Busy day in Guangzhou

After our visit to the factory we had lunch with the factory owner and his family.

Then we went to the Chen Clan Academy. It was built from 1888 till 1894 and it’s one of the oldest preserved buildings in the region. It used to be a clan temple but it server as an academy of arts now.

The temple was being renovated when we visited it.

Watch the Bamboo scaffolding.

After visiting the Chen Clan temple we wanted to go to another temple which is situated in a shopping street. In this street you can only find shops that sell Jade gemstones. Jade was known in China as 'yu', the 'royal gem'. In the long history of the art and culture of the enormous Chinese empire, jade has always had a very special significance, roughly comparable with that of gold and diamonds in the West. It embodies the virtues of wisdom, justice, compassion, modesty and courage, yet it also symbolises the female-erotic.


Back to the temple, it was closed…

So we decided to go to the restaurant. It’s called ‘Made in Kitchen’ and it’s a sort of fusion restaurant. One of the most noticeable features of Made in Kitchen is the large open kitchen, allowing you to watch the chefs make and prepare your food. Every time when you go to the table, you need to pass the long runway making you feel like a model on a catwalk (for better or worse!)