A Date With Hangzhou / Suzhou (我与杭州、苏州有约)

Day 2 in China~
Today after the breakfast in hotel, we went to a tea farm~
Ehh, before that, we received a bad news~
It actually raining in Hangzhou that time~='(
Well, this scene was considered common there~
Given the fact that The City of Hangzhou was being granted the name of "Rain City"~
As in a year of 365 days, it will be raining for about 200 days in Hangzhou~~

Hmm, that's for another info on Hangzhou~
Next, the place we went is a famous tea farm named as “梅家庄”~
It was known for theproduction of the famous "西湖龙井茶" which had attracted many big names to come here to taste it~

* The leaves of the tea tree*

Here's how it looks like at ”梅家庄“~

One of the big names that was here to taste the tea before was the famous novel writer, 金庸 and here's his comment about the tea~

Seing what he wrote, suddenly feel like wanna have a taste of the tea~

And thank god, the tour granted my wish~

This is because we were being brought to a show room later~

Where there is a person who will demonstrate on how to serve the tea, the functions of tea and most importantly, "A glass of 西湖龙井茶"!!!

* 西湖龙井茶*

Hmm, what's so special about this tea?

Well, according to the expert there~

The tea helps in:-

1. Has a strong role in the elimination of harmful free radicals. (具有很强的消除有害的自由基作用）
2. Anti-aging effects (抗衰老作用）
3. Anti-radiation (抗辐射作用）

Hmm, i guess that's what makes it so popular amongst all those teas in China~

And for your info, it was not that cheap too~

There were various package of tea on sale and the cheapest would costs you around 600RMB (人民币)~

That certainly highlights how good the tea was~

  *The tea polyphenol capsules~It will costs u around 1000 RMB with four of these *

Due to the price of the tea, my dad just bought 1/2 kg of the tea packages which costs us around 600 RMB (人民币）~

However, we did bought ourselves something to eat~

We managed to bought some cookies, sweets, etc..

Thus, with the visit to the tea farm, we officially finished our tour in Hangzhou and headed to the next city~

About 2 hours of driving, we reach the city of Suzhou/苏州~

And here's a brief info for the city of Suzhou/苏州~

1. The birthplace of many pretty girls like Carina Lau (刘嘉玲)~There was a saying that people purposely went to Suzhou just to see the pretty girls around~（丫头）
2. The manufacture place of graded silk that was being used by the ancient emperor (绫罗绸缎）
3. Produce a kind of rice being named as the "Pearl Rice" （珍珠米）

So, that's all u need to know about this city which had a population of 6 million people~

Once we reach Suzhou, we were taken to an ancient Chinese temple~

The name of the temple was "Han Shan" (寒山寺）~

What's so special about this temple?

*A scene nearby the temple*

*Take a photo with dear bro before entering the temple*

Well, according to the tour guide, every new year there will be millions of people gathering at the limited compound here to celebrate the Happy New Year~

Why so? This was because the temple will ring the bell for 108 times, where each time carries the meaning of one problem~

As soon as the bell had been rang for 108 times, all the 108 troubles or problems according to the Chinese custom will be gone~Hmm, interesting, huh? =)

And here's the surrounding of the temple~

 * Ancient furnace being spotted! *

* The rain didnt stop all those devotees to offer their prayings here~*

 *A pagoda inside the temple*

 *A view from the pagoda above*

*It looks like an ancient residue for the rich for me* =p

And found a Buddha statue here~

* The one with a lotus in his hand was a monk named Han Shan while the one with a bottle in his hand was his brother Ming De..Together, they try to convey the message of P.E.A.C.E to all~*  

We stay there for 1 hour~

After that, we were being taken to a restaurant to have our dinner~

And at there, we managed to have a taste of the "Pearl Rice" i mentioned above~

Sorry for not posting the photos, but the rice was just nice~

It was pure white in colour, a bit oily, possess a sweet taste and is full of nutritions such as proteins~

Conclusion: U cant miss out on this when U r in Suzhou!!

So, when we finished eating our dinner, it was already night in Suzhou~

Therefore, the tour guide just brought us to the city area, gave us some time and allowed us to have a look at the view there~~

And here's Suzhou at night:-

*Not bad huh? Attracted to the scene as soon as we went down from the bus* =p

 * Dad & Mom Posing*

 * Lights anywhere 1*

 * Lights anywhere 2* XDD

*Managed to capture this before leaving~Pretty cool huh?*

So, that's all for my day 2 in China~

Do stay tuned for my next posts folks~
Till then, c ya~ =)

*A Date With Suzhou / Nanjing (我与苏州、南京有约)*