The Chinese love giving poetic names to the smallest of things. The ponds at the Xiao Ying Zhou are no exception. One of the more importants sights here is the…

The ancient villages of Anhui province tend to live harmoniously with nature and their intimate connection with water only emphasizes that fact. Just like Xidi 西递, Hongcun 宏村 has a…

Perhaps the largest single feature of the Xidi Ancient Town is Moon Lake. As the name implies, Moon Lake is moon shaped is the primary recreation area of the village….

It is amazing what just wandering about a place can bring you. I was walking along some path from where the ruins of the temple where when I ran into…