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Visit at Guangyuan Vocational School and more

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Last Friday (March 25th) we went to Guangyuan (广元) to visit their Vocational High School.

The purpose of this trip was to review and discuss English teaching methods. For that we took part in a lesson held by one of their English teachers. More information about this can be found hereand here.

After that we were invited for lunch in a very fancy restaurant, where we have been welcomed to Guangyuan by their principal and teachers.

The next stop was the temple in 广元, that is dedicated to the only female Empress of China – Wu Zetian (武则天). The Huangze Temple (皇泽寺) has been constructed on a mountain, as a result many statues and stairs are directly carved into the rock. (For further information see Wikipedia and ChinaCulture.org)

Then we proceeded to Jianmenguan (剑门关) but sadly we could not go to the top of the mountain, because the cable car was broken. We finalized the day with a delicious tofu dinner.

Huangze Temple 1
Huangze Temple 1

Huangze Temple 2
Huangze Temple 2

Huangze Temple 3
Huangze Temple 3

A Statue in front of the temple
A Statue in front of the temple

The first building in the temple
The first building in the temple

The roof of a temple building
The roof of a temple building

A statur in the temple
A statur in the temple

A container for incenses 1
A container for incenses 1

A container for incenses 2
A container for incenses 2

A gift shop in the temple
A gift shop in the temple

Roof decorations 1
Roof decorations 1

A building decoration with Guangyuan in the background
A building decoration with Guangyuan in the background

Building decoration
Building decoration

The huge statues, carved in to the mountain
The huge statues, carved in to the mountain

An overview over Guangyuan
An overview over Guangyuan

Stairs carved into the mountain
Stairs carved into the mountain

The temple buildings on higher ground
The temple buildings on higher ground

A statue in a cave
A statue in a cave

Offerings for the statue
Offerings for the statue

The female English Teachers
The female English Teachers

Incenses burned by women to pray to the empress
Incenses burned by women to pray to the empress

The mountains of Jianmenguan
The mountains of Jianmenguan

National Park of China
National Park of China

Cattle on a hill near Jianmenguan
Cattle on a hill near Jianmenguan

A statue of the Empress
A statue of the Empress

A pavilion on a rock
A pavilion on a rock

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