Beautiful China - Chaozhou (潮州)
Year end exam was over and the schools had requested for kids to return all textbooks, which spelled school's out, well, almost.... :) So I made a decision that all of us to tag along Papa Bear's business trip to China. We spent 9 days 8 nights in China and we visited Xiamen, Chaozhou and the Tulou in Nanjing. Here's the entry of our visit to Chaozhou ( 潮州). The ancient Chaozhou city. We were very lucky that Papa Bear's business friend volunteered to be our tour guide for a day trip to Chaozhou. Chaozhou is about 3 hours drive from Xiamen, it's a city in the eastern Guangdong province. Renting a 7 seaters MPV with a private driver will cost you around RMB1600 to and fro from Xiamen. It was an easy drive on the highway to Chaozhou city. Our first stop was Han Wen Gong Temple ( 韩文公祠), which is located on the foot of Bijia Mountain ( 笔架山) at the bank of Hanjiang River in Chaozhou. It was built in the Song dynasty to commemorate Hanyu ( 韩愈),