Red Earth

Ever had Tau Foo Fah? Okay... duhhh.

Ever had a bowl of SALTY Tau Foo Fah?


The black syrup is replaced with soy sauce wtf so salty and garnished with freshly chopped green onions, PICKLES, and a dash of SAMBAL!

We tried that for breakfast. And these too :


Oil grilled turnip cakes and Buckwheat; which are simply delicious. You can't get these anywhere in Malaysia loh. I mean, the same taste and quality? Na ah, no.

Those weren't all we had, but a buffet for the king actually. However, it was these that stroke my interest.


It was our second day in China. Thanks to the tummy warmers, we all bounced happily like warm fluff balls to MingQing Palace @ Heng Dian.


"... It was a place for making fun with drinking."

=/ Well that's what it says there... I wonder in what context did they mean by 'making fun'. But howev, this palace, like Dreamlike Valley, was built for movie shoots and not historical purposes...


Remember this movie?


The film Curse of The Golden Flower starring Jay Chou was shot here at this palace.


We bugg-ied our way around because it would be a waste of time walking by foot in a fake palace. I mean, it's not like there were 50000000 warriors acting a war scene around us; which would be cool tho...


Buggied.




The construction here was built to look exactly like the original castles around China. These buildings are very important to movie producers, because it is impossible to do movie shoots in a real palace.


Carts to carry the king, or brides were built too!


Mum and beca.


With her good lookin' grandchildren. Wahaha...


Inside the palace, you can rent costumes.


No sida (tai jien) allowed.


A random tourist uncle wanted to be King for a day.


Pai Pai... There's also real God in the palace so must still respect.


My brother got lucky with the sii laiiis.


Groupie!


Stone Elephant.


The 9 Dragons; which you'll see more of later. I don't know their history... but I see them everywhere in China when it comes to art and architecture.


Next is a place to admire some carvings. From Heng Dian, the bus drove us to Yi Wu:


Pictures and bios of famous carvers.


This old man was carved out of a (I repeat, a) piece of log.


LeeHom will love this. It is a carving of a violin. If you look close enough, what you'll see is a man and woman hugging each other lovingly. Can see, can see?? If cannot eat more carrots. =P


A f*cking hard to carve piece. Seriously. It takes yearsss to master such skills.


This weaving was made out of the finest bamboo strings. This masterpiece can't be looked at at a flat angle, but it has to be a bit serong to the side in order for you to notice the horses.


More wood carvings, these are (again) the 9 dragons we saw earlier.


Each dragons got their very own patterns.


All the above were made using only these.


This wood carving gallery belongs to the government. It is located at the 3rd floor of this building.


Which used to be so happening. But now?


There was only me...


Let's
move
on!


The following is also quite sien one. Sorry to bore you, but if I don't share with you, I feel my effort to take these *yawn* pictures is a bit wasted loh.


This is China Wholesales Market. ALL of our RM1.90 stuff selling in Malaysia, comes from HERE.


The plastic aisle. A gift wrap you paid 24 bucks for in Memory Lane is sold for 0.0024 cents here if you buy the retail way. There are so many, so cheap!


Dodgy lift damn scary okay. You can actually see the chains hanging on the metal coffins.


Umbrella shops.


Cute China girl selling you ella ella ehs~!

I was the first in the tour group to buy the first item in China. I bought a transparent payung for RM7. You'll see loads of it in one of my upcoming posts.


After hearing a lot of complaints and mumble-rumble from the aunties who thought the wholesales market idea was an absolute waste of time, we left for a theater performance named the Song Cheng Show.


Chinese architecture.


Took a picture to show we came here before.

There were some jaw-dropping acrobatic performances like :


Man jumping through fire rings. Not tigers.


Pretty China girl balancing heavy red table.


Boy 'climbing' metal stairs with head.

China people are really good at these stuff.



A monk who wanted to feel what it's like to get married... WTF isn't that wrong!?


Mini China town.


Kawaii girl testing her saccule.


Black smith.


Candy Man. Who looks more of a black smith.


But he offered me a piece of his candy! :DDD


THE theater performance. I think I'll do a blog post solely on this cause it was quite amazing.


Dinner was at Hong Ni, red earth.


Tube aquaria.


I like: Man Tou with Porky Mei Chai.


Went back to the hotel after dinner and that night we stayed @ Hong Lou hotel.




Another 6.30 am morning call the next day.