Grand View Pavilion or Daguanlou Park (大观楼), Kunming

24 October 2007 - Evening


After the Western Hill, we proceeded to the Grand View Pavilion or Daguanlou Park(大观楼) which is on west side of the “500 miles” lake that is 6 times of the size of Singapore. It was built more than 300 years ago in 1682 during the Ching Dynasty. All the way from the entrance are planted with beautiful chrysanthemum. The water lilies in the lake were only left with dry leaves but without flowers. The Daguanlou is one of the four famous pavilions in China. At both sides of the door of the Daguanlou are written with the longest pair of poem （对联）in the world ever since ancient time. It has altogether 180 Chinese words. Our local tour guide was so good that he could recite them and told us the history without looking at them for more than half an hour.



Grand View Pavilion or Daguanlou Park (大观楼)





Chooi Tau bought a pair of red slippers that she likes very much for RMB20 at a stall on the way walking back to the bus. Many team members bought gloves for RMB5.00 per pair and some other things like scarf, socks and hats. The shopkeeper was very happy because he was having so good business before he called it a day.

We have dinner in a restaurant and seated with three tables. It was a 10 course dinner with 8 dishes of meat, 1 dish vegetable and a bowl of soup. We could not finish the dishes and it was very wasteful. We requested for more dishes of vegetable instead of meat for the next meal. We check-in at King World International Hotel （锦华国际酒店）at 9.30 pm. The hotel room is quite spacious and comfortable. “Xiao He” was providing such a good service that he went door to door to see whether all of us were “ok” or did we have any other needs. His service was excellent.