Shopping hours
Good thing about Chinese Sundays is that shops are not closed on Sunday (They don't have the German Ladenschlussgesetz :-)). So supermarkets, pharmacies, malls and markets are open as on every day and you can go shopping. Maybe it's not exactly a good thing for the people who have to work on Sunday, but then Chinese culture is not built on Christian belief (most Chinese are atheists or buddhists).
Our new friend Kongze?
Kongze is the Chinese name for Confucius, a Chinese philosopher. He was no god, but many Chinese hold high esteem for him that's why there is a temple in Beijing for Kongze.
Kongze invented a kind of state system, the Confucian state system. The main principle of Confucianism is that human beings should live according to an exact hierarchy system - Women should obey men, younger people should obey older people, inhabitants should obey the king, but those in power also have to make sure they have achieved the necessary educational level. I'm happy that I don't have to live in Confucian China.
In the Kongze temple area there were a lot of old and weirdly grown trees. Legend says that one old tree once punished a corrupt minister. When the minister passed below the tree the tree lost a big branch on him. It seems that the trees there can distinguish between right and wrong! Agnes and me were deeply impressed.
After the visit to the Kongze Tempel we strolled around in the surrounding hutongs which are currently being refurbished.
Good thing about Chinese Sundays is that shops are not closed on Sunday (They don't have the German Ladenschlussgesetz :-)). So supermarkets, pharmacies, malls and markets are open as on every day and you can go shopping. Maybe it's not exactly a good thing for the people who have to work on Sunday, but then Chinese culture is not built on Christian belief (most Chinese are atheists or buddhists).
Our new friend Kongze?
Kongze is the Chinese name for Confucius, a Chinese philosopher. He was no god, but many Chinese hold high esteem for him that's why there is a temple in Beijing for Kongze.
Kongze invented a kind of state system, the Confucian state system. The main principle of Confucianism is that human beings should live according to an exact hierarchy system - Women should obey men, younger people should obey older people, inhabitants should obey the king, but those in power also have to make sure they have achieved the necessary educational level. I'm happy that I don't have to live in Confucian China.
In the Kongze temple area there were a lot of old and weirdly grown trees. Legend says that one old tree once punished a corrupt minister. When the minister passed below the tree the tree lost a big branch on him. It seems that the trees there can distinguish between right and wrong! Agnes and me were deeply impressed.
After the visit to the Kongze Tempel we strolled around in the surrounding hutongs which are currently being refurbished.
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