BeiPutuoShan

Beck and I cycled here on Sunday. It took us just over an hour on the first fine day of the year. Even though I have lived here for five years, I went through parts of the city I had never been before. Beck commented that the houses and buildings reminded him of when he was young. The mountain, to the north of Jinzhou, costs 30 rmb to enter but unfortunately there are no discounts for being a student! The mountain has Taoist as well as Buddhist living temples as well as the usual Chinese tourist nick knacks. In my opinion we were there at the best time of year, with the different shades of green and the pear blossoms still out. While we were here we also went to say thank you to the Goddess we paid a tribute to last time. Local legend says that if you tie a red ribbon, with a wish on it, to one of the trees, the wish will come true. Ours had, as well as a couple I know who had been trying to have a baby for years and 9 months after doing this, had one!