After one week of construction work, it was finally the weekends and it was time for RnR :D haha i think we all needed that. It was a welcome break from all the shoveling and cement carrying -.-
aye shall talk about the trip to Qu Fu. It is the hometown of Confucius. haha may seem boring but it was actually quite fun. And yes, it was situated very far from our hotel, about half the distance from Zaozhuang and Jinan International Airport. So that morning we woke up super early to have breakfast and then set off at 6+.
We visited the Confucius Temple, Confucius Cemetery and the Kong Family Mansion. They all had their own distinct features and highlights. The tour guide who led us gave us clear explanations of what we were seeing. This ensured that we did not feel lost during the tour. I still rmb that there are different ways for boys and girls to go over the men2 kan3. I forgot le la i think boys use left then right leg while girls vice versa :S maybe it's the other way round oops :S:S
haha and the gates all had different names. Very meaningful and it made me feel as if I was taking a journey through history, as different gates were built at different times by different people with different aims. This made the entire visit to Qu Fu very interesting as I got to see and touch infrastructure that was built long long ago.
BUT HOLD ON! the next highlight was the MEAL that we had at the restaurant omg i forgot the name but aye nvm la the food rocked. haha we had an extremely filling lunch :D and it revitalised us for the afternoon trip to the Confucius cemetery.
There are many tombs belonging to Confucius's descendants located in the cemetery but we only went to one which is that of Confucius himself. At his tomb, there was a short description of him. And yes we saw the 75th generation of Confucius who was selling drawings. His drawings were very good and many of us bought them to bring back to singapore.
Lastly, we bought souveniers at Qu Fu too! haha most of us bought the stamps and fans that were on sale. The process of haggling over prices was super fun. It is an experience not to be missed! haha i think its super fulfiling when u get the price that you want =) haha then we left Qu Fu and back to our hotel to rest up for the next day.
It was indeed a well deserved break.
Marcus