Splendid China Theme Park

Well hey howdy hey folks, it's been a while! I took a month-long trip back to the US and did some auditions, but nothing much has happened with that, so I'm back in China with no excuse not to work on this blog haha.

So this will be part one of a loooong series of me catching up on some posts I've wanted to make.
Up first, we go back to the first week in April when my parents came to visit!

We went to Splendid China, a theme park featuring displays of traditional ethnic minority culture (China has 54 officially-recognized ethnic minorities, but that's not a complete list!) and famous sightseeing places scaled down to all fit inside one amusement park. We spent the first part of the day wandering around the national monuments and then caught a bunch of different shows in the culture display part.

I only really took photos in the first half, though.

Dad investigating a man-made cave!

Mom regards the scenery

I didn't think to get the names of any of these places whOOPS

That third picture was a really cool display that had little scale models of people in some kind of military parade or celebration.

Then we went to the "Great Wall of China."

You can see the buildings in the background, ruining the illusion of the natural parks, haha.

On the right you can see the miniature walls of a palace/garden complex

THIS ONE I REALLY LIKE
I want to go to this place irl

We also went shopping the day before, but it was a little overwhelming because I took them to one of the hugely crowded wholesale markets where everything is just packed together, so the highlight of that particular trip was the food!

Unfortunately we didn't have much time to do anything else because my work schedule was unexpectedly changed for a national holiday, but I think it was a nice introduction to mainland China! They should come back again sometime considering all the hassle that goes into getting a tourist visa, haha.

And away they go.... See you next time!

Peace~