Yesterday was a fun fieldtrip. First we went to a museum where we learned about the history of the province of Shaanxi. It was really interesting I learned many things and got to learn about the differences between all the different dynasties. For example, in the earlier civilizations used bronze the most. But then in the golden age of China(Tang dynasty) gold and silver were the popular metal.
After the museum we went to lunch at a restaurant. It was a very westernized restaurant- it was a buffet and all the food seemed to be americanized chinese food but it was still amazing food. I heard some people speaking french!
When we finished eating at the restaurant we went to the wild goose pagoda which is pretty much a monastary for Buddhist monks. The main building is the wild goose pagoda which was pretty much a tower that the monks prayed in. I'm not sure where they lived but it might be in the pagoda. I learned that many of the monks who lived there were very rich because of the payments they earned from the government and then they get all the money from the tickets that tourists pay for to visit the pagoda. Also we saw a lovers tree that had two trees intertwined. It was there that we learned the Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet.
According to the story, there was a woman who went to a mens school pretending to be a man because it was in the olden days when women weren't considered as smart as men. But this woman was awfully smart so she wanted to learn. Anyway, I don't know why that part is in the story but then she graduated from the school and one day she is at a lake thinking and she sees a man from her old school and they instantly fall in love. They try to get married but the girl's father won't let her because he wants a richer man to marry his daughter. So then he kills this man and the woman is very sad. She visits his grave and says if you can here me please open your grave up so I can die with you. And then all of a sudden his grave opens up and she jumps in and then the ground closes back up. About ten minutes after, two butterflies were seen flying around the grave together, and the people thought it was the boy and girl flying around together, since they couldn't be together as humans. So nowadays when two butterflies are seen flying together it's the girl and boy flying around together.
Oh and another thing I learned at the monastary is that the Nazis took their symbol from the Buddhist symbol.
After the fieldtrip we came back to the school and Lisa and I slept over at Little Kelly and Kiernan's apartment. It was great fun we went out to eat and had chinese tacos and then we watched a movie.
Today has been so far a normal schoolday. We did P.E where we did Tai Chi and a drum dance. Then we went to another English class. Oh and today there's a American song contest and Bethany, Jack, Ben, and Anna are gonna sing songs.
After the museum we went to lunch at a restaurant. It was a very westernized restaurant- it was a buffet and all the food seemed to be americanized chinese food but it was still amazing food. I heard some people speaking french!
When we finished eating at the restaurant we went to the wild goose pagoda which is pretty much a monastary for Buddhist monks. The main building is the wild goose pagoda which was pretty much a tower that the monks prayed in. I'm not sure where they lived but it might be in the pagoda. I learned that many of the monks who lived there were very rich because of the payments they earned from the government and then they get all the money from the tickets that tourists pay for to visit the pagoda. Also we saw a lovers tree that had two trees intertwined. It was there that we learned the Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet.
According to the story, there was a woman who went to a mens school pretending to be a man because it was in the olden days when women weren't considered as smart as men. But this woman was awfully smart so she wanted to learn. Anyway, I don't know why that part is in the story but then she graduated from the school and one day she is at a lake thinking and she sees a man from her old school and they instantly fall in love. They try to get married but the girl's father won't let her because he wants a richer man to marry his daughter. So then he kills this man and the woman is very sad. She visits his grave and says if you can here me please open your grave up so I can die with you. And then all of a sudden his grave opens up and she jumps in and then the ground closes back up. About ten minutes after, two butterflies were seen flying around the grave together, and the people thought it was the boy and girl flying around together, since they couldn't be together as humans. So nowadays when two butterflies are seen flying together it's the girl and boy flying around together.
Oh and another thing I learned at the monastary is that the Nazis took their symbol from the Buddhist symbol.
After the fieldtrip we came back to the school and Lisa and I slept over at Little Kelly and Kiernan's apartment. It was great fun we went out to eat and had chinese tacos and then we watched a movie.
Today has been so far a normal schoolday. We did P.E where we did Tai Chi and a drum dance. Then we went to another English class. Oh and today there's a American song contest and Bethany, Jack, Ben, and Anna are gonna sing songs.
3 comments:
What a lovely photo of the tai chi group in white costumes. You look like an angel! Interesting and comprehensive report on today. I have a whole new perspective on butterlies!
OOps! I meant butterFlies! The typos are contagious!
(A comment I forgot to leave from an earlier post): We're glad you're taking Chinese cooking lessons... you'll have your final exam when you get back!
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