Wherever you travel in China, at least in Han-dominated areas, you'll encounter a stone lion as the traditional mascot guarding the entrance.
As one rambles on the jetty that leads to the ferry on Techeng Island, one may notice empty wooden huts on both sides, whose facades are plastered with posters of beautiful young women of many races. They are a reminder of a beauty pageant held here in late 2010.
An ancient village that has fallen by the wayside now waits to be reborn as a tourist destination.
Zhanjiang is a prefecture-level city in the southwestern part of Guangdong province.
The Americans have a saying that you can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy. In the story of Chinese poet Su Shi (1037-1101), it was the boy who seemed to make the countryside.