{"id":422,"date":"2010-09-14T18:43:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T10:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/?p=422"},"modified":"2010-09-14T18:43:36","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T10:43:36","slug":"jingling-lu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2010\/09\/14\/jingling-lu\/","title":{"rendered":"JingLing Lu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dsc03773.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-423\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dsc03773.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a>Well, some things never change, even in this city where change seems to be the first word in this city&#8217;s life. \u00a0I remember our first walk down JinLing Lu as we headed into the centre of the city. \u00a0We passed a flower shop that had a scene that talked about Christmas. \u00a0That was in August in 2006. \u00a0A few days ago we again walked on the same street and again saw the same scene in the window. \u00a0It was worth another photograph even though I had taken this photo four years ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dsc03774.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-425\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dsc03774.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a>This is another scene that hasn&#8217;t changed. \u00a0There are certain images that somehow become symbolic of each city. \u00a0Having visited a number of cities in China, this sculpture tells me that we are in Changzhou.<\/p>\n<p>The city has sculptures at many different intersections as well in various parks. \u00a0The city is working hard to be more than a factory city, to have an identity that is more cultured. \u00a0It is a big job and an expensive job. \u00a0So far, I think the city is showing signs of success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, some things never change, even in this city where change seems to be the first word in this city&#8217;s life. \u00a0I remember our first walk down JinLing Lu as we headed into the centre of the city. \u00a0We passed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2010\/09\/14\/jingling-lu\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23,28,33,38,75,100,123,126,217],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-c-i-t","tag-changzhou","tag-china","tag-chinese","tag-esl-blog","tag-foreign-teacher","tag-jiangsu","tag-jinling-lu","tag-teaching-esl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}