Zhu Jia Jiao
The Venice of China – my sister at large takes me there and we glide through the narrow canals in a wooden Chinese gandola, under the Love Bridge, by the people in their windows relaxing, eating, conversing, by the women squatting near the banks washing their dishes and/or toilet, all in the same water.
We visit a Chinese garden where the four elements are bamboo, chrysanthenum, plum and orchid – the superior plants.
Outside the tightly squeezed houses are clotheslines with underwear – my friend says, “the national flag of China.”
