My happy place

The first time I visited Shanghai, I went to the Confucius Temple on Wenmiao Lu and fell in love with the place.  I bring visitors there, my family have been several times and I like to go their by myself, as well.  It is so very calm and I instantly feel better when I walk through the gates.  It is more of a museum than a working temple but locals do go to light incense and write wish cards, mostly written by parents or the students who are wishing they do well in school.  I always learn something new during the tea ceremony….the oolong ginseng has become my favourite tea in China.

I wanted to share a few pics of my happy place.

You would never know that the temple is through these gates.

The busy street you walk down to get to the entrance.

Confucius himself.

Mom, Dad and J hanging their wishes.

Isn’t it just beautiful?!

G cracking me up, as usual.

The girls with Glenn’s mom, Margaret Antle.

My Aunt May and her sister, Trudy came to visit us. 

My sister’s in laws, Sue and Phil Quinlan, and our sweet tour guide, BB.  We spent the day together last fall before they started a tour of China.  So nice when people are passing through Shanghai. 😂😂All of the tour guides are students that volunteer at the temple.

I always learn some thing new at the tea ceremony.

Come visit and I’ll bring you here too 🙂

Only joy, only love!

Michelle

xo