Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The hills are alive.....

After that satisfying meal, it's time to climb some mountains to burn off those calories.

Look how much my dad is enjoying the nature and fresh air!
 This mountain we climbed is called "大雁山", it's a province level park (省級森林公園) in the 鹤山市. There are 2 ways to go up the mountain. One is from the very very long stone stairs extended from the bottom of the mountain to the top (no way we would enjoy that); the 2nd way is from the shallow mountain side paved rocky road. From the above picture, you can tell we opt for the shallow path. :D

 There are 7 attractions on this mountain, but due to time constraint of a guided tour, we only visited the temple,  "海會寺", on the mountaintop.

What did I do there? :D hehe I was helping them build it!  :D

With a donation of RMB$100 you get to buy a piece of roof for the temple and write well wishes on them. :)
It's a very tranquil place, we stayed there for a brief 45 minutes, said hi to the Buddhas and deities then left for our next designation.

Here are some more pictures of the place.



For more info (Chinese):
http://travel.heshan.gov.cn/html/2006/11/20061102164513-1.htm

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