The weekend before last I went on a trip with IFT's Heritage Club to mainland China. We visited Cuiheng Village and Zhongshan TV and Film City in honor or the 100th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution. Hope you enjoy this photographic tour!
Out in front of the Zhonshan TV and Film City. It was kind of imposing pulling up to the place.
Giant map outside the village. The area is divided up into different sections like Japan Scenes, China Scenes, USA town scenes, European scenes. The maps were all in Chinese, except for a few phrases and all the information plaques around the village were only in Chinese. A bit of a bummer, but I wasn't that surprised.
This was in the Japan scene. As you can kind of see from the photos, the place is pretty run down and there really wasn't a whole lot of people there. It was like this through the entire park, and I found it to be a bit depressing. I would have loved to know more about it in its heyday, but I think that time is long gone.
I loved all the American signs they had up.
Friends up in the Japanese tower that was there. My friend Sanna and I went up later, and got stopped by a Chinese couple who wanted a photo with us. SIDEBAR: This would become the theme of the day. Our group was the only group I saw with any westerners in it, and people were fascinated by us. By the end of the day I had been asked to be in about 5 different photos, and had many people just try to take our photos on the sly. It was hilarious. My favorite was a little girl who's mom wanted her to take a picture with me. I honestly think the little girl was a bit afraid of me, but she sat next to me, we smiled and then she skipped back to her mom. Mainland China is a whole other world. SIDEBAR DONE
The very top of this sign reads "The redskins are here." It's interesting to see what the Chinese think of when they set up an "American" scene.
Looking down on the New York Street Scene! Ahhh looks just like I remember it. : P
In the western scene.
Out in front of a "bar".
Sanna and I both had to go up and feel these flowers before we realized they were fake. From afar they relly looked real. It was pretty cool.
I thought this was cute. It was on the back of a wedding carriage.
Would you like to buy a hat????
We made it to Japan!
Inside what we think was meant to be a tea house.
A very kind Chinese man took this for us. He was so cute. He took one and then was like "no,no one more" (of course he just use head nods and hand shakes to communicate this) and then took another.
The most adorable waste bins in the world.
Now we are at Cuiheng Village. This house is the only original and was where the revolutionary leader, Dr. Sun Yat Sen.
Everybody around the world loves to leave there mark. Cool though to see it in Chinese and not English. Hope this doesn't say anything offensive!
The museum which was actually pretty good. Most exhibits were in both Chinese and English. The first floor took you threw Dr. Sun Yat Sen's life and the revolution. The second floor is all about his family and wives.
After a long day of walking we were ready to get back on the bus.
But we walked some more! I'm not really sure if this was even a part of the village, but we strolled around for awhile. My friend told that he thinks they plant rice here.
There was a very odd mini zoo. There weren't many animals and I didn't really know why it was even here.
Some bunnies!
And a chicken. There were also some piegeons and some house cats. That was the oddest to see, and I really wanted to let the cats out and say, "Run free!"
So at the end of a very long day we decided to celebrate by getting frozen yogurt! It's very similar to YogHut, but not quite as good. Still it hit the spot right then.
Out in front of the Zhonshan TV and Film City. It was kind of imposing pulling up to the place.
Giant map outside the village. The area is divided up into different sections like Japan Scenes, China Scenes, USA town scenes, European scenes. The maps were all in Chinese, except for a few phrases and all the information plaques around the village were only in Chinese. A bit of a bummer, but I wasn't that surprised. 
This was in the Japan scene. As you can kind of see from the photos, the place is pretty run down and there really wasn't a whole lot of people there. It was like this through the entire park, and I found it to be a bit depressing. I would have loved to know more about it in its heyday, but I think that time is long gone. 
I loved all the American signs they had up. 
Friends up in the Japanese tower that was there. My friend Sanna and I went up later, and got stopped by a Chinese couple who wanted a photo with us. SIDEBAR: This would become the theme of the day. Our group was the only group I saw with any westerners in it, and people were fascinated by us. By the end of the day I had been asked to be in about 5 different photos, and had many people just try to take our photos on the sly. It was hilarious. My favorite was a little girl who's mom wanted her to take a picture with me. I honestly think the little girl was a bit afraid of me, but she sat next to me, we smiled and then she skipped back to her mom. Mainland China is a whole other world. SIDEBAR DONE 
The very top of this sign reads "The redskins are here." It's interesting to see what the Chinese think of when they set up an "American" scene.
Looking down on the New York Street Scene! Ahhh looks just like I remember it. : P
In the western scene.
Out in front of a "bar". 
Sanna and I both had to go up and feel these flowers before we realized they were fake. From afar they relly looked real. It was pretty cool.
I thought this was cute. It was on the back of a wedding carriage.
Would you like to buy a hat????
We made it to Japan! 
Inside what we think was meant to be a tea house.
A very kind Chinese man took this for us. He was so cute. He took one and then was like "no,no one more" (of course he just use head nods and hand shakes to communicate this) and then took another. 
The most adorable waste bins in the world. 
Now we are at Cuiheng Village. This house is the only original and was where the revolutionary leader, Dr. Sun Yat Sen. 
Everybody around the world loves to leave there mark. Cool though to see it in Chinese and not English. Hope this doesn't say anything offensive! 
The museum which was actually pretty good. Most exhibits were in both Chinese and English. The first floor took you threw Dr. Sun Yat Sen's life and the revolution. The second floor is all about his family and wives.
After a long day of walking we were ready to get back on the bus. 
But we walked some more! I'm not really sure if this was even a part of the village, but we strolled around for awhile. My friend told that he thinks they plant rice here. 
There was a very odd mini zoo. There weren't many animals and I didn't really know why it was even here. 
Some bunnies! 
And a chicken. There were also some piegeons and some house cats. That was the oddest to see, and I really wanted to let the cats out and say, "Run free!" 
So at the end of a very long day we decided to celebrate by getting frozen yogurt! It's very similar to YogHut, but not quite as good. Still it hit the spot right then. 
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