On Sunday, we visited the Guangzhou Folk Arts Museum. Established in 1959, the museum was constructed inside Chen's Ancestral Hall, a historic city structure built in the late 1800's during the Qing Dynasty and under renovation today. The Folk Arts Museum is sort of a combination open-air museum, garden, working school for artists and series of galleries with a wide variety of Chinese artwork for sale.
In addition to simply being a beautiful place to walk around and enjoy another hot and humid afternoon in Guangzhou, the museum is a great showcase for all of the different types of Chinese artwork and craftsmanship including various styles of painting (some done using only the artist's hands as brushes), print and book making (the picture above is an example of a traditional bamboo book), embroidery work, paper cutting, metal working, wood, jade and bone carving (the ship above shows the intricate detail in many of the bone carvings done with cow and camel bone), jewelry making, pottery, bonsai design (the museum courtyard is filled with dozens of the miniature trees) and furniture making.
Afterwards, we headed back to the hotel for a swim with the kids to cool off and then to a local Italian restaurant on the island – La Dolce Vita da Raffaele – for a great meal and nice change of cuisine after consuming so much good Chinese food. At dinner, Fujing decided to try and teach Nancy how to count in Mandarin. If you haven't seen the video of this funny exchange, it's posted on my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/danfell. We've also posted several albums of photos from the trip there. If you're not a member, it's free to join and once you do you can simply add me to your friends list to access the videos and photos.
On Tuesday, we head to the U.S. Consulate's Office to complete the immigration process and participate in the swearing in ceremony with the other parents and children in our adoption group.
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