The Greener the Better

Sorry, haven't posted in such a long time. I had to pack and move country again. I am now back in Australia and having heaps of fun catching up with friends and family. I will finish the posts about Beijing now.

After we finished at the Ming Tombs we went to a jade factory/warehouse thing. It was really fascinating there, we were shown different carvings, some were huge and they take years to finish. We were taught how to tell real jade from fake jade and higher quality jade from lower quality jade. And then of course we were given many opportunities to purchase jade carvings and jewellery.

I only took a couple of photos there and I apologise about the quality of the photos, I didn't have a very good camera with me.