Shanghai 2

Today I went to a section of the city called Old Town and toured two sites. The first was Temple of the City God. This seems to be a real religious site. You could get incense on the way in and burn it at various shrines. Lots of incense was also burning in the central courtyard.

People knelt and worshipped in front of a variety of statues, large and small. I was intrigued by one statue who had hands coming out of his eyes. And the hands had eyes in them. I would like to know his story.

The second place I went was called Yuyuan Garden. It's a walled-in collection of buildings trees and ponds. The original purpose was to provide a place for quiet contemplation, but there are far too many tourists for that now.