The first stop this morning was at the Hebei Provincial Museum, which was unfortunately undergoing renovation. They just had a few photo galleries open, including one about the “truth” behind the Lhasa riots in Tibet earlier this year.
Then it was a trip to Mt. Cangyang. I found out this was where they filmed the ending scene to the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. And it was very impressive with a steep cliffs. Then bridge spanning the point where two cliffs come together. I think it was worth the trouble to get here.
The next day, it was a trip to the city of Zhengding. First stop was Longxing Temple, which had a recently rebuilt building that houses a huge statue. Then it was off to Zhao Yun Temple because this was the home town of a famous person in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms story and in a couple movies recently all set in 3rd century China. Zhengding is a really interesting town. It was fun to visit the four pagodas around the town.
I did miss the Zhaozhou Bridge, which is one of the oldest standing arch stone bridges in the world at 1400 years.
Then it was a fast “D” train back to Beijing to prepare for the next part of my trip.