Day SE7EN - 10 March 2013

 Rise and shine!! The day starts coldly with checking out our hotel and a breakfast at the mid of Wudang Mountain! The breakfast here was sumptuous! There is the main food which is the buns and noodle soup, as well as hard-boiled eggs! And my favourite porridge!

My camera got locked after breakfast and I could not take any more pictures when I was at the two different peaks. All the pictures below are from PeiPei

The first peak we climb (no sure of the peak’s name) til the XuanDi Temple (玄帝殿). We walked from our hotel to the peak. It was a tiring and cold climbing but a great experience for us as Singapore do not have mountains for us to climb. On the way, we see many temples and beautiful trees with slashes that people put on the trees for blessing.

We walked all the way in til the XuanDi Temple. At the side there are shops selling tea leaves.

We continued walking and saw many locks at the side of the wall. We were curious and took a closer look on it. The locks have carvings on them. These locks are similar to the slashes where the names on the locks will receive blessings from the Wudang Mountain. PeiPei, Jodie, Li Si and I did the lock together for our family that cost us 30yuan each.

My LOCK! -->



We lock it near the FuShouKangNing (福寿康宁) that means good fortune, longevity, and peace which is the blessings we want for our families

Also, the wooden sword from Wudang Mountain was unique and that many of us bought one. I believe that it will be a great souvenir for me to remember Wudang Mountain after I get back to Singapore. Very quickly, we come back down to the bottom of the mountain and goes for lunch. It is again a 10-course lunch with 9dishes and a soup and that the dishes are almost the same with 50% vegetables. This really show how healthy is it to stay in the mountains

After lunch, we proceed on the second peak we will be climbing. This time the peak is much higher and that we have to take a cable car ride up for 8 minutes and walk for another an hour before we really reached the peak.

 

After the ride, we climbed multiple stairs. We first reached this place where people settle down for small snacks and take a breather before continue climbing the stairs.

We climbed a whole series of steps, be it gentle or steep and finally reach the Golden Peak (金顶). There is another saying that behind the temple of Golden Peak you will put a coin at the wall. If your coin stays there, it means good luck.

Lucky for me that I succeed in putting my coin and it stayed there the second time I tried.

The one directly pn top of the note is my coin!

After trying, we walk down again! Before we leave for the cable car ride to the bottom of mountain, we took a photo! :D

We were also freezing cold that when we talk, there is cold air coming out from our mouth. It was so cool as it was my first time breathing cold air out of my mouth. It was just a pity that I could not take a picture of it to show it to my family in Singapore.

Also, before we reach the cable car we bought some specialty. They are迁实糕 and 瓜子酥. As we come down from the cable car, we bought more specialties like Peanut cake (花生糕). Another group photo before we leave!

Our Wudang Trip came to an end and we took another 5hours ride back to our hostel! GoodNights! J