Wu Dang Mountain

Some pictures from two weekends ago when the school took the foreign teachers and the Foreign Affairs staff on a weekend trip to Wu Dang Mountain in the north part of Hubei province. Wu Dang has a very long history and is an important place for Taoism and for Chinese martial arts. Also, several scenes from the Chinese movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" were filmed here.

We left on Saturday, took a train most of the day, explored the mountain on Sunday and then trained back Sunday night. It was a fast trip and the weather was a little chilly and rainy and not quite as clear as we would have liked, but we all had a good time. Since our time was limited we took the cable car up to the top of the mountain and then back down which was a good thing since it saved us a four hour hike in the mud!

Taking the cable car up the mountain.

Me and Katie at Wudang Shan.

Me and Katie with our Christy from the FAO office. Christy is a super cool, fun friend and we were glad she was on the trip with us.
Katie and I practice some of our tai chi moves. Sadly, we didn't quite master the flying through the trees or jumping over houses that I often see in the Kung Fu movies.
In case it's hard to read, this sign says, "No firemaking in the hardcore scenery area!" Haha, I find it quite humorous to be able to say I was in a hardcore scenery area :)

Group photo

At the top of Wudang Shan people attach padlocks to the rails, I guess for good luck.