I Met My Honey at the White House Not “THE” White House. This White House is the name of a small village in rural Guangdong Province, China; population 200. The Chinese name is “Baiqi” (buy chee). Two days earlier, my friends treated me to lunch at a farmhouse restaurant near the village. On the [...]
I Dug a Hole to China! by Marc Curtis ©2017 MarcCurtis.com What 6-year-old boy hasn’t grabbed his shovel and started digging? Everyone was doing it in the 1950s. Mom always said, “Eat everything on your plate. There are starving kids in China!” It became our solemn duty to dig that hole so we could [...]
And Then She Was Gone ©2017 MarcCurtis.com all rights reserved Grandma Huang, Cigarette Filter Out Huang Family Home She lived a life of poverty on a hillside in Sanxiang town, Guangdong Province, China. Verqun’s grandmother was stricken with dementia. I only met her once, on New Year’s Day. The [...]
Changsha Hunan Province China Junk Boats Morning Exercise Very Spicy Hunan Food Changsha Hunan Province is known as the hometown of Mao Zedong, although his birthplace is actually 100km away in Shaoshan Village. Changsha. As the capital of Hunan Province in south central China, Changsha is at the center [...]
Xiamen Fujian China Xiamen Food Street Gulangyu Temple Temple Roof The history of Xiamen Fujian China dates back to the ancient times. It was part of Tong'an County, which was established in the 3rd year of Emperor Taikang's reign in the Jin Dynasty (282 A.D.). The County was first [...]
Kashgar China The ancient city of Kashgar is the Western Gateway to China at the intersection of the Northern and Southern Silk Road Trade Route. The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is home to 47 ethnic groups, most notably the Uyghur Muslims. In "The Travels of Marco Polo" he writes: Kashgar was once a kingdom, but [...]