Wuhan City Tour

Today we had the Wuhan city tour. Our first stop was the Hubei Provincial Museum. We went to the exhibit displaying the items found in the tomb of the Marquis Yi of Zeng. The items buried with him were for example many bronze ding vessels used to keep animal meat, bronze zou vessels, used to keep wine, bronze ladles, lacquered wooden vessels to keep chimes, biangu’s , which are flat drums, five string pitching instrument, wooden suitcases which the marquis carried his clothes in, lacquered tables, Bi, which are auspicious jade ornaments, Jue, which are incomplete circular jade ornaments which were used as a symbol of gentlemanly resolution, usually worn on the ear in combination with a Bi, jade wo which is a piece of jade out into to hand of the dead upon burial, Han, which are pieces of jade in the shape of animals which are put into the mouth of the deceased, glass beads, golden belt hooks, chariot harnesses, shields, bow and bronze arrowheads. It was shown that he had at least a few people buried with him as well to accompany him up to the heavens. We later headed to the Tingtao Lake. There wasn’t really much to see but the view was really nice. For lunch, we went to a famous hawker centre. I bought Wuhan’s specialty dish: Fried Beancurd Skin. It was cooked with egg and rice and some meat and it was really filling and tasty. Later we headed to the Yellow Crane Tower. The Yellow Crane Tower was reconstructed in 1981 as it was destroyed in a fire. The view was amazing but the only thing was that at one angle you have the nice green mountain view and at another angle you see the urban jungle which sort of ruined the mood. Before I talk about the next place, I would like to commemorate the tour guides that we have. It is not easy controlling a big group of 40 students as most of us have differences and tend to wander off and they really have the patience to wait for us to catch up therefore, I salute them. On the way back to the bus, I noticed that there were some calligraphy writings on the floor. Upon closer inspection, I realized that the writings were made out water!! We saw that 2 elderly men were using a giant brush and writing calligraphy. We also saw some really nice blossoming cherry blossom trees as well as as a bronze statue of Sun Yat-Sen, who is quite popular in Singapore’s history as well. We then headed to the Chang Jiang River, the largest river in Asia. There wasn’t much to see as it was really foggy. I feel like this trip was really rushed and I did not get to learn much due to the time rush.

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The Marquis Yi of Zeng exhibit

A bronze bust  of the Marquis

An animal meat holding vessel

Wine holding vessels. The marquis apparently liked his wine as there were many wine vessels buried with him.

A bronze ladle

Five stringed lacquer intrument

Flat drum

Lacquer table

Lacquer suitcase

The entrance of Tintao Lake

Tingtao Lake

The famous hawker centre

Fried Beancurd Skin

Giant bell outside the Yellow Crane Tower

Behold!! The Yellow Crane Tower.

The Chinese calligraphy written in water on the ground

One of the elderly men writing with his giant brush

The cherry blossom tree blooming

Sun Yat-Sen statue