Western Mountain outside of Kunming is famous for the stairs, passageways and diety sculptures that were carved into it's cliffs by Taoist monks around 600 A.D. We rode a ski-lift type thing to the top. It was scary, but fun.
In other news, I'm really glad I've learned some Chinese. It's nice to at least have a general idea of what people around me are saying. For example, today one of my neighbor ladies was trying to talk to me. Another lady said to her (in Chinese) "She can't understand you." The first woman replied "Yes she can." And then she turned to me and said "Do you speak Chinese?" I said "A little." She then said something to me that I couldn't understand, but I was able to deduce what she was saying by her body language so I gave an appropriate answer. She smiled a large, beautiful smile in return. It's nice to actually be able to converse, however little, with my neighbors. I hope I'll always remember how hard it is to live in a foreign country and not know the language. I hope I can always keep empathy in my heart for those in the same situation living in America.
Western Mountain outside of Kunming is famous for the stairs, passageways and diety sculptures that were carved into it's cliffs by Taoist monks around 600 A.D. We rode a ski-lift type thing to the top. It was scary, but fun.
In other news, I'm really glad I've learned some Chinese. It's nice to at least have a general idea of what people around me are saying. For example, today one of my neighbor ladies was trying to talk to me. Another lady said to her (in Chinese) "She can't understand you." The first woman replied "Yes she can." And then she turned to me and said "Do you speak Chinese?" I said "A little." She then said something to me that I couldn't understand, but I was able to deduce what she was saying by her body language so I gave an appropriate answer. She smiled a large, beautiful smile in return. It's nice to actually be able to converse, however little, with my neighbors. I hope I'll always remember how hard it is to live in a foreign country and not know the language. I hope I can always keep empathy in my heart for those in the same situation living in America.
3 comments:
beautiful.
I'm not good at checking here for your posts. Can't wait till you can update on lj again.
when are you comming back to the states? you said you got your tickets but not when.
Dawn ( or sunrise from lj)
Dawn, it's nice to hear from you! We'll be heading back to the states on June 1. Yay!
Well written article.
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