Feb
20
2016
I often hear people from Dongzhi (Anhui) mention Jiande 建德. I vaguely remember it’s an ancient city/county that no longer exist. But I was wrong. Google 安徽建德 I got the following:
- zh wiki, from Qing dynasty 清朝安徽建德縣知縣
- baike, this not only claims one of tourist spots in Anhui 建德是安徽省旅游景点最集中的地区之一, the web is sizable.
- baike, an old county in Anhui 安徽省原建德县
I was confused. An inquire with a local official, I was told, “the web site is inaccurate.” Gosh! Some official sites, for example, this Dongzhi page links to its government site at www.ahdongzhi.gov.cn, in fact isn’t working (www.dongzhi.gov.cn works tho). Hello, is anybody home?
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Feb
20
2016
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Nov
9
2014
An eastern province in China. Hefei is the capital.
Notable people
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Apr
27
2014
I read this little article on Wuwei. 无为 in Anhui province. One of my ancestors passed away there.
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Aug
31
2012
Retake from LBZ Family Album published in 2011, of Wuwei.
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Apr
13
2012
191 Shouchun Road
Hefei
合肥市庐阳区寿春路191号 230001
China
The city map in 1948 and in 1949.
Coincident, I stayed at this same hotel – Baihua Hotel in Hefei (安徽百花宾馆) where we had lunch the last year. At the buffet breakfast a middle aged man in dark blue suit but in white hotel paper slippers sat at the table in front of mine – in the empty large dinning room. He had two men who obviously deferred and catered to him. During the short meal, another man came with a painting, unrolled for him to inspect. He took a look and waved the man away. He then took out a cigarette, one of the two man lighted it for him. He took a deep drag, then cleared his throat and spitted it on the carpeted floor.
The service of the hotel is ok. It’s a five minutes short walk to Li Hongzhang’s residence.
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