"Longgoong" means dragon palace. Long is dragon. Fon is Phoenix.
1 is ee
2 is er
3 is san
4 is stse
5 is oo
6 is lei-o
7 is chi
8 is ba
9 is jo
10 is sheur
100 is ee bai
I saw some interesting insects today, starting with a large moth that looked exactly like a dead oak leaf and ending with a white stringy bug that bites.
I had a lot of conversations with other members of my tour group. Mr. Lu was the person with whom I talked the most (as he spoke the most English). I which I good reciprocate with a little more Chinese.
{The Tian Xing landscape was a favorite place of the Empress and she claimed that this place was more beautiful than the river and waterfalls favored by the Emperor. Once again, it is the conflict between Emperor and Emperess which is a common motif in Chinese art. The dragon symbolizes the Emperor (and also man) and the Phoenix symbolizes the Emperess (woman). Often they are seen sparring over a ball, which symbolizes power (I think the ball might be the sun).
As a side note, one of the men I talked with taught me "long" and "fon" and in return I taught him dragon and phoenix. For the rest of the trip he would check his pronounciation of the words with me. He was the sweetest man.
The Longgong Cave is a cave that can only be entered by boat, so we took a boat ride into the cave. The cave was not quite as spectacular as Zhijin, but it was a pleasant ride. Then we went to a Buddhist monastary, established in a cave because at the entrance there appeared to be a Buddha in the rocks. I couldn't find him.
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