Day 6 @ Nanjing :3

In the morning, soon after breakfast, we entered the presidential palace. There were many parts some of them were European styled while some of them are Chinese styled. We were fascinated with the architecture of the buildings there. There was even a boat on water that was a house. The presidential palace was very big and it certainly displayed a lot of information about sun yat sen, the revolutionaries and the Qing. We learned many things from the huge place and ‘ohhhh’, ‘ahhh’ with the amazing things we saw. After lunch, we went to Nanjing massacre museum, where we saw the number of people that died in the Nanjing massacre and the Japanese’s cruelty. There were many survivors from the Nanjing massacre but most of them have lived till recent years and died of old age. The survivors told of what happened back then and it was really sad to hear how the Chinese were treated in the rape of Nanjing. We even saw the bones that were excavated from the ground under this museum during its construction and were placed as an exhibition to show the visitors what happened. The cruelty of killing a three year old was unbelievable. After we saw all this we felt sorry and sad for the people who have died in this massacre. Soon after, we went to the Jiangnan examination hall, which was in Fuzi temple. We went to the Fuzi temple first and there was a tour guide bringing us around. When he said that girls cross by their right foot through the threshold, many people who have crossed the door quickly crossed back in and re-did it as it was believed that the people who cross this would be smart or something. Some that crossed wrongly were joked and laughingly called stupid    Due to a fire in the past, only a few of the rooms are left. We saw how crammed the rooms were and felt sorry for the scholars in the past which had to stay in these rooms for nine days before the exams ended. We, while standing in front of the rooms could put ourselves in their shoe and felt how horrible it was. Personally, I feel it was really disgusting to do so many things in a little room like that for example eat, sleep, getting rid of waste. Many people must have gone crazy or cried staying in there for nine days without coming out. There was a long pole on the floor with gold dragon embellishments on it and it was said to be crossed by people of all kind as it is believed that luck fortune and good health would come your way after crossing it. After the whole tour we went to the night market for our shopping trip! ~ <3

Last Day @ Nanjing J

On our last day in Nanjing we went to visit the remaining parts of the Wall of Nanjing. Despite its age, the wall was still very sturdy. The guide told us about the city of Nanjing back when the wall was still in perfect condition, from this I learnt how the Wall can be considered an important part of Nanjing’s history and help shape Nanjing into what it is today.