"Chuinn's Territory": A Date With Suzhou / Nanjing (我与苏州、南京有约)

Okay, here we go again~
Without me realizing it, now it is already my third day in China~
Everything went well, and seems like I had adapted to the surroundings here~
But, deeply miss my friends back in Malaysia and my dear dar of course~~

Well, enough of the craps~
Today we started off with a visit to a silk factory in Suzhou~
The name of the factory was "The First Factory In The World" (天下第一厂）
And I was like "WOW" after hearing it!
Wondered how it looks like~ XDDD

*There was flags of countries all over the world hanging outside the factory~Hmm, quite grand huh?*

*Before entering the factory~*

Hmm, looks like I had really underestimated the factory~

All the flags outside the factory means that that the people from that country had been here before~

And not onli that, kings and queens from some countries too had used the products of the factory too~

Wow, Impressive!!

Well, due to the reasons that all the products from the factory are well copyright reserved~

So, we were not allowed to take all the photos regarding the process of making the silks there~

But still managed to snap this photo~

*The leaf were being named as 桑叶~ Silkworm(蚕蛹）only feed on these type of leaves for your info*

Next, we were being guided to see the process of extracting the silk being spit by the baby silkworm~

To our amazement, the silk was so tough that we cant even tore the whole silk apart by punching it~

And the hand of the lady that help to extract the silk before putting it in warm water and putting it back to the machines after that, is as smooth as a 5 year old kid's hand (P/S: The lady was 40+ ady for your info)

So, after that was a tour around the shops there~

There were many kind of sleeping amenities that includes blanket, pillows, etc~

And amongst all, the best seller there was a blanket named as "蚕丝被" (The silk blanket)~

Which would cost u around 1400RMB (人民币）with two of those silk blanket and one cushion~

It is a bit expensive but u will really feel comfortable and cold being covered by the blanket~

& that is without the service of the air-conditioner at home every night when you are sleeping~

Thumbs up for the silk blanket!! =)

Hmm, because of the limited budget~

Just went for some window-shopping with my family there~

So, soon after we found ourselves on the bus leaving the factory already~

But still, this factory is a must when you visit Suzhou! Remember ya =)

Back to the bus~

We went to the no.1 village in China~天下第一村-HuaXi Village (华西村）！

Wait, before leaving, there's another sentence that sounds like "上有天堂，下有苏杭”

"There is heaven, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou!"

Really in love with those breathtaking sceneries in these two cities~

Hope can back to here in the future!

So, back to where I left out just now~

Well, I dont remember exactly how long did it took to reach there~

But, all I know was that we were supposed to visit a pagoda and to have our lunch there! =)

And our lunch was not a common one~

It was being called as "The First Bowl of The World"~~"天下第一碗"!!

Slurrp~Saliva's everywhere~ =p

*Hi, Hua Xi* =)

But, First~

Here's the pagoda we will visit first~

*The Golden Pagoda, here I come!* =)

Hmm, there's another thing to take note here too~

The leader of the village was someone named 吴仁宝~

And thanks to him that the village was able to achieve what it had today~

Not only that they manage to build this gorgeous tower, but they were on their way of building the world's 7 tallest building!!

Wow, really, never ever underestimate the lower ranked people!

*The houses there..Captured from the top of the pagoda~*

*The builiding with the shape of a globe on its tops was said to be the world's 7th tallest building! Awesome!* =)

Hmm, didnt heard much from the local guide on top of the tower~

After staying there for half an hour, it's lunch time!

And here's the big one!

*Tadaa, "天下第一碗！I bet that U havent' seen such big bowl before?!*

It consists of pork's, some veggies inside for your info, but still, it tastes good! =)

And after the lunch there, sad to said~

It was time to bid farewell to this lovely village~

So, managed to snap these few photos as memories~

*Managed to spot these two quotes...Meaningful，right?* =)

Before leaving, once again, paid a big salute & bow to this village & the leader!!

So, we headed to our next stop then~

And after 2 hours and a half sitting in the bus, we finally reach the city of Nanjing (南京）！=)

And the first place of attraction that we gone to would be the Nanjing Memorial Hall~

In chinese the name was 侵华日军南京大屠杀遇难同胞纪念馆~

The place was built in memory of those who got killed in the 1937 incident, where the Japanese had intruded the city and killed those innocent citizens around~

It was one of the black incidents in the history of China's~

And so, the tour guide advised us not to smile or joke around in the area and tried not to snatch photos everywhere~

This was as a sign of respect to all those deceased~

*Some statues outside the memorial park~No mood to celebrate my arrival at Nanjing*

*See those figures? Well, it was estimated that around 300.000 people were killed by the Japanese~Mourn for them, may them rest in peace* ='(

Well, according to our tour guide which was a local citizen~

There will be a bell ringing on the 13th of December every year~

Purpose of doing so was to act as a reminder for every citizens of Nanjing about the incident that took place here the same day in 1937~

Next, this was another photo around the memorial park~

*The building symbolizes how it looks like before the war, the piece of land symbolizes the aftermath of the war, with the woman in statue looking at her loved one's at nowhere, while the green grass nearby symbolizes hope* Pathetic scene~ ='(

It really feel bad to witness by your own eyes on all the skulls of the deceased~

Some of them died horribly~

Being slashed for 40++ in the bodies~

And the place was just so creepy sometimes~

Yet it was just so touching as well, as when we finished taking a tour from the memorial hall, we found the "Statue Liberty of Peace"!!