Dienstag, 7. Mai 2013
Zhang Bi ancient castle 张壁古堡
highpeak, 13:16h
Today afternoon we hired a car to drive us the 40 kilometers from Pingyao to Zhang Bi ancient castle.
Again a bumpy ride and an unbelievable number of trucks transporting coal to nearby power plants. Forget the word air pollution in Shanghai, here the air has been so full of smog...
After an hour ride we arrived and were more than surprised that we could find an english speaking tour lady. English was not perfect but with her enthusiasm of guiding us she made up for it and always tested my Chinese skills by checking how many characters I could understand on these old stones (honestly 马马虎虎）。
The whole old town in which only about 600, mainly old, people live is stretched with underground tunnels, originally a total length of 10 km, of which about 1 km is open to the public.
The orientation and name of the town is related to the 28 Chinese Astronomical constellations (28 舍), where Zhang is the fifth constellation among the seven Southern Constellations and Bi is the seventh constellation among the the seven Northern Constellations. We learned much more about this topic today, also feng-shui, but lets keep it like this and enjoy the pictures :-)
Tonight another night train to Xi'An where we will spend the next two days.
Again a bumpy ride and an unbelievable number of trucks transporting coal to nearby power plants. Forget the word air pollution in Shanghai, here the air has been so full of smog...
After an hour ride we arrived and were more than surprised that we could find an english speaking tour lady. English was not perfect but with her enthusiasm of guiding us she made up for it and always tested my Chinese skills by checking how many characters I could understand on these old stones (honestly 马马虎虎）。
The whole old town in which only about 600, mainly old, people live is stretched with underground tunnels, originally a total length of 10 km, of which about 1 km is open to the public.
The orientation and name of the town is related to the 28 Chinese Astronomical constellations (28 舍), where Zhang is the fifth constellation among the seven Southern Constellations and Bi is the seventh constellation among the the seven Northern Constellations. We learned much more about this topic today, also feng-shui, but lets keep it like this and enjoy the pictures :-)
Tonight another night train to Xi'An where we will spend the next two days.
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cencenyan,
Dienstag, 07. Mai 2013, 5:54 PM
Saigon?
The tunnel you are in reminds me of the one in Saigon! What is it for?
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