Honoring Mr. Mei Lanfang

His graceful features warm even the marble stone.

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#34 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Taizhou: Home of Beijing-Opera Star, Mei Lan Fang)

June 18th 2006
Taizhou City is hot and humid this June, with temperatures of over 36 degrees Celcius, deep and sweltering 95+ Fahrenheit. Though the topography is flat, as in Florida, the sun is rarely visible; late-afternoon as a small gold-red ball through the haze from my balcony, making me appreciate the "Miami blue and green tropics". After loosing myself for hours in the city, my A/C and apartment of ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Taizhou

For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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