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Wujiang Road leisure street is no longer what it was

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Wujiang Road is the well-known characteristic street centred on characteristic catering and leisure in Shanghai. It used to be a snack street that naturally formed around Shanghai old alley, Shanghai civilian-style, a place where the grass-roots food congregated.

Revisiting Wujiang Road really let me brighten. In front of us is a fresh start Wujiang Road leisure street. The previous sidewalk food stalls are completely invisible, instead of this, China’s local dishes dining hall, European style coffee shop and taproom, Taiwan-style teahouse, H. K-Macau restaurant and dessert shop, and so on are appearing all over the place.

I last saw Wujiang Road snack street nearly two years ago.

Wujiang Road has been completely refurbished after a comprehensive renovation, the color floor tile pavement takes the place of the previous asphalted road.

The former food stalls moved into the viewing platform.

The new leisure street will focus on introducing the high-end delicacies and brand fashion shops, including the top world-renowned brands, such as NIKE,LEVI’S and so on. Wujiang Road leisure street is growing more diverse.

Most of shops along the street have walls inlaid with transparent floor glass, the in-store scene can be seen from the street.

The restaurant is mainly based on Chinese food, and it has aimed to Western-style food.

Coffeehouses, western restaurants, bakeries, and Chinese restaurants are mixed together.

Each shop decoration are all so different.

The famous Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant opens new branches here.

The newly opened Lisboa Restaurant.

This is the restaurant specialising in bird’s nest, abalone and shark’s fin.

The cup pudding is deeply loved by girls.

Yoshinoya offers a mouth-watering variety of Japanese cuisine, including beef rice.

Wujiang Road has become a gathering place for young adults. whether attend the class party, invite colleagues for a meal or accompany own sweetheart to an appointment, many young people enjoy coming here.

Faced with numerous delicious food, let you feel overwhelmed and don’t know what you’re going to do. Don’t worry, please taste Shanghai’s most famous Nanxiang steamed buns first.

Look, Nanxiang Steamed Buns Restaurant is here.

You can see the Nanxiang steamed buns making process through open-style glass windows, if you have the time, you can secretly study their craft.

There are no empty seats in the restaurant during dinner.

I put some shredded ginger on the plates, pour in some vinegar, and sit waiting for Nanxiang steamed buns on the table.

Fried noodle, the traditional foods in Shanghai, it is one of pasta I like.

Shrimp Wonton, Shanghaiese specialty snack, one serving costs RMB 12 and includes 6 dumplings.

Pork chop with garlic, China’s northwest-style cuisine, rich garlic flavor.

Chicken liquid beancurd leaf rolls with minced pork, cooked chicken soup.

Nanxiang steamed buns offers three kinds flavors, and these three flavors of steamed buns are steamed bun stuffed with shrimp, steamed bun stuffed with pork, steamed bun stuffed with crab meat.

Deep-fried dough sticks add just a few green beans and shelled shrimp.

Cold chicken cooked in wine, taste ok.

Mixed with steamed bean curd roll is a cold vegetable dish in sauce that my family often eat.

The hotel gourmet banquets at the Galaxy Macao have a particular fascination for me

Macao is a free port. It has been pursuing a policy of low taxation, you can relax and forget your troubles, freely wandering in the streets, lingering on warm beachs, shuttling to and from endless rows of European-style buildings, it is easy to savor the variety of Macao’s food and drink, eating and drinking and enjoying the fresh, local and sustainable pleasures of the table as a Macanese does, no matter where you live. All these things can combined into the characteristics of Macao.

The resort Galaxy Macao, in addition to gathering three top hotels all over Asia: Banyan Tree Hotel, Macao’s Okura Hotel and Macao’s Galaxy Hotel, and the various flavor top food.

Gosto: Portuguese feelings through time and space.

Gosto, where we eat our first meal in Macao. Having been a former Portuguese colony, Gosto can truly reveal the variety of authentic Portuguese style: whitewashed walls, azulejo plus Moore copper lantern hanging down from the dome ceiling, raising the memory of medieval Lisbon. Old photographs, wood products, ceramic and the traditional folk songs, which playing the gentle melody. Gosto can truly reveal the history of Portuguese colonial rule. It is said that the Portuguese like to eating with the whole family around a table. So it is even more special to Gosto reserve Portugal traditional style dinner table.

Festiva: enjoy a genuine delicious food.

While vacationing in the resort Galaxy Macao, which contains two meals in Festiva. Festiva is in Galaxy hall on the first floor, its entrance door leans diagonally against the casino. It is said that Festiva can accommodate up to 380 dining. Festiva offers many food to eat, food types of all cafeteria are covered from live seafood to cooked food, from China flavor to Portuguese cuisine, the spacious and comfortable dining environment, we can find dining pleasure here.

Fruit, fine food, cuisine …

Multinational food are served banquet-style in Festiva, it shows you fine asian and international dining aplenty all day. According to different design, furniture and ceilings feature, Festiva’s dining area is divided into different areas.

Terrace restaurant is western restaurant inside Macao’s Okura Hotel. Terrace restaurant serves the guests who stay in Macao’s Okura Hotel international cuisine.

Walking into the dining hall, cordial is my first impression. No sharp edges, no peculiar colors, tables and chairs look rather congruous, a taste of romantic floats in the air.

Lobster, seafood, sashimi, pastries, fruit, salad …

You can carefully select multiple foods, then any foods to go with red wine, and drunk with your friend.

