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| Breakfast
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| I had fun preparing the watermelon this morning for breakfast.
| I also toasted some red bean bread above the gas stove.
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| Longhua Temple & Pagoda
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| Longhua Pagoda.
| A short movie, recorded mainly for the sound, of prayers occurring in a
temple.
| Complex carvings inside a temple.
| The three Buddhist statues in the Sanshengbao Hall.
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| Many hands.
| Many arhats in the Thousand Luohan Hall (I think).
| These warrior gods are angry!
| A 360-degree panoramic movie showing a number of temples in the complex.
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| A tiny attached garden had many turtles.
| This pedestrian overpass blends in with the pagoda and temple's
architecture.
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| Longhua Park
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| A map of Longhua Park, or as the map calls it, Long Hua Martyr's
Cemetery.
| One of the map (larger-than-life) socialist-realist statues on the
grounds. I think this is the Dancing for the Loyal Souls
sculpture.
| Excellent. A tunnel of bamboo.
| A typical example of the park's manicured lawns. In the distance,
there's a bridge over a creek.
In addition to the statues and
lawns, the park also has many fountains, none of which I photographed.
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| The patriotic, Shanghai-boosterism plaque by the entrance to the
Martyr's' Memorial Museum, which is located in the park. I took a
picture of it because it's so over the top.
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| Lunch in Grand Gateway Plaza mall in Xujiahui
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| I had lunch within the enormous Grand Gateway Plaza (Ganghui Guangchang)
mall.
| The particular restaurant where I decided to eat.
| "Vegetarian ham with chestnuts, water chestnuts, carrots, and celery."
It smelled good and tasted fresh and light.
| I had #2. The Chinese literally says a bird's (que4) nest (chao2) of
assorted (shi2) bright (jin3) vegetarian-food (su4).
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| Xujiahui Park
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| Xujiahui Park is lush. It's a comfortable place to walk.
| Another example of the park's feel.
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| Shanghai's Jiao Tong University
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| A building on the campus of Shanghai's Jiao Tong University.
| Some of the model ships in the C. Y. Tung Maritime Museum on the
university's campus.
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| Elsewhere in Xujiahui
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| Saint Ignatius Cathedral.
| A 360-degree panoramic movie of the skyscrapers and shopping malls
bisected by wide streets in this largest intersection in Xujiahui (which
some say is often the most backed-up intersection in Shanghai).
| The cute Guanqi Park.
| A representative scene in this park.
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