19 Sep 2009: LiXiangJun Home 李香君故居

Only came across this historical person while doing research of places to around the hotel... and then discovered that this area was actually the "Red Light District" in the old times, when brothels lined up along the Qinhuai River (秦淮河). Well, some famous names surfaced - 陈圆圆，马湘兰， 董小婉... who were amongst the 江南八大名妓！(8 famous prostitutes in Jiangnan)

Buying a ticket to enter the place was to "kill" curiosity - wow! an old brothel!? hahaha... how did it look like? Hm... pretty smaller, narrow walkways... and interesting, there were rooms for different purposes - bedroom, room to meet up with friends, room to sing songs and recite poems! From the entrance, it seemed to be a 2-storey building... but further exploration showed there's a basement - that led to a landing area for people to arrive by boat!

See the captions in the photos :D