South sea buddhism world

Mount Putuo is a small island in Zhoushan, It is one of the four great buddhist mountains in china. Buddhist temple and cultural Mecca spread out like stars in the sky or chessmen on the chessboard on the mountainside. Include three major monasteries, there are over twenty buddhist temples and convents. Tall ancient trees stand, brahma patter and the voice of the sea mingle. We rode the ferry to Putuo Mountain at about dusk, the dust cleared in the afternoon, the sea was bathed in sunlight, the tour guide could not help sighing our good luck,she said “we have the predestination with Buddha. If we are a few people who missed it, we have made numerous trips to here and can not set foot on here due to the variable weather at sea.” Standing on the deck, we could see a statue of avalokitesvara from a distance, the visitors on board had already began to bow down to in the direction of Mount Putuo.

Its first temple is called Guanyin Temple, built in 863 AD. Here incense continuously throughout the year.

It is a non-stop ferry services to Mount Putuo from morning to night.

Sunset, the sky was a faint red.

We left the dock and saw the most striking landmark gate of Mount Putuo. Holy Land PuTuo were engraved on the plaque.

I got up early in the morning and wandered alone in the Putuo Mountain. The nameless lakeside passing last night was originally chequered with sunlight and shade.

In addition to many monasteries, here that hundred-year-old trees are everywhere.

There is a lotus pond in front of Puji Temple.

The lotus bloomed, against ancient trees, pavilions, archs, it added immeasurably to the charm of this lotus pond in hot summer.

Dingxiang Pavilion is in the middle of the pond.

In the distance antique buddhism museum.

At the southeast side of Puji Temple, Pagoda is one of the three treasures of Mount Putuo, it stands beside the lotus pond. It was first built in the Yuan Dynasty, it was cornered with Taihu Lake stone.

we came to Puji Temple, the outstanding temple was covered with the thick ancient trees.

Unfortunately, the hall of Puji Temple was undergoing repairs. The decoration and carving with dragon patterns was impressive in this temple.   A coloured dragon head hung on this beam.

Those copper dragon bell on the censer.

Before 7 a.m, many visitors from afar began to burn a stick of incense and worship the Buddha.

There’s an rule that each tourist offers the incense sticks three times in Putuo temple.

Big Yuantong Hall is the main hall of Puji Temple. Similar with Great Buddha’s Hall in normal temple. Big Yuantong Hall can accommodate several thousand persons, having the name of “Living Hall”.

Around Puji Temple radiate in all directions, there are many quiet walks, you can avoid crowds.

The Buddha was much respected and loved by people with the continuing incense in Puji Temple. This is the place where the master takes meditation, quiet and leisurely, playing Buddhist music in the hall, that is really the two worlds of in the courtyard and outside.

This sculpture of a young monk is regarded as easygoing in the courtyard.

There are numerous stone statues and murals in the courtyard. This is a photograph, the devout men bow down to the Goddess of Mercy.

A continuous flow of people came to visit Puji Temple.

A Tibetan Buddhism student also came to the temple and bowed to the statue of the Buddha.

We moved into Zizhulin Scenic Area, the huge bronze statue of guanyin bodhisattva could be seen from far away.

Guanyin Bodhisattva  was built in 1997, it is 18 meters high, it can be said as the highest Guanyin bronze statue in the world. It is also the symbol of south sea buddhism world.

These stone carvings are gorgeous and vivid on the whole wall behind Guanyin Bodhisattva.

The stone lion guard this treasure-ground, The two white doves also enjoy big crowds.

My left-hand side is Lojiashan Isle, according to legend, the Goddess of Mercy first began to practise Buddhism on Lojiashan Isle which lies across the sea from Mount PuTuo.

we sat on the reef , watching waves coming over and over again, silver wave slapped reefs.

On the way back to the dock, people were picking up shells on the beach.

I wanted to turn back time and cherished the first night of this trip. After we had eaten vegetarian menu, we arrived at the old street not far away from Puji Temple.

Shops stood in great numbers on both sides of the old street.

These monks shoe were priced.

These monks clothing is a mix of linen and cotton.

A craftsman was carving.

This is a corner of the restaurant, the shop keeper afforded not only food but also a handwritten Heart Sutra.

The short meditation trip of Mount Putuo came to an end. Purifying my own mind was not at all easy, it took a lot of time and hard work.

Blue Lugu lake

Lugu lake is located at the junction of Yunnan provinces and Sichuan provinces in china. Area of lugu lake is 48.45 square kilometers. Lugu lake is like a glittering and translucent sapphire and besets on  the Yunnan-Guizhou  plateau under the blue sky.

The beauty of the lugu lake lies in her original style. Under the blue sky and white clouds, a carpet of green grass. Pure and wide lake, a little unsocial reclusive feeling. The world is so empty, but real existence, you can’t help but mouth breathing.

The painter said: Lugu lake can not be drawn, because the water is too blue, drawn like a fake;

The writer said: Lugu lake water can be sucked directly into the pen to write poetry, but poetry can not be exhausted her implication;

The photographer said: Lugu lake scenery connotation is difficult to demonstrate by photographic lens;

The ecologist said: Lugu lake’s rich biological resources, the quality of its environment is unique, unique research and teaching practice place, it is a land of excellent summer and health resorts;

The anthropologist said: Lugu lake matrilineal family and a native-born Mosuo people culture, let the modern people puzzled.

People feel different, but one thing is identical: Lugu lake can only comprehend,can not explain in words, let the people freely imagine.

Blue is the eternal symbol. Lugu lake, bless you.