Reflections on water |
| Date Added: September 24, 2009 06:58:09 AM |
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| July 16, China Daily - Water, water everywhere, and every drop is cherished. Wuyuan is crisscrossed with many beautiful rivers, which, in ancient times, served as major channels for transport. Logs, bamboo and tea were floated from the landlocked county to Poyang, China's largest fresh-water lake, and then on to all the Throttle valve commercial hubs along the Yangtze River. The value of water is more discernable in its Non-return valve symbolic use, though. Many fengshui-conscious Chinese regard water as a symbol of wealth, and nowhere is it more palpable than in Wuyuan. Every household here - I mean the old ones - has part of the roof open so that rain can pour into the main hall. While the architectural style of nearby provinces, such as northern Zhejiang, turns this open space into a courtyard, here in Wuyuan the rain-soaked ground is part of the hall and on clear days you won't notice much difference, except in some households the ground has sunken slightly. But even if it's totally flat, the paved stone slabs actually hide a carefully dug tunnel underneath. For the water gathered here is not to be flushed out, but retained for as long as possible. Only when it overflows does it go outside. |
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