The place seems very quiet without them.
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| Xitang - February, .. |
I often ask Jonathan to let me have some photographs - my requests fall on deaf ears. Ming Ming, however, willingly shared her photographs with me. Thanks, Ming Ming.
I really like the look of this ancient water city, Xitang,
which is located near Shanghai.
I love the peace and tranquillity of this scene
although I bet the reality was a bit whiffy and rather more noisy.
With so many lanterns, and such a lot of red around
it has the air of a festival of some sort.
As night falls it looks magical with the lanterns reflecting in the water.
Lanterns everywhere.
See the tree growing through the roof of the porch?
The spirits of former inhabitants is said to come
back to reside in the grass growing on the roofs.
Back on shore all is hustle and bustle.
Xitang is an ancient water town dating back to around 700 BC.
It is built at the point where nine rivers converge
and is famous for the covered walkways, lanes
and beautiful bridges which
span the rivers.
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