Monday, July 6, 2009

XiaMen

I just came back from Malaysia.
and I am down with FLU
Maybe I kenna H1N1?HAHA
Hopefully I will recover by Thursday..
I realised I miss out alot.
Fen's 21st Birthday
NDP RehearsalParade
Church
Primary Sch Union
and I am enlisting in less than 96 hours time.
Time is running out!
Back to my Fuzhou Trip updates.

Met up with other long distance relatives (my grand uncle's daughter 's grandson's family) and had Chong Qing Hotpot for lunch

Went Shopping at Gu Cheng..
There is alot of cheena stuff.
The place is 7 times the size of Bugis street.



Though I am not a Buddhist ,
But I am always fascinated by the Big statues of gods in the temples.


Then I went to Nanputuo Si,<南普陀>
It is a major destination of Buddhists. Situated at the foot of the Five Old Men Peak .The peaceful temple is over 1,000 years old and is Xiamen oldest sight.
My mum is a devout Buddhist mum .She had a great time praying.




The character Fo (), into a rock-at 15 feet (4.6meters) .


We took the ferry to Kinmen -
a island that belongs toTaiwan.
I learned about the long history of the bad blood between Taiwan and China.
Kinmen used to be a war zone area.
The Kuomintang fled to Taiwan after the Chinese civil war of 1949.


Next Stop is Hulishan Fort,胡里山炮台
It is touted as China 's best preserved coastal cannon.



The fort also boasts an impressive display of ancient armament.
The massive German-made 60 ton gun is the fort's main attraction .
This place reminds me of the Andy lau movie-The warlords


The Canon show

The next post will be the last one for my Fuzhou trip..