May 30th - Teng Pavilion

One year ago on May 30th, we visited the famous Teng Pavilion across the street from our hotel:

Here's Shirley, our Nanchang guide (Rose, the national guide is just to her right with the Mickey Mouse bag):

The grounds of the pavilion had the most beautiful gardens. There were statues of all the Chinese zodiac animals. EJ found the rabbit, since she was born in that year:

The guy was scratching something (his to-do list? complex math solutions?) in the dirt:

I loved this rock. The etching says "How carefree and leisurely the grass is and have you the heart to step on it?"

I love this picture of EJ. But it does remind me of how incredibly hot and humid it was this day!

The backside of the pavilion faced the Gan River, which had a ton of barge traffic (and I grew up near Pittsburgh PA, where there was a lot of it!). We would watch as many as about 50-60 barges go by in an hour.

Of course, there were a lot of fishermen too...

I like this shot, as the woman is rowing the boat, and the man has his head in his hands as if to say "Crazy female driver!"

A shot of some of the artistry on the pavilion:

Looking up the street toward our hotel, the one with the gold dome. The taller building on the left was an unfinished hotel. The wind just howled right through it. I believe the guide said it was never completed due to some corruption case?

The paintings inside the pavilion:

And finally, a shot of what we called the Sqatty Potties. EJ had to go while we were at the pavilion. She thought it was an adventure to use them. I personally made it a point to avoid them and use the nice western-style toilets in the hotel whenever possible.

Some pics taken from the window of the playroom in our hotel looking at the apartment buildings on the other side of the street.