7/21/07

Remark 7 of Chengdu trip: history is everywhere

There were two greatest poets in Chinese history. One of them is Du, Fu, (杜甫)。Every chinese kid grew up with citing their poems. Fu has stayed in Chengdu for four years during the notorious An Shi's riot. He wrote his most famous poem 'Wind broke my cottage' 茅屋为秋风所破歌 here. It is so touchy when he wrote: How could there be thousands houses available for all poor people in the world. I would be happy to die of being frozen in my broken cottage. ( 安得广厦千万间,大庇天下寒士俱欢颜。... 吾庐独冻死亦足哉。) In a rule of thumbs, dad doesn't put my picture in tears online. This is an exception. Just for Fu. My grandparent were with me.

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