On Tuesday, 05 December, the Colour Checker and I took a trip to
Jing4an1 Si4 (Jing'an Temple, The Temple Of Peace And Tranquility), which is conveniently located a few subway stops away from Liz's and Ethan's place. Jing'an Temple's been around for a long time and has had a couple of names throughout the centuries. While reading the review of this location in
Insight Guides, I got the impression that it wasn't a good place to visit. Haters. What I saw was AWEsome and far less touristy than other places upon which they had heaped loads of praise.
Before going to the temple, I firstly went to the gym. I purchased a short-term membership to Will's Gym (威尔士) and I took ample advantage of it. Afterwards I made my way to Zhong1shan1 Park (中山公园) Station and rode a few stops away to Jing'an Station. At one of the malls near to Zhongshan Park, I saw an interesting Coca Cola display.
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| See: the polar bears aren't in trouble! |
Because of the egress from which I exited the subway at Jing'an, I wound-up walking all the way around the temple before finding the entrance.
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| Ah! Found the entrance! |
I walked around and took a few photos. I should allow them to speak for themselves.
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| 'Fraidy cat! |
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| Rawr! |
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| Silver Buddha |
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| The life story of the historical Buddha |
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| Bambi and his girlfriend? |
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| Rawr! |
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| The vegetarian meal I ate after my visit to the temple. Yum! |
After this outing, I headed back eventually to meet Liz for dinner. She was quite busy throughout my stay because of work, so I was quite glad to spend some time with her.
1 Comments:
This is a very well known temple locally in Shanghai. I have heard its name mentioned a million times, mostly when someone is describing the location of some place close to the temple, "oh, you know, that store near 静安寺". Nobody ever talks about the temple itself :p I've never given any thought to it, and never been to the temple. Looks pretty impressive though.
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