Ge Garden and He Garden of Yangzhou, Photo #2

Of special interest to me are these beautiful bamboo stalks. The gardens are especially known for their variety of bamboo collections, a revered plant all over China, seen in famous paintings, used in making furniture and household goods, and used as foods by every Chinese, (including the wonderful Panda).

#101 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (The City of Yangzhou, Taizhou's Beautiful Neighbor)

September 7th 2008
It has been sometime since my last entry, and much has happened in my life here in China. I am trying to gather my thoughts, and compile them and all of the hundreds of pictures of my past eventful weeks into my computer for a next series of TravelBlogs. It will take me some time, and I hope to become more prolific in presenting you so many of my joys and adventures in China from this past summe ... read more

Asia » China » Jiangsu » Yangzhou

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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