Our guide took us to a tea house which is place to sample different typs of tea in a traditional Chinese service. You can purchase any of the teas and tea sets. After wards we walked through a park around. It was beautiful and very peaceful. I would highly recommend this to anyone visiting especially to take a bit of a break.
The park is also known for its bonsai trees.
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Another of my favorite places is the Chen Family Temple. A man by the name of Chen to the third highest on imperial examination which gave him office title and honor to the Chen family. Someone suggested they build a Chen family temple to honor their ancestors and encourage other family members to study hard. It was built in 1894. It was almost lost during the Cultural Revolution but member of Chen family stood up to soldiers who were about to tear it down and convinced them to keep it. However all the honors to their ancesters were taken and burned.
The architecture is amazing. Today it is used to showcase variety of the arts. It is also an opprotunity to purchase variety of art work or even muscial instruments.
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