Nan Xun, Nanxun, Bear's `Nan Xun•, China Page.

NANXUN,
or NAN XUN

(Huang Jing Di stands in front of sign in tourist welcome center.)

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NOTE: This story is mostly pictures.

Story and Photos by

LEE A. WOOD

Nan Xun (pronounced Nan Shing) is on the Southern shore of Tai Hu Lake, about an hour's drive South West of Shanghai and almost directly South of Wuxi, .

(Overloaded truck on freeway.)

FREEWAY INTO NAN XUN.

 (Billboards along freeway)

FREEWAY INTO NAN XUN.

(people on bridge.)

BRIDGE INTO NAN XUN.

 (Canal from bridge.)

(Busy street.) (Pedicab.)

(Map of tourist area.) (Directional sign of tourist area.) .

(Decorated building along canal.) (Trees & buildings along canal.)

(A blacksmith heats some metal in his furnace.)

A BLACKSMITH HEATS SOME METAL IN HIS FURNACE.

(A lady washes clothes in the canal)

THE CLOTH AND CONTAINERS MAY BE MODERN BUT THE METHOD IS AS ANCIENT AS THE STAIRS.

 (Cormorants on old boat in canal.)

(Trees & buildings along canal.) (Proprietor in a store of porcelain.)

CUSTOMERS ARE FEW IN JANUARY. THE PROPRIETOR HOLDS A HOT WATER BOTTLE BENEATH HER COAT TO KEEP HER HANDS WARM.

(Boats on canal.) (Boats on canal.)

(Old rock forming entrance to garden.) (Garden from top of a large rock .)

(Old entrance gate.)

THIS ENTRANCE GATE IS REPUTED TO BE 1,000 YEARS OLD.

 (Old rock as statue.)

(Information sign.) (Buildings on far side of pond.)

THE BUILDING ON THE RIGHT, ON THE WATER, IS THE POEM ROOM.

(Girl spinning silk into thread.) (Girl spinning silk into thread.)

THE COCOONS OF THE SILK WORM ARE SOFTENED IN THE WARM WATER. THE GIRL UNRAVELS THE STRANDS FROM THE COCOON AND RUNS THEM ON TO THE SPINDLE WHERE THEY ARE TURNED INTO THREADS OF SILK.

(Boats in a canal.) (Meat hanging from windowsill .)

STILL IN PRACTICE TODAY, AN ANCIENT STYLE OF DRYING AND SPICING MEAT.

(Man working with cotton.)

LIKE A LARGE ONE STRINGED INSTRUMENT THE MAN KIT'S THE WIRE WITH HIS MARIACHI. THE VIBRATIONS OF THE WIRE SEPARATE THE COTTON FIBRE.

 (A restaurant along the canal.)

CHILDREN IN THE PLAY AREA NEAR THE DOCKS.

(Stone Archway)

SHEN ZHI PAIFANG.

 (Children playing inside a narrow lane.)

MANY STREETS ARE VERY NARROW.

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