We recently attended some celebrations in conjunction with Shandong University's 110th Anniversary. They really put on the production! There were spotlights, TV camera, gala costumes, dancers, singers, and so forth. The celebrations went on for over a week in several locations. We attended two majors ones. The university had really been spruced up to impress all the dignitaries and foreign guests visiting for the event. The campus fountains were working (first time we have seen them on - lower left). We also recently visited Jinan Central Square which has its own water show set to music and lights (lower right)
We went with a group of foreign professors (some from Japan, Spain, Russia, and England) on a tour to Qufu, birthplace and final resting place of Confucius. We saw some temples which are over 1,000 years old and a tree (Susan is standing by it) which is over 1,800 years old (and still growing) in the temple complex where Confucius used to teach 3,000 students. His tombstone is shown here as well. The horse cart and the "tricycle" were seen in the city of Qufu (which is in Shangdong Province and about a two hour bus ride away from where we live).
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