SILK CARPET FACTORY, YU GARDEN BAZAAR, SHANGHAI

This is our last full day in China.

After visiting the Bund, we toured a silk carpet factory. The guide explained the intricate process of designing and weaving the carpets. Most required many months to complete. Although the carpets were quite beautiful, I was not tempted to make a purchase.

After the factory we went to Yu Garden Bazaar. Although it was a weekday, the bazaar was very crowded. There were many vendors, many shops and many places to eat, even a Dairy Queen (yea!). The artists and crafts people were fascinating to watch. There was a man who created drawings of typical Chinese mountain scenes using the side of his hand and his finger nail. Another man used a microscope to write a message on a pearl.

We were fortunate to witness a traditional Chinese wedding party. The wedding party made its way through the crowd on their way to the Gardens.  The bride was in a covered chair sedan being carried by four attendants.  A couple of times the wedding party stopped and the groom opened the curtain of the sedan so the crowd could view the bride.