Go shopping   Do exercise     Religion

(一)Go shopping

         Minquan market awards the three star honor as a primer market, is located in the central of Changhua City that makes Minquan market is easy to approach and always busy. You might find the Minquan market is similar to other traditional markets by the first impression; however, it is actually quite different from others. It is Saturday, my mother, I and other four research members are going to shop in Minquan market and experience its style and features.
         This is the entry of Minquan market as below pictures shows, let's have a look inside then...
 

 

                        

                                                         Welcome to Minquan market

                         

 

       Wow~ There are so many people. Some people take a walk to visit and some ride scooters. The interior organization of Minquan market is bright and very neat .

                                  

                 

 

                       

"Listen" mother said: "This pork stall owner has his own farm and feed pigs with vegetables. Their superior quality of pork is

famous and wide spread."

         

                   

                    Here is seafood area

 

                   

    My mother patiently introduces us different sort of fishes such as perch, milkfish, skinning fish. It is just too many to remember even if we were trying so hard to remember them. It is still not easy to remember them all at the first  time .

                               

              

     We went to the fruit stand to buy fruits. There are a lot of different kinds of fruits like pears, custard apple, dates, oranges ...etc., they all look good and tasty. The oranges are fresh and smell aromatic.

               

                    

                  

     The dates look delicious, the orange is good, too! So we started picking up some to buy. Hope I can take all of them back to home.

 

                  

                      

                    

               After paying for fruit, we quickly go to wash fruits and enjoy directly.

                           

    

                            After enjoying fruits, we set off again and ahead to buy vegetables.

                            So many different kind of vegetables.

                                                                                                    

                           

                        

                                 Could you name those vegetables in our hands?

                              There are mushroom, broccoli,cabbage, kohlrabi.

                              See!  We have been well trained.

  We really could not tell the difference between "spring onions" and "leeks", because they all look quite the same to us.

                               This is spring onions                                        This is leeks                                

                       

                     

  Finally, we bought a cabbage, it is delicious with reasonable price.

               

Here is cooked food are. My mother said "this shop is very famous with its "meatball" and it is very delicious, even the TV people came to interview it!

                              

                                             Wow~ So many delicious dishes.             

            

     The brined cabbage looks delicious ! Is our favorite. We brought a large size one.

After buying food, we took a picture in front of the bulletin board of Minquan market for memory.

               

                   On the way home, we saw a "special thing". Guess! what is it?
                   It is thin noodles hung on the racks. so stretchy! so special !
 

                            

                          

                             We were hungry again, let's go to eat something special!
        Here is the oldest and most famous bowl cake shop in Minquan community. We are the regulars. Their business is so busy and there is always a long queue in the front door for waiting service.
                                    

                                                         

 

      You can see through our eyes that shows we are long for the food are served quickly. We are starving.

 

Look at our eyes, you can tell how hungry we are.

 

   

    The bowl cakes are finally served, let's  start up!

 

 

(二)Do exercise

 

      On the fifth floor of Minquan market, there is a gym "Civil Fitness Centre", it is about 760 squares. It is divided into ladies and gentlemen sections. The facilities involves hundreds of top fitness equipments and three dance studios, steam room, oven and other new equipments. Let's get ready to experience it! The chairman, Chen Menggui of Minquans Community Development Association, specially leads us and introduces the gym in person.

                             

                             The chairman, Chen Menggui leads us to visit the gym.

The reception guy looks strong and sturdy. He must do exercise here frequently. He is a role model to us, hope we could have that physique one day. so, quick! Let's do exercise.   

The beautiful lady introduces the fitness equipments for us before we start it. See, how we concentrate on listening to it!

The fitness equipments are various here, mostly we haven't even seen. Can't wait to experience each one of them!

                      This is flywheel car. Trying how fast my legs can be. Look! how serious I am !

                                             

           This is the upright bike. You have to step it hardy. I believe that daily exercise  

            will make you stronger quickly.

                                             

                                             look! My arm force is good!        It is only a pose! I need

                                                                                                               eat and practice more.     

                                             

                                       

                  The treadmill for us is easy. We can walking and humming at the same time.

                 because we often go jogging in school.

                                               

       

       This is the stepper. If you want to in sharp, you have to exercise more often.
 

        However, it is a big challenge to me, I am only a little girl.
 

                                                

          

         This is a cross-training machine, also known as sliding machine, is often used for body coordination and bodybuilding. We two really want our physique more in sharp. Let' keep going!

                                                 

 

 We take a competition to see who the best!

  Wow! so tired! I can't feel my feet.

  Postscript: This exercise can be days exercise to us; however, we still could do it more. We are still very young, aren't we?

        After fitness center, following is table tennis association. Let's play table tennis!
 
                                  

                                                                Big space inside !

There are some players are in training!

  Now, it is our turn to show our talents!

                                      

   look! the kick off gesture of mine. Do I look professional?

   

        I got a competition with chairman Chen Menggui! look! How serious I am!

                                                                          

Oh! I did not pay attention on the ball, loosed one point.

   It seems the two of us need to practice more.

         Do not look at me like kind of expert killer, I only a beginner. mercy please!

                      

   We had great time today. It is our pleasure to play table tennis with chairman Chen Menggui. For us, it is a rare and unforgettable experience!

                               

                                                                      Picture for memory

 

 

(三)Religion 
       
 There are also some interesting places to visit around the Minquan market.  Let's check it out! There is a activity center in the basement of Minquan market, it is simply organized. It is a important place where people can communicate with each other for social life. The chairman Chen Menggui also leads us for visiting .

                   Activity  Center

 

          Picture with God "Mazu"

    Opposite the activity center is the God " Mazu" association. Mazu is an important

    belief to locals.

 

       Huaizhong temple is the three monuments Changhua, Taiwan is also a shrine to enshrine eighteen Yimin. Qing Emperor Yongzheng nine years (1731) December Dajia West Club Forest Park Aberdeen fence binding force and other eight community gathered for the chaos, Taiwan army town taking Lvrui Lin recovered, are often lost. Freshwater prefect Zhang chapter with Xiangyong patrol the village, was hindered Fanren, residents heard the news, take charge Shatui inverse vector Fan, Qing assistance of resistance Yimin, a total of eighteen people killed. Local people is the "tomb of the eighth Yimin," meaning the people buried in the county outside the West, tombstone problems. Yongzheng 10 years (1732) by the Guangdong People Jiansheng Li Qiaoji advocating built to worship eighteen Yimin. (Source: Wikipedia)

                                           

                                                                  Huaizhong Temple

         People hang bacons and sausages in front of Huaizhong Temple that increases the atmosphere of the upcoming Lunar New Year. We stood in front of huaizhong Temple, prayed and worshiped their sacrifice and dedication!
                                           

                                                   Huaizhong Temple sages recall

     This palace is Changhua Wei Hui Holy Temple, located in the city Simon Chang Yi, Yongzheng eleven years (AD 1733), commanding open deities, built palace has 280 years of history.          

             Weihuigongsheng Temple      

                Zhang Kai King 

                              

                               A beautiful graffiti in the lane next to Holy Temple                                                       

         

                       This is the Kuan temple with long history and many followers.

        Our family often visit Kuan temple and pray for whole family's healthy, safely,

        good luck and fortune.

                               

                                                                 The Kuan Temple

 The historical development of the temple is described on the bulletin board.

                     Tired! Take a rest.

            Postscript:  We are surprised where are many historic temples around Minquans community. if we do not participate the web fair competition, we won't discover those! We are glad that we have such a good opportunity to experience the history of our own hometown.