August 1
August 1 was spent entirely in the
Shanghai Museum, which is probably the best museum I've ever visited. Not only was it impressive - with an array of pre-modern artwork that was more than I could take in at one time - but it was free. I showed up at opening and stayed till it closed at 5:00, but didn't manage to see everything. I wore out 5 pairs of batteries taking pictures, and then by 4:30 finally ran out and wasn't able to take any more pictures for the rest of my visit.
Ancient Sculptures
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| The Thousand-Buddha Stele. I only counted 700 some. |
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| Kasyapa, a forerunner of the historical Buddha Siddhartha Gautama |
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| Lion sculpture bearing a striking resemblance to Iron Maiden's Eddie |
Bronzes
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| Frog on a giant bronze pot |
Pottery and Ceramics
There was so much blue-and-white china here, I deliberately took pictures of stuff that was other colors.
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| Ceramic that looks like bronze |
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| Ceramic that looks like wood |
Seals
Calligraphy
Painting
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| Still life by Giuseppe Castiglione, a Jesuit missionary and court painter in the Qing Dynasty |
I'm sorry that I don't have descriptions for all of these. I actually took pictures of most of the nameplates too, but lost a lot of those pictures when I transferring them to a flash drive that I wasn't aware was corrupted.
August 2-3
On August 2, I didn't do so much: went to get money changed, then walked around to buy souvenirs for people back in Mongolia, and finally had dinner again with my friend. On August 3, I didn't do anything: I caught the train in the morning, and was on the train all the rest of the day!
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