Day 20 - The Climb

Han Xuan: Our Tour Guide and my cable car partner
Cable Car View from the Peak
ARH!
with another one of our Tour Guide
Saying Goodbye...
Cable Car View
Cable Car View
High up... see the locks at the right foreground of the pictures? They are shaped like hearts or even two hearts combined and are said that lovers who locked each other names will stay together. Should they want to go their seperate ways, it was said they have to go and unlock those locks.
Cable Car View
The Golden Peak
Cable Car View
Resting near the peak
It was said they Rub the Bars for Good Luck...
and believers placed coins in between the bars as well.
Approximately 1,612 m from sea level yaw!

 It was cold, cold, cold....
The Golden Peak from below...
As we climbed, there are others who worked to help you get there
So strong...
The narrow steps
Hashanah Jiayou!
At the Peak. ((:

Alot of the temples have roofs shaped like that.

I think thats a trademark for temple?

Some of us saw how the man carried the door. It looked downright heavy and the man was skinny. Its hard to live, isnt it? We take our good life in Singapore for granted most times.

The Climb to the golden peak was a refreshing exercise. There were alot of steps; Most of them are steep and narrow. The golden peak itself was full of people. Since the Wudang Mountain was believed to be one of the holy mountain for the Taoists, there were alot of people praying and wishing for forever love (locking their name and their partners' in lock) and people rubbing the bars of the "Heaven Palace" Temple and leaving coins in between those bars so that their wish could be granted.

Personally seeing what Taoists believers believe in, helped me to recall the things I'm being taught in my religion. I think I am more able to make better comparisons with my beliefs and theirs. Maybe one of these days, I shall accompany PeiJie on Sunday to Church so that I am able to learn more about the Christians. 

2. NE Message: We must preserve racial and religious harmony.
We value our diversity and are determined to stay a united people. 

I like the cable car ride, even though at some point of the time its abit too steep and scary; its a new experience to ride a cable car. Ms Han Xuan was afraid of height. She keep saying something like "Wa pa"(I'm scared). So I try to calm her by patting her knee and trying to take her mind off the ride by talking but there's a communication barrier. I tried to guess what she's trying to say with sign language and try to reply in broken chinese while she tried to reply me by sign language and broken english. Almost half of the time we tried to communicate we end up laughing at ourselves as we cant understand what each other is saying. Its another new experience. I found out she is 26 and has a brother of 20 years old and I told her about my 2 sisters and brother's age and then we reached our stop... hahaha. Took us 20 mins to just get that through. LOL

Besides that, we also get to see some more of the local attractions and bought afew more souveniors there. The road high up the mountain have quite a few sharp turns. I think the bus rides to and fro from a destination at the mountain to the next itself is an adventure. 

The bus ride home however was exhausting and Ms Han Xuan is really nice. She apologised for rushing us (although we know thats necessary) and she likes us and see us as her little Titi and Meimei. I have a chinese older sister yaw! (;

Day 19 - Wudang Mountain; Climb Cancelled

MDE wushu group shot
looks abit like a scene in horror movies
rub the pot and the higher the water rises up, the better your luck.
Mr Wong disturbing XH? oops 

(heheheh)
Little workers: It was said that there were ordinary Humans who wished to be Higher thanthe Taoist "God" without doing anything. Thus, the Taoist God granted their wishes by tying them on the roof his statue is resting so that they will always be "physically" placed higher than him as a form of punishment.
Wushu Group Shot

Dropped petals
. . .
Fireworks!

Stairs @_@
Solo Wushu Shot?

Climbing Stairs T_T

Uneven Steps

Prince Temple ahead.
The Prince Hall...
Local Attraction
Lunch (after);

Lunch Before

The day started real early. Around 6am for me and the grls in Room 123. Met the rest at the foyer* and went off to meet Mr Wong and the other students from the other division.

We were suppose to climb till the peak today but since it rain... The climb was postponed to the next day. We spent the day by visiting the local attractions located near the Wudang Mountain. There were alot of temples and halls that contains different kinds of Taoist God(s). I had some difficulty in absorbing the fact that they (taoist believers) has alot of God during IS lesson. When I saw the statues, I am able to understand more. However, I do think its alittle confusing but I shall keep my opinion(s) to myself as religion is a sensitive issue.

The first highlights for the day was the Wushu practice we saw. Most of us were inspired to copy some of the moves. We took a group shot and MDE shot with Mr Wong as the 'Shifu'. 

Wushu practice

Wushu Practice

The second highlights was the HOTEL WE SLEPT IN! Whoohoo! 

LUXURIOUS!!!

(luxurious until all 3 woke up late-.-)

grls 123 at room 3302

The beds are much bigger than the hotels in Malaysia. Papa, if we ever go China as a Family, we book a room of two single beds and it will be enough for all six of us. I'm not kidding! Yes sir, we slept leisurely. Arms spread, legs wide, I think I look like a starfish when I slept. The 123 girls shared a room again and boy, we laughed ourselves silly trying to cramp our faces together in a picture. (: 

*foyer is actually our dormitory corridor near the staircase.