We had barbecued beef for breakfast yesterday in its honor. The rest of the day was not particularly restful. I am now writing with two wiggly boys on my lap, so please excuse any typos.
Yesterday we took a group tour to Six Banyan Temple, a Buddhist Temple named by a famous calligrapher around 1500 years ago for the six beautiful trees in front of it. The temple has now been absorbed by urban Guangzhou and the trees have burned down, but the temple area is still very peaceful and the boys got to wander around and explore it a bit. We saw a procession of monks (male and female) doing their rounds.
Then we went to the Jade Market. The Chinese believe that wearing jade makes women stronger and more beautiful. Traditionally a mother will give her daughter a jade bracelet when she turns marriageable age, and often the lady will never take off that bracelet. Well, when I tried on bracelets I discovered the differing philosophies. It would be possible to get the bracelet onto my arm, but because of the positions of the bones in my hands it would hurt a lot. Perhaps not.
After lunch I took Jim out to do some shopping. We decided on a beautiful water dragon tea set, a couple of silk jackets (I am size XXL-XXXL over here), a scroll of the Great Wall for Jed's room and a simple scroll of koi for us. Sent Jim back to be there for the end of naptime and did a bit more shopping.
After nap we hit the pool, and then went shoe shopping for the boys. Much to our dismay Gus's feet have passed the size at which they make squeaky shoes. But he was outgrowing his old pair and so we got him some non-squeaky shoes anyhow. We also picked up a couple of outfits for the boys to wear on Chinese New Year.
Gotta change the baby and get ready for breakfast!
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