Aihua

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Fahai temple was built when Shakespeare was a boy.  It has in it amazing mosaics depicting blue, tusked gods, and ladies floating on clouds. It is about 20 minutes drive from our Gucheng school. I took a walk up to this temple on my first day in China, and it is still one of my favourite walks in the area.

This video does not enter the temple: cameras are not allowed. In walking through most temples, Faihai Si included, you ascend through a series of areas, divided by steep stairs upward, toward the highest point.  The highest point of the temple represents the highest achievement, the highest level of mastery.

Although the video does not enter the temple, the road toward Fahai Si seems to mimic, or precede, the temples’ architecturual foundation in an ascent toward mastery.

Aihua says hello: learn to be cool at Aihua.

These students learned by heart a very long poen by W.B. Yeats, “The Song of Wandering Aengus.”

This was taken at our leaving party for Finlay Beaton, who did so much for Aihua that we should name a room after him.

A typical morning in the life of Aihua.

This was the night of Jackie’s leaving party. Thanks again for all you did for us Jacky.

This video was made in 2005, by Darren Snow.

A bunch of very cool kids from Pingguoyuan bust a groove.

Wuyi Grade 1 students sing “Take me to your Heart.”