Wednesday, December 12, 2012

18 hours in Hangzhou

We were in Hangzhou for 18 hours to attend a friend's wedding.  Bullet train was great.  Getting the tickets were a bit confusing.  But we managed.  

Here are some pics by the West Lake and the wedding there.  The day was relatively warm, 11C or so.  We had a few hours walking around before the 5:30pm banquet.  The official start time was 18:18.  A symbolic lucky numeric value. Now you get a chance to peek into a Chinese wedding.  It was fun and smoke filled ;-)  Not the filtered type so very strong… our eyes were watery as everyone around us started lighting up.  To give an impression, I took some shots for effect.  Actually, there is an official no smoking inside public building as of Jan 1 this year.  Hee hee…. Old habit dies hard.  Or not ever.  LOL.  

Closer to the end of the wedding banquet, the groom's brother had a friend walked up on stage and recited a love poem.  It was very moving.  We were all surprised.  it was about the eternal love of a newly wed couple.  A story from ancient Chinese time.  Then, an oldest relative walked on stage to give a blessing.   





























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