The Museum (or at least one of them) of the Chinese Imperial Examination System is in Jia Ding. We went there before classes began and now that our final exams are over - at least for my students - I thought that sharing these pictures would be appropriate:



Hard to read the Chinese?  Let's see if I can make it easier for us  English language speakers:



I believe that's better - though it is hard to tell in the blog editor.  Following are some graded exams they had on display:



The museum is actually many buildings surrounding one side of the lake shown below.  I was just chatting with my sister and brother-in-law last night about how we often don't get around to visiting the sites in our backyard.  SILC felt it appropriate for us to see the museum and we really appreciated the opportunity to visit the museum.