Day 6 Friday 8 Nov 2019 - focus our group visits to Yiren Ancient Town & Futa Pagoda Park, Chuxiong Yunnan. Overnight stay in Chuxiong.
1) Breakfast in Lucky Dragon Hotel, Lijiang
2) Countryside sceneries from Lijiang > Chuxiong (357km - 5hrs by bus), Yunnan
3) Lunch at a local restaurant in Chuxiong, Yunnan - steamed fish, chicken & abalone mushrooms were my favorites !
4) Yiren Ancient Town, Chuxiong, Yunnan - pretty quiet at the time of our visit, a cultural visit just to gain a better understanding of Yi people, a minority ethnic race in Yunnan !
5) Futa Pagoda Park, Chuxiong City, Yunnan - located in Dongshan Mountain, Lucheng, Chuxiong City, Yunnan; China's No 1 Futa Pagoda; unable to climb up the stairs as the building is closed for maintenance. Fu in English means Good Fortune; the 9 storey pagoda has a rich collection of over 10,000 Fu Chinese artistic characters ! Very Fu & full of Good Fortune feeling after our group visited this No 1 Futa in China ! Indeed, all our tour members probably had inherited some Fu (Good Fortune) in the past & able to come this far to visit the Futa Pagoda in China !
6) Over 10,000 Fu Chinese artistic characters written in different sizes, styles & strokes found on this 9 storey Futa Pagoda ! Amazing ! Each storey of the Pagoda displays a theme of Fu. For example the 1st storey is about abundant wealth, the 2nd storey is about prosperity in business ! Collect as many Fu with you on this Pagoda visit and hope this will bring you lots of Good Fortune & Prosperity in your present life !
7) Words of Wisdom relating to Fu (Good Fortune), Personal Life & Old Age ! Food for Thought !
8) Stone sculptures of Qinglong, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Tortoise engraved on external walls & pavements.
9) Longevity & famous Chinese doctors / physicians in history; a number of them lived over 100 years old
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| Bian Que (103 years old) |
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| Zhang Zhongjing (150-219) |
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| Hua Tuo (107 years old) |
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| Li Shizhen (1518-1593) |
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| Sun Simiao (101 years old) |
10) Fu (Good Fortune) & most worshipping idols in Chinese traditional culture & customs history
11) Dinner in Yunhua Hotel - steamed river fish & chicken are my favorite dishes ! After the Futa Pagoda visit (Good Fortune), all our tour members had this special Fu (Good Fortune) to enjoy this dinner of Fu in the hotel's restaurant - a wholesome meal of eggs, vegetables, fish, meat & a hot soup !
10) Overnight stay (6th Night) in Yunhua Hotel, Chuxiong, Yunnan
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