Shenyang Trip (Updated with link to full trip report)

A few weeks ago we made a weekend trip to the city of Shenyang in the northeast of China. UPDATE: READ the full trip report over on meckleyearth. The purpose was three-fold: visit the parent's of a friend, escape the heat of Shanghai, and check out the sights in Shenyang - the original capital of the Qing Dynasty. Also this would be our first north of the Great Wall.

We enjoyed the trip quite a bit even though it was hotter than Shanghai. 8-) Highlights were:

Dinner with the Wangs
The Imperial Tombs (east and north)
General Zhang's Home
The Qing Imperial Place
Government Square at night
The Tawan Pagoda
Chairman Mao's Statue in Zhongshan Square
Eating at a Jiaozi Restaurant
Ladies riding bikes with hat, scarf, and gloves



Imperial Tomb



To see all the photos click here (they all have descriptions).

To see video of kids roller blading around General Zhang's statue, click here.

To see video of the Shenyang people exercising/dancing at night in Government Square, click here.

Bad climate

We went to Shenyang last weekend. My first trip outside the Great Wall. I felt rather cheated by the weather. We flew 1200 km northeast, mostly north, from Shanghai to Shenyang. The daytime high in Shenyang, a city that got 1 meter of snow early this March, was 10 degrees higher than Shanghai. It was hot. I thought Shanghai had bad climate - one wishes for summer in the winter and winter in the summer....

Now I am convinced that the whole of China is plagued by bad climate. It never fails to amaze me that this great a population density could be produced in such a bad climate. I guess mass migration is conditioned by both culture and economy.