Monday, July 1, 2013

上海城隍庙 (Shanghai's City God Temple)

My roommates, Eddie and Lingxiao, and I went to 城隍庙 (Chénghuángmiào) on Saturday. It was pretty fun because it was the first time our roommate took us to go sightseeing. And it was really nice because between classes and spending money going to different places, this was the first time in awhile to just sight see.We took the train from 五角场站 (Wujiaochang Station) to Yuyuan Gardens. It didn't take that long. Our roommate's girlfriend, Chuyi, accompanied us on the train but went to hang out with her friends because it was her last day being able to hang out with us before starting her internship! We miss her already.  Anyways, we walked around quite a bit! Lingxiao told us to be careful of getting pickpocketed here, so be warned everyone. It's pretty tourist-y. According to Eddie, it's a tourist trap. Here, you can barter too! Our roommate was able to get a jade elephant that Eddie was getting for his mom from about 280kuai to 50kuai. Here are some pictures....For once~


All the buildings here at 城隍庙 are like this.

We were in a jewelry store and the pillar was a fish tank...There were a few. I thought it was cool.



I thought it was cute that even the Starbucks here in 城隍庙 was in the style of everything else.


According to our roommate, this is the most famous 小笼包(Xiaolongbao) place in Shanghai.
Walking by a bunch of stores, I spotted.....Spongebob....what the? China....

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