Woke up very early this morning at around 5plus 6 in the morning to get ourselves ready for the city tour today. Washed up, prepared and off we go to the meeting location to meet up with the rest of the people before setting off for our first destination, the Hubei Provincial Museum.
However, upon reaching the Museum, it’s not opened yet. It will only be opened at around 9am in the morning. Thus, we headed further down to our second destination first, the East Lake. After reaching the East Lake, it was free and easy for us to walk around the tourist attraction for around 1 hour or so before we meet back up and proceed back to the Hubei Provincial Museum.
Stayed at the East Lake and took quite a number of photos as the view and environment over there are so beautiful. Here are some of the photos taken at the East Lake!
The entrance of East Lake
After visiting East Lake, we headed back to the Hubei Provincial Museum, our next destination. In the Museum, we are introduced to various objects and weapons which were used by the warriors or the people in the past. We visited the objects and weapons in the past used by people from the Chu State and after which, we proceed to the next one, the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng. Similarly, we were introduced to objects and weapons which were extracted or unearthed from the Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng as well as some other objects used during that period of time. Here are some of the photos taken at the Hubei Provincial Museum.
One of the Exhibitions
Exhibition of the Chu State
A Map
The entrance to Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng
After visiting these two places of attraction, we headed for our lunch at a snack street before we headed for our third and last attraction of the day, the Yellow Crane Tower. At the snacks street, they uses a card whereby which we have to get in order for us to purchase our food. Any unused money in the card will be refunded before we leave the snacks street, provided we proceed to the counter for the refund. We ate some dumplings or “汤包” at the snacks street. It has 10 dumplings per basket and it is rather filling. It cost around RMB$10 or around SGD$3.
The Snacks Street
The dumplings
After lunch was to our next destination, the Yellow Crane Tower. Visited the place of attraction and took quite a number of photos are the place was rather nice. Here are some of the photos taken at the Yellow Crane Tower!
The Yellow Crane Tower
After the city tour, was the trip back to campus and to our hostel. As we were all very tired, most of us fell asleep on the trip back and after reaching, we headed back to our rooms for a rest before heading out for dinner.
Alrights! That’s all for today! Tomorrow will be another day of city tour. Here are some interesting photos of the day! Enjoy! :D
My Reflections:
After visiting the various places of attractions and understanding the stories behind them, I realized that it is rather meaningful and interesting to have this kind of exposure as it broaden and widen our knowledge. At the same time, we will be able to understand what actually happened in the past that resulted in what we are doing or living in today.
“History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.”- David C. Mccullough
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