Matchmaking

黄龙洞 (Huánglóng Dòng meaning “Yellow Dragon Cave”) was quiet, peaceful, and the highlight of my trip to Hangzhou.
Beauty.  Serenity.
  However, my serenity was (briefly) interrupted.  I sat in a pavilion overlooking this path and watched for forty minutes as a swarm of touring middle aged women (plus a few children and a handful of men) stepped over these stones and bowed three times to the waterfall.  Some left offerings.
The shrine of Yue Lao, Chinese god of matchmaking, marriage, and love.  The yellow dragon cave itself.
Stone gateway to a bamboo forest?  I love this place.  Well-played, Yue Lao.  Well-played.