We went shopping. Ji's sister is a super star haggler. I got a necklace and some super cute shoes. I'm too lazy to take a picture of them and put the picture here, but they are cute.
Shenzhen: Day 3
Eunnie had to work so Eric and the rest of us went to this combined exhibit thingie called "Splendid China and China Folk Culture Village". Splendid China = mini-exhibits of famous places in China. First reaction: How is this going to be cool? Final reaction: I want to go back and spend more time there. See below.
This is a mini-version of someplace in China where there are tens of thousands of these little shrines carved into the rock. Really, they are life-sized.
This is a mini-version of the Yellow Mountain in China. This version has bathrooms in the back. The cool thing about this exhibit is that Ji's dad has actually climbed this mountain! It took three days to go up and down. If you look closely at the picture, you can see the stairs in the mountain that he climbed. In this exhibit, each stair is about 1 cm tall.
A monk burial ground.
The Great Wall of China.
And then we saw this, which was the craziest, most wonderful, random thing ever: a sign that said, "Trees Planted by the Most Famous People in the World". And here they are:
Most of the people I did not recognize - the leader of the Nigeria in 1995? No idea. But...
this tree was planted by Fidel Castro! Pretty cool, huh? So, I touched a tree that Fidel Castro also touched. So close to greatness, so close.
We didn't get as much time to hang out at the Great Wall as we wanted because we had to hightail it to the "China Folk Culture Village" section of the park for The Best Show Ever. They re-enacted a attempted castle take over from back in the day. I know nothing about Chinese history so I will not embarrass myself by trying to guess what the time period was, but I do know that they were fighting while galloping on horses and throwing things off the wall. It was pretty exciting.
There was even one guy who could hop off his horse and then back on again, while it was galloping! Ji got a video of it, not me, so you'll have to talk to him if you want to see it.
These guys would lean over to pick things up off the ground while their horse was at full gallop.
Shooting a bow and arrow on a running horse. No hands! He didn't even come close to hitting the target, but I don't care. I still think it's amazing.
And to give you a little sense of how amazing and intense it all was, here is a short video. During the entire show there was dramatic music and Chinese narration. The video below is when the raider was killed and they took his body away. He didn't actually die, but he looks dead, right?
Then we saw some other shows, ate dinner and went to bed. It was a great day.
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