Voyage de la Chinoise Part 3 of 4: Nanjing

[subzerohell]

Travelling by coach was never my ideal form of transport. Rows upon rows of drab, unspectacular scenery rush past, lulling one to slumber. However, the thrill of the ride was to see the signs (usually prominently displayed on huge billboards) change from "Yangzhou" to "Nanjing". Realization hits that i was on the encroaching outskirts: hills and

Comments

[anonymous]

hate to burst yr bubble, but you have been back for quite a while liao and yr only postin it now? rather late rite? wanna hear more bat yr love life..how come nothing abt it at all?

[subzerohell]

who's tis...

[maplemin]

The Colour Purple Grey

Shifting lights
Indeed life is never
in complete black or white
The effort one would take
Trudge
the stairways to reminiscence

:)

[subzerohell]

True, true..

Haha, i didnt expect anyone to comment on this article... I mean, as Weiming said "how to comment on this sia" :P

[maplemin]

YA. only me and ken commented!! see, we're so smart

the other lj users muz be baffled! heheheheh

[subzerohell]

*shrugs* heh heh.

I will!

[ken_lee]

Hurro!
I will comment!
Well...hmm...I think the Sun Yat Sen mausoleum was a kind of political thingy for Chiang Kai Shek to consolidate his power..or something like that. Can't remember.
Anyway! Sore de...!

Re: I will!

[subzerohell]

Now thats a nugget of information that the books or the tour guide WONT tell u!
Hmmm.... i dun really understand... how?

[ken_lee]

Well, I think at that point that Chiang Kai Shek and the guomindang were becoming very unpopular because the gmd was really authoritarian, so it launched this whole series of reforms to portray itself as the national unifier of the country. So, like..he brought Sun's body up from Guangdong or somewhere where it was originally buried, and built the mausoleum in his honour. Cos Sun is the 'founding father of modern China', so I guess he tried to curry favour the Chinese people! Hee hee...kudos to Prof Lean of Modern Chinese History II! Hahaha..

[subzerohell]

Wowwww. didnt know that... icic.... Looks like all that time in New York is paying off! ;)