Taizhou's famed flower, the Camellia, is painted on sheets of marble.

Beyond the bronze plaque, we step into a very large hall. Quickly the eyes focus on this spectacular and colorful painting, magnificantly brush-painted on large, thin marble-sheets, celebrating the flower of Taizhou, the Camellia. It is a wonderful sight.

#96 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (My city in China: THIS IS TAIZHOU, the City of the Pheonix, Part 1)

March 11th 2008
It is difficult to imagine, unless one has been a personal witness, how much Taizhou has changed its image and sky-line in only 2 years. That is the time since my first visit to this "mid-size" Chinese-city of 5 million inhabitants. Now it is my place of satisfying employment as a college teacher, and here I will continue to enjoy my second, comfortable home for some years to come. My time ... read more

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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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