Lugu Lake, Heaven on Earth

Rock came to Yunnan in 1922. He spent 27 years in Yunnan, and for over 20 years he lived on an island in Lugu Lake. 

Rock had deep emotion of this land which is surrounded by water. When he was dying, he told his best friend (in 1926) that, he preferred to die among the flowers on Lugu Island, instead of dying in the hospital in Hawaii.

Today I follow the footsteps of Rock to this incredible lake. There are 5 islands, 3 peninsulas, 1 seawall attached island. They are of different shapes with thousands of green trees. They look like green boats floating on the lake.

I was sitting beside the lake quietly. Before I came here, I am a city man with too many upset things hunting in my mind.

I couldn’t find a proper word to describe what I saw. Heaven is the only word I can say.

The unforgettable faces at The Yellow River(1)

The Yