Baoguo Village 报国寺 is the gateway to the sacred mountain Emei Shan. There are a lot of inns here for travelers to stay in. There are also a lot of hotels too, so obviously it caters to a lot of budgets. Fortunately for us there is no shortage of budget accommodations here in Baoguo Village. After the nice dinner we had, we needed to walk off the food we just ate. We decided to a little exploring.
As I have described previously, the restaurant was along a food street which was a row of restaurants in one street. There are however other restaurants not on food street. There wasn’t really much activity on the streets here in Baoguo Village since the air was quite cold and most of the people were already indoors. There were some shops still open but most we just either restaurants or grocery shops.
We headed off to the main square of Baoguo Village. At the center of the square is a golden pavillion with the words number one mountain 第一山 on it. It is dedicated to Emei Shan. At the center of the golden pavillion is a large ruby like jewel. The pavillion is lighted up nicely and really shows off its golden color.
To the right of the golden pavillion, is an artificial falls also dedicated to the Emei Shan too. It is also here that I was reminded of the unique lighting styles of the Chinese. The falls was lighted in a variety of colors, sometimes it doesn’t look nice anymore. This is also true of caves and other natural monuments. Fortunately, Emei Shan is too huge to be lit up in funny colors.
Well, there really doesn’t seem be anything much we can do here in Baoguo Village at this time. So we just headed back to the Li Min Hotel and went to sleep. We need to wake up early, tomorrow is going to be a busy day.
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