bai Suzhen longs for the world of mortals during the gathering of immortals
In the rain, Bai Suzhen borrows an umbrella from Xu Xian.
Suzhen revert to her original form of snake on Dragon Boat Festival.
Bai Suzhen steals the magic herb from kunlun mountain.
Bai Suzhen launches a flood battle against Fa Hai on Jinshan Temple
After the flood battle, Bai Suzhen meets Xu Xian on the Broken Bridge.
Bai Suzhen is imprisoned in the Leifeng Pagoda by Fa Hai.
The Leifeng Pagoda crumbles and the family reunites.
Here is a view of downtown Hangzhou from about half way up the pagoda
And West Lake’s islands and the Su Causeway
The gilded ceiling on the top floor of the pagoda
In the basement are the remains of the original pagoda.
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