The fashionable young tourists spotted enterring Ke Yan Park. I often find myself much less fashionable these days compared to most Chinese city folks. No more will you find drab blue communist party uniforms in the streets. In parks and city streets, even farmers dress like run way models...
The one in the middle of the lake resembles that of the side profile of an old man. The way it sits in the middle of the pond as if he is on the verge of drowning.
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"Let Live" is something Buddhist monks always preach about. Don't kill and you will be loved by buddha and other gods. You will have luck and fortune if you let the animal go... This turns out also can be a source of profit for moden tourist attractions...
Fish and turtles' holding tank at the park's store where you can buy them to let them go in the nearby pond. This is an act of good faith on the tourists. But an extremely profitable practice for the park. They can fish the fishes and turtles back at the end of each day and sell them over and over again in subsequent days to different batches of tourists.
The lovely bell tower that is also a source of profit for the park where tourists can pay to ring the bell for good luck.
The walls of the staircase leading to the main house of the park tells the story of Buddha by elegant murals. They're newly painted using bright colors but with the old brush techniques.
View of the hammer rock from top of the hill.
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The second place we visited in Shao Xing is Lan Ting. The old residence of a famous Chinese writer, poet, Wang Yi Zhi.
In Lan Ting, the famous Ink Pond's center houses a patio where Wong Yi Zhi used to write at. I just love the roof lines of this structure! It is named the "Ink Pond" because the writer used to wash his brush in the pond daily. The water used to be completely black.
The old residence of Wong Yi Zhi sets in this beautiful green mountain landscape surrounded by a lilly pond. White walls, black tile roof tops outlined by blooming water lilly in the summer months would have been even better.
The near by river, the foot-bridge and its bamboo garden leaves a poetic impression in the mind of any traveler. I would have loved to spend a few days just lingerring there. On the other hand, one would not wish such a place to ever be converted into another modern day resort complex.
The small village next to Lan Ting park is a newly constructed tinsel town that houses many sourvenior shops. It will be great for film makers to use for their next Zhang Yi Mao movie...
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