Day 9 – Experience the local culture at the village of Quanzhou

By bogaert

This is our second weekend in Xiamen. We agreed going with the team to Quanzhou and experience the local culture for a day. We put together some of our own money and hired a small bus. The driver was actually familiar with the village; he took us around very efficiently. We went the Kaiyuan Temple, experienced the typical local food, moved towards the Qinqjing Mosque, the Confucius Temple, a small museum on the maritime history of the village, and a small museum on the Islamic history of the village. Going back and forward to the village, hanging around at all these places made it a long day, and gave many opportunities to discuss among the team. During the ride I learned the different pronunciations of the word ‘shi’ … Mandarin is not going to be easy.

I keep this blog post short, I have some work to do, must be prepared for next Monday! Enjoy watching the pictures.
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CSC China 22 Team

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Kaiyuan Temple

Kaiyuan Temple
Kaiyuan Temple

Offers at the Kaiyuan Temple
Kaiyuan Temple

Kaiyuan Temple
Kaiyuan Temple

Cecile explaining at the Kaiyuan Temple
Street crossing

Street crossing
Black Chicken

Local food (black chicken)
Megan

Happy Megan at the restaurant
On the street

On the street
Confucius Temple

Confucius Temple
Confucius Temple

Confucius Temple
On the street

On the street
On the street

On the street
On the street

On the street
On the street

On the street