Today we went porcelain shopping and to the You Min Buddhist temple.
Nanchang is known for it's porcelain so we decided to pick up something for Emily. Evelyn took a us to a couple shops that she trusts and we looked around both before making our purchases. There was some amazing pieces and beautiful tea sets. We settled on a pearlized porcelain panda for Emily and some porcelain beaded bracelets as gifts.
I don't believe in Buddhism but I will say that the temple is a peaceful place. If I remember correctly Evelyn said this temple was about 1,000 + years old. Like many other historical sites here this one has been destroyed and rebuilt over the years. While we were there some kind of ceremony was taking place and we were able to watch the monks of the temple pray but didn't take any pictures of them.
Later in the afternoon Evelyn had a calligraphy artist come to our room and paint a silk wall hanging for Emily and Amy (Josh and Kelly Foote's little one). The painting has her Chinese name, birth date, birth city and four wishes from Matt and I in Chinese. We wished her love, happiness, health and prosperity. We will hang it on her bedroom wall once we are home.
Amy's hanging on the left and Emily's on the right
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