Sites of China

The Sites of China

Most of us have read books and stories about the Far East. It really is a different culture. We visited an acting Buddhist temple yesterday. There were people praying to different Buddhist God’s yesterday. I felt like I was visiting all the God’s that are written about in the bible. Rebecca was asking a lot of questions and it was nice to be able to discuss her God compared to Buddha.

The really interesting part of temple was the age of the building. I was built between 1100 and 1440 AD. The building was a functioning building. The architecture was very smart in that no wood touched the dirt. It was all up on concrete or stone. The other thing that was amazing was how square everything is. My last house was not as square as that one.

We visited a museum yesterday as well. It was a side trip that a friend of ours set up. We went to the center of Changsha yesterday. It was one of the few places that were not burned in 1943 invasion by Japan. The Chinese burnt it to slow down the movement of the Japanese’s.

It was beautiful and the plants were similar to the ones that we have in Florida. There were retires all around playing cards and the Chinese domino game. It was cloudy and so tranquil in the park.

The next stop was the Chinese Museum of the tombs that were unearthed. It was created over 2000 years ago. There was a body that was preserved that still had soft flesh under the skin. In addition the organs were still intact. The women had a heart attack from eating too much of a fruit. This was based on the fact that she had 138 seeds of the fruit in her system.

The relics from the tomb were just amazing. They had a body suit made of jade and sewed together with gold thread. They also had a national treasure piece that was 2500 years old that was perfectly symmetrical with for rams head. It was made of Bronze and was intricately carved.

Later a story about local business for all of the business people visiting our blog.

Chris