The Liefang Pagoda at a distance.

At some point or the other a buddy came to visit me and we ended up at the Leifang Pagoda, by West Lake. I had no idea what I would find their, but these would carved bas-reliefs are incredible, and worth the price on entry alone.

The escalator to the Pagoda… Because China that’s why.

Another shot of the pagoda

The outside of the pagoda is nicer than the inside.

The Pagoda is rather dull inside. Except for these wood carvings. They are utterly magnificent. They are supposed to tell the myth of the white snake, a traditional Chinese story that has been told to me several times, but the telling of which was never good enough to remember.

Some flying cranes

Some people and more cranes

More cranes

Yet more cranes

A woman

If I had to take a guess, I would say a woman and her servant.

The same two, encountering a man

And suddenly someone was wounded

It gets kinda martial artsy after a while

To battle!

I secretly think the sculptor was to lazy to give them proper legs

Monkeys were also somehow involved

The adventures of Fish Helmet and Lobster Helmet

This lady means business

The king is fleeing. Can’t say I blame him

Now there is a Lobster Helmeted squad

I can’t figure this one out at all

Figured out or not, I really like this shot.

An old man

But there is something Papal about him. And he kinda reminds me of the good old Warhammer days of my youth

Passing the baby

I don’t either.

Things are better now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I as well captured a short video of one of the bas-reliefs.

The view from the top of the Pagoda was kinda nice too.

See how it all looks kinda funny in the background? That’s pollution. You’re gonna hear me say that a lot

Skyline and the coast of the lake

Skyline beyond the woods

Skyline with the green of the park/lake

This is my inept attempt at an artsy shot; “Bells against a lonely sky”

The city and… actually, I have no idea what the red building on the hill is

The escalator as seen from the top of the Pagoda

A temple as seen through pollution

A polluted sunset

Sun over the polluted valley

The lake and the edge of the pagoda

Lake

Lake

The complex and the skyline

Valley

Boats. I like boats

Pagoda as seen through the woods