Shanghai Museum

                               Museum

Chinese opera and acrobatic show

             Chinese Opera and acrobatic show.

                           Waiting outside the theatre




Notice:  The following pictures are not of the best quality because they were taken without a flash (not allowed) inside the opera house.  The action was pretty fast which made some of them a little blurry.

         Some of our tour members waiting for the Opera to start.

                This man was throwing knives at the clown.

                                          Opera mask

            

       This actor was dressed and painted on stage for the audience 
       to observe before the performance.

                                                     Chinese opera

Patsy got her Opera Mask!

Water Village

    Water Village of Zhujiajiao, an ancient city located on the
     banks of Dianshan Lake.  The village has 36 ancient stone
     bridges and some of the buildings are over 1,000 years old.

This is our local Chinese guide.

Crabs on the street for sale.  Bill, "eat your heart out."

Beef and vegetables being wraped in palm leaves for cooking.

Beans of all kinds.

This man is carving these figures out of a single tree trunk.

This women had her chickens out to sell.  Our friend started to take a picture and she really got upset.  Our guide said she said NO pictures,  She thought it was bad luck because she had not sold any chickens all morning.  I had already taken a picture without a flash and she did not know it.  I guess she may still have her chickens!

More street vendors.

These are tables for the eating places.

It was now time to say goodbye to Little Venice.

Shanghai

                            Shanghai
             One of China's largest cities. 
         Population between 16-23 millon. 
             This is a very modern city.

Waterfront district, know as the Bund,  is on the western bank of the Huangpu River.  This area is famous for its gorgeous colonial buildings, like 19th century Europe.  It has Gothic, Baroque, and Renaissance architecture.

The female was our guide for all of China and the male was added just for Shanghai.