Chen Clan Academy Tour

The Chen Clan Academy is a symmetric complex consisting of 19 buildings with 9 halls and 6 courtyards.The Chen Clan Academy complex has very good examples of traditional Chinese architecture and decoration style.

Porcelain carvings on the roof

These lions were placed in front of many temples and palaces to keep away bad spirits and the devil.

 Married woman in Guanzhou and Pearl River Delta used to display her sewing tools and decorative items inside her bedroom.The more of these items the wife had, the higher status she would possess in the family.

The four steps in how wood can become art

Wood Carving-Lobsters and Crabs
In this sculpture there are 18 lobsters and 48 crabs.The height of it is 220cm, and the diameter  is 80cm.
This was also carved from only one piece of wood.

This boat and other sculptures near it are made out of only olive pits, by the  Chinese they called it Olive Carving

Guangzhou Jade Carving-Twisted Sword

Eleven layer Peacock Ivory Boat

Eleven layer Peacock Ivory Boat

The process of Carving Ivory Balls-First material selecting and cutting, next is making that into a ball.Then comes boring or drilling the holes, after you have made all the holes you must divide them up into separate pieces.Then you place the layers in the ball, and finally you polish it all up.

Meeting Qi Qi

On March 25, 2013 in Zhengchou, China we finally got to meet Qi Qi after waiting over 6 years!

First picture of Qi Qi

All the clothes she was wearing when it was only 55 degrees out

She seems to really like the globe ball

Getting ready for bed on her first night in Zhengchou

This is the place she where she was living

The Great Wall of China

When we got up to the top of the wall we had to walk over a mile, just up and down, and up and down, and up and down for two hours, but just being able to see that though made doing that worth it.

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China

Me doing a handstand on one of the towers in the wall

Transportation in China

The next day after we had left the Forbidden City and gone back to our hotel room we went to the Great Wall of China.To do that first we had to figure out the Subway and Bus systems.

These are our entry tickets and our tickets to the Sliding cars, or the ride that  takes you up to the wall

These are the Sliding cars, but it's more like a roller coaster ride 

When we went to the Forbidden City we didn't go in side but we just walked around the perimeter instead.

Moat around the Forbidden City in Beijing, China

Second Day in Bejing

Window washers on the Beijing Marriot Hotel 

Bejiing Raffles Hotel

Our Hotel Loby 

Beijing

Today is are second out of third day in Beijing.First we went out walking on Pedestrian street to find some breakfast.Then we came back to our hotel room to drop off some of the things we had bought at places along the street.Now we are about to leave the hotel room and head out to the Forbidden City.

Our first Chinese meal

Nike store on Wangfujing Pedestrian Street

Going from Rochester to Detroit

Sky view from plane

Fountain in the Detroit airport

Getting ready to go and Plane times

Today we realized we needed a lot more stuff that we really had.So we went put and got some things like: a large suitcase, baby bottles and child silverware, also things like tiny toothbrushes, baby toys and clothes.Other things we forgot about were kids cold medicine and allergy tablets.

Are first flight will be at 10:02am, and then we will get to Detroit at 11:30am.Next, after we wait at the airport for a while we have another flight at 1:30pm to Beijing, China.That will be at about 3:10pm, but that will be the next day.It might look like it only took two hours to get there, but since China has a 12 hour time difference it really took around 14 hours of flying plus the 12 hour time difference.