20 Sep 2009: Bailuzhou gongyuan 白鹭洲公园

The park's pretty big... but only part of it was opened. There's a stage with some decorations, so I presume there were some performances staged at night. Must be more colourful at night, I think.

In the park, we were taken around by a guide (free, and yes, he emphasized a few times that he was a volunteer who bring visitors around). The impression was, the other famous piece in this park is the monastry where Ming Emperor stayed for 3 years, and according to what's shared, these 3 years of immersion in Buddhism had changed the way he managed matters. So, naturally, the monastry was one of the highlights, which we spent most of the time there.

Well, it also happened that a few highly respectable monks were in the monastry conducting some rituals (puja) and he emphasized a few times that the visitors should not miss the opportunity to meet and be blessed by them. Well, well... a number of people indeed went ahead to meet up with them.

Good that I didn't come on my own. Not worth the amount of walking (all the way from the hotel) and the ticket fee.