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Foshan, “Water World” half man half God (Map)
Guangzhou Daily reported December 9 (Xinhua Deng column peak) in the dawn’s light, a leap away from the horizon of our aircraft came to Foshan sky. Foshan in the air overlooking the earth, in addition to occasional scattered distribution of some low hills, the front is basically Yimapingchuan, yes, here is the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, southern Guangdong, the essence of culture, the birthplace of the most.
Navigation in this magical land above the bird’s eye view Foshan earth, changes in the richest than the “water” of the. West River, North River at this intersection, then the size of the divergence out of the countless river, creek, Dongping waterway, Fenjiang waterways, Beijiao waterways, Lubao Bay, southwest of Bay … … here is the famous Lingnan Water Village.
In the West, one block north river between the two rivers on the island, one for the Pearl River Delta Art Institute of Chicago 500 years, rated as agricultural civilization of southern Guangdong, the highest level of agricultural ecological structure – “Sankey fish ponds,” presented before our eyes. Here is not only confirms the industrialized Pearl River Delta before entering the “land of plenty”, but also records the ancestors of the people of southern Guangdong, had thousands of years in this wasteland extension soil, cultivation harvest aspects of life.
A typical Pearl River Delta "Sankey fish ponds," They
Although the manufacturing sector is now very popular in the last century sericulture had been 90 years out of Foshan, the stage, but in Jiujiang, Nanzhuang, Xiqiao, Longjiang, Chencun, music from the fish ponds in the hinterland such as Sanchi, still visible in large tracts of fish ponds. As “frame” based on the same pond, a small Western-style seat to replace the original old house, and prosperous, and the only constant is still a share of pristine rivers and lakes mood.
Foshan’s sailing in the sky, watching lament, where unique topography, the original half God and half are man-made.
