tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post5611931533207167003..comments2024-03-23T06:42:28.774+08:00Comments on the view from fanling: across the tracksDennis Hodgsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-60682422642086804542012-12-23T09:13:16.515+08:002012-12-23T09:13:16.515+08:00I don’t know whether you’re aware of this Yunyi, b...I don’t know whether you’re aware of this Yunyi, but permission from the emperor was required before a clan could build an ancestral hall, so they were seen as elitist by the likes of Mao Zedong, and for this reason many in China were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.<br /><br />Even though the river may not be as clean as it was in earlier centuries, it still supports a lot of wildlife, Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-21739992114987841292012-12-21T06:53:32.501+08:002012-12-21T06:53:32.501+08:00what a discovery! a beautiful river, serene and pe...what a discovery! a beautiful river, serene and peaceful. i guess its water must be way cleaner hundreds years ago. what i miss china is those mountains, with distinguished shape lay lazily in not so distant views, and beneath them usually are open plains. <br />the ancestral hall you found is quite "ancient", for what i know we can hardly see any architectures dated that old in china Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-16670698220515536092012-12-17T16:50:13.234+08:002012-12-17T16:50:13.234+08:00I would say that ‘feral’ tends to be used rather v...I would say that ‘feral’ tends to be used rather vaguely nowadays Rum. Strictly speaking, it refers to any domestic animal that has gone wild (I can still remember encountering feral goats in the Australian Outback in 1970).<br /><br />Cycling is certainly fun though. And you can stay on the riverbanks and avoid the hills here. I think that there is more headroom than there appears to be, but I Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-51300015536167737022012-12-17T15:19:49.487+08:002012-12-17T15:19:49.487+08:00Wow, you sure do have a fair bit of wildlife in yo...Wow, you sure do have a fair bit of wildlife in your neck of the woods Dennis. Heron's, buffalo and kingfishers etc. When you mentioned the word 'feral cows' I had to smile because we usually use the word 'feral' in regards to wild cats going crazy, so I imagined a bunch of cows playing havoc with the people, ha ha.<br /><br />I love the way you like to explore the areas Rum-Punch Drunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13531893705181077869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-93388472181466012012-12-16T18:44:03.313+08:002012-12-16T18:44:03.313+08:00It certainly is Bryan. Great countryside for cycli...It certainly is Bryan. Great countryside for cycling.<br />Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290973459084131413.post-89962075453840555272012-12-16T18:27:46.806+08:002012-12-16T18:27:46.806+08:00That's some beautiful country there.That's some beautiful country there.Bryan Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607046468663026271noreply@blogger.com