Saturday, July 11, 2009

A visit to a temple in the middle of 广州北京路步行街

During one of the our weekends, we went into Guangzhou together with Xiaoting and Daniel. And we visited a Chinese Temple.

This Chinese Temple is located right smack in the middle of 北京路步行街.

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Row of shops, and storefronts looking back at you. Did you spot anything?

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This, is the entrance to the temple from the pedestrian street (Beijing Road)

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One of the trees in the backyard of the temple

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I don't know what this is though

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The backyard of the temple. There is a basketball court there too

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We were discussing whether was this for hitting a bell, or whatever it's purpose is

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The place housing the statues of the gods.

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A peek into the interior

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This building houses some other statues.

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One of the supporting pillars of the temple building

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Comparison of the traditional and old building, compared to the swanky shopping centre built next to it

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Very blue skies that day

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Some stone with chinese wordings

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A sink for you to wash your hands

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Stone with text worn out by the elements

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