On the hottest day of the year in Shanghai, we began our day with a guided tour of the beautiful Yu Gardens and Bazaar. We were interested in the beautiful wood and stone carvings and learned that only real dragons have 5 toes and the frog beneath the dragon's mouth symbolizes wealth because it lives off the saliva of the dragon. It was fascinating to hear that lion statues always come in twos. The Bazaar was filled with many interesting Chinese bargains, but it was too hot to haggle over prices and we had to hurry on to our next stop in Shanghai.
