{"id":2497,"date":"2019-09-19T12:48:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T12:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2019-09-19T12:48:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T12:48:35","slug":"hongcun-crouching-tigers-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/hongcun-crouching-tigers-anyone\/","title":{"rendered":"Hongcun: (Crouching tigers anyone?)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I will be staying overnight in Hongcun before heading up Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) tomorrow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides being a World Heritage site, some very recognizable spots in Honcun were shown in the movie &#8220;Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, the exterior of my hotel here can be seen about 2\/3 the way into the movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The town is really cute, although many of it&#8217;s alleys are now filled with gift shops, and Hocun is filled (at least during the day) with hordes of tourists (I guess I am one of them!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet it&#8217;s beauty is such that when I walked around South Lake, I encountered easily 100 young art students with easels painting scenes of the lake, the arched bridge, and\/or aquatic plants with huge leaves that grow near one shore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568886675-picsay.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568886675-picsay-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2498\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View of &#8220;Crescent moon Pond&#8221; (as seen from a terrace near my room)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568886887-picsay.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568886887-picsay-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2499\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568888255-picsay.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568888255-picsay-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2500\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568888740-picsay-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568888740-picsay-1-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2502\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568889690-picsay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"704\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568889690-picsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568889690-picsay.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568889690-picsay-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An online &#8220;Tourist Map&#8221; showed a mere handful of streets\/alleys. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"963\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1568897082-picsay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568897082-picsay.jpg 686w, https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/1568897082-picsay-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, I have only been here a few hours and have gotten lost a bunch of times!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A more complete map was posted in town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/aller1568892113-picsay.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/QuickNotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/aller1568892113-picsay-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2505\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"remoji_bar\"><div class=\"remoji_add_container\" data-remoji-id=\"2497\" data-remoji-type=\"post\"><div class=\"remoji_add_icon\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"remoji_error_bar\" data-remoji-id=\"2497\" data-remoji-type=\"post\" style=\"display: none;\">Error happened.<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I will be staying overnight in Hongcun before heading up Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) tomorrow! Besides being a World Heritage site, some very recognizable spots in Honcun were shown in the movie &#8220;Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.&#8221; In fact, the exterior of my hotel here can be seen about 2\/3 the way into the movie. The town &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/hongcun-crouching-tigers-anyone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hongcun: (Crouching tigers anyone?)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seafog.net\/PeresRamblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}