thursday

Went touring today. Started off by going to the Chen Family Museum. This was built in 1840 by the Chen Family as a temple. When the communist government came into power they took over the museum and all the properties owned by the family. Now it is run by the government as a tourist attraction. After we left there we went to a place that makes ceramics and has a large selection of class A and B jade. Class A is the best quality you can get as it is jade in the purest form. Class B is colored by using chemicals. After that we went to a traditional chinese restaurant where the food did not look all that enticing. Everyone tried a little of it but there was a lot of food left. Nothing like "Sweet Home Alabama" food. Tomorrow Terri and I will be going to the orphanage where Jayden has lived all his life. This will probably be an eye opening experience so pray for us. Until tomorrow