Shen Jia Men - The Gateway to Putuoshan
Shen Jia Men, China is a dream for those who love working-class ports and practicing Chinese. Thousands of rusty old fishing vessels line the harbor in the center of town. Just a few hundred paces inland, lush green forests roll off the hills to flirt with the city's rear. Exotic alleyways teem with opportunities for urban exploring and exotic homemade delicacies abound at the seaside night market. But you won't find Shen Jia Men in any guidebooks. It's just another small port town on an outlying island along Zhejiang province's Pacific coast, distinguished only because it is a jumping off point for many of the ferries ushering Chinese tourists to the sacred Budhist island of Putuoshan. Foreign tourists en route to Putuoshan are more likely to spend the extra cash on the fast boat from Ningbo, so white people are a genuine curiousity in Shen Jia Men. And if you post up at the point where a regular stream of sailors disembarks from their long sea voyages, you will find endless opportunities to practice Chinese with the most willing, patient souls in the world. The next four or five posts below are from a day spent wandering Shen Jia Men.
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posted by Ryan Petersen @ 11:55 PM
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Hallo I absolutely adore your site. You have beautiful graphics I have ever seen.
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It's my hometown. Quite superised to discover my hometown on google video. But I can't agree that foreigners bring local's curiosity. Probably they just think it's much easier to take the money from your guys' pockets:)
That's quite a pessimistic outlook on how foreigners are viewed by the people in your hometown! Thankfully I didn't share that experience during my brief visit with the kind people there. I did attract more than my share of friendly, curious attention however.
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