Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Gary Date: 2008-04-23
Speaking of temples in Yiwu, Shuanglin Temple in Fotang is well-known to all Yiwu people, but another one named Shenshou Temple, which has a history of more than one thousand years, may be strange to many young people, so its origin and attractive scene are of course unknown to them, let alone its ideal function as a place for summer leisure. Actually, it won’t take you long to acquaint yourself with it-half a day is enough .
Located at Folong mountainside in Xiayan,
When you arrive at the foot of
With its beautiful scenes of mountains and water,
I am chatting with the warden when the distant sound of drum beats comes into my ears . I turn to the place where the sound comes from and find half-dozen elders sitting around and enjoying huagu folk dance in a pavilion . I t may remind me of an activity organized by elders‘ union, but in fact it is a self-entertainment of some old people who come here for summer leisure . Grandma Wu is among them. She lives in Shengli Community and comes here for spending summer days, because she can’t stand the high temperature downtown and is not used to the air-conditioner . The air is fresh and cool here, she says . Although it’s hot outside in daytime, it’s cool indoors, particularly in the pavilion beside a stream and surrounded by trees. You will feel delighted in the cool breeze . The air here is healthier to old people than that in an air conditioned room.
“The water here is very good, even better than mineral water . Many people who live in the city come here to collect water home with buckets . “The water here comes from the mountain,so it is unpolluted. The long life of those retired elders is closely related to the water here . “An elder who lives in
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