{"id":536,"date":"2010-10-04T13:22:15","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T05:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/?p=536"},"modified":"2010-10-04T13:22:15","modified_gmt":"2010-10-04T05:22:15","slug":"xuejia-changzhou-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2010\/10\/04\/xuejia-changzhou-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"XueJia, Changzhou Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/dsc04481.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-537\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/dsc04481.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With more than a hundred photos taken yesterday in XueJia, I knew that there was more to tell and show. \u00a0Thomas turned out to be as camera happy as I was as he was busy taking small video clips while Angel and Athena talked with Maureen and I.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/dsc04431.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-539\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/dsc04431.jpg?w=220\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>This was the master bamboo carver, one of a long line of such carvers in the Xu family. \u00a0I noticed that in our tour of this artisan shop that quite a number of books were published on the art of bamboo carving by members of the Xu family. \u00a0There is no doubt that traditional skills are transferred from fathers to sons and mothers to daughters in China.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/dsc04430.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-541\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/dsc04430.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>This is an example of the work done in this workshop. \u00a0Of course, to get a good idea of the intricacy of the workmanship, you will need to click on this image in order to see it full size.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, at the end of the day, Athena and Thomas presented us with tickets to attend Expo 2010 in Shanghai. \u00a0As well, Angel promised to be our guide around Suzhou whenever we find ourselves in that city as she is now attending the University of Suzhou<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/dsc04609.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-545\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/dsc04609.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than a hundred photos taken yesterday in XueJia, I knew that there was more to tell and show. \u00a0Thomas turned out to be as camera happy as I was as he was busy taking small video clips while &hellip; 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