Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Temple of Heaven

Friday we went to the Temple of Heaven.

The sky was deliciously blue.


Inside the temple of prayer for good harvest.

The temple of prayer for rain. It is surrounded by an "echo wall" which was pretty neat. You face the wall and speak and people can hear you on the opposite side.


As always, I am fascinated by rooftop design. Below is a "fairy" riding a "chicken." I don't know what it means but I love it!


Then at the end of the day, everyone at Real Life threw me a surprise birthday party. My staff and students are the best! They gave me cake, red wine, and loads of cool presents... It made my day!


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a marvelously interesting way to spend a birthday... and what a beautiful cake.

Again.. Happy Birthday!!!

Constance said...

I hate that we couldn't celebrate your birthday together, but you know that we all were thinking of you here back at home. So great to see that your friends there in China did such a good job of celebrating with you since we couldn't.


Jackie Oh
said...

Constance, that's so sweet! I miss all of you so much!!!