February 23, 2013 @ Ningbo, China


Accident I

Accient II

Our 1.5 hours drive turned into 3 hours

Finally lunch

Tiny clam

Dessert

Boil shrimp

Rice cake

Pork rice

Jackknife clam aka bamboo clam

Good deal!

Yuehu Park

Winter is the season for prunus mume

The flower is usually called plum blossom

Very pretty

Japan feel

Ningbo Moon Lake, also known as Ningbo Yuehu

Traditional vs modern

Don*t you love my outfit

Located in the downtown district

Dead or alive?

Great place for a stroll

Yintaidi Government House Museum

Jinbaihua Hall aka Sacrificial Ceremony Room

Kitchen

Entertainment room (mahjong)

Bathroom

Bed

Fauct

Art room

Cart

In-house temple

Chinese piano

Play room

Yintaidi Government House Museum

Free museum @ Yuehu Park

Chimonanthus praecox

AKA wintersweet or Japanese allspice

Pool in the park

Many bridges @ Moon Lake

A lot of towers, terraces and pavilions were built

Brian taking on a part-time job

TianYi Pavilion

Tianyi Pavilion is the oldest private library in existence in China

Built in 1561 in the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)

It is not only world famous for its wide collection of books

But also for its unique architecture and elegant landscape

It has a flush gable roof, and is six bays wide and deep

With a corridor extending from the front to the back

In front of the pavilion is a pond that stores water for fireproof

Rebuilding in 1933

Lot of fishes

Gulou Yan Historic Cultural

Located in the center city within Mingzhou area in Tang and Song dynasty

Converted into open pedestrian street in Dec 1988

Update proejct of Gulou Yan historical and cultural street started June 2012

Ningbo style pork belly (sweet)

McDonalds @ stop station on freeway


Ningbo skyline


TianYi Pavilion