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.

Remark 6 of Chengdu trip: Oxygen bar

A new phrase I just learned: Oxygen bar. There are just so many trees and plants in Chengdu plane rural area. They produced so much fresh oxygen that now a popular thing people do is to have a weekend stay in rural area. It is called: visit Oxygen Bar.
They are not exaggerating. I had a sky overview. Uncountable mountains and uncountable tree. It is just such a great bar.

Remark 5 of Chengdu trip: A statute of me

Lotus is everywhere in those satellite towns around Chengdu. Summer is Lotus's glory time. Winter or fall is the time people pick their roots, a unique nutrious food. People make statutes for VIPs. Do I look like a VIP? Or maybe I am just a typical Chinese boy.

Remark 4 of Chengdu trip: Water from Heaven

Water has been such a precious resource in this world. ShiChuan is such a blessed place with abundant high quality water supply, which is from Tibet plane. The water, melted from snow, is so clean and cool. 拜水都江堰 said it all.

Remark 3 of Chengdu trip: Wild flower in Qing Cheng Mountain

Qing Cheng Mountain (青城山) is such a great place to visit. It is the origin of Dao religion. It is said: 拜水都江堰, 问道青城山. 古人云:青城天下秀。可见一斑。We climbed the mountain, visited temples, and smelled wild flowers. Oh, can not miss this, I ate a lot of real 'Organic food' from farmer's restaurant. I dare not enjoy all alone. My cousin, YueYue was my companion all along.