Sunday, March 17, 2019

The incredible Xuankong Hanging Monastery

 Snapped this shot at Yungang Caves, but forgot to post it last time.

These feather dusters are for sale all over Datong City (near Inner Mongolia).
 Apparently the Chinese often use English for fashion without knowing the meaning.
 Blow-drying the coals.
Making home-made noodles for breakfast at Datong's wonderful Garden Hotel.
I went on a day tour with about 30 Chinese and one other Westerner (a UK policeman from Sri Lanka who is traveling around the world).
Our tour started out early in the morning at the Hanging Monastery.
Above photo and 3 below taken at the Hanging Monastery. Not a good place for people with vertigo. It's rumored these will soon be off limits to tourists, so you'd better get there soon...



 Next, we went on to Heng Mountain, one of China's 5 famous Taoist mountains. Above photo and 4 below.





 Above 2 photos, Datong Old Town.
 I see less and less of these "egg" trikes in China.
 Morning tai chi, Old Town Datong.
 Seed trike.
 Styles change, but as you can see in the reflection I still wear baggy cargo pants.

5 Dragon Screen, Datong Old Town.
Defeats the purpose when you leave the door open.

No comments:

Post a Comment