Xitang Water Town

Lisa He and her husband came to Highline when Ben was a baby. Her husband and daughter also visited.  Currently they are uber busy preparing their 15 year old daughter Faith to get into the #1 high school. They got her acceptance letter but she still needed to take a final entrance exam and all her finals for school. Pressure to do well in school is relentless here. Then they were going to take Faith to Japan — for fun, I think.

Lisa and her husband Jack drove us to Xitang. What a luxury after taking the metro and trains and walking everywhere!

Xitang is beautiful.

 

This was a shrine to pay respect to the local magistrate of the town
Ben checks it out
Centipedes, scorpions, and roaches to snack on

 

Water town
Great views
Crafted archways
Boats of various purposes
Our boat ride was lovely.

 

Loved this paining on a wall, and the door next to it. Across from it Ben found a virtual reality driving game.
Lisa was great
Lanterns make everything beautiful
Beautiful vases of the merchant. Not sure what he is selling

 

Later we visited Jack’ company. They reproduce and sell limited copies of famous enamel works given from one head of state to another.