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Lake No Worries in the Heart of Nanjing

February 3, 2019 Awen Land of China

Lake No Worries (Mochou 莫愁湖), located west to Qinhuai River with a total area 32 hectares, was a man-made waterway created about 1,500 years ago. It was initially called Stone City Lake and assumed the current name in tribute to a local woman maned Mochou known for her beauty, talent and miserable life. As a huge pond in the urban centre […]

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Selected Classic Chinese Poems

September 21, 2018 Awen Chinese Art

A Tang poem wasn’t known to the public until very recently. When a porcelain pot of the Tang Dynasty was examined for an auction, the dealers noticed a verse inscribed on the pot. However, the verse is not included in the Complete Collection of Tang Poems (《全唐诗》):

Once depart, a thousand miles apart.
The end of the separation is not in sight.
A month, thirty days straight,
Not a single night, you’re not in my mind.

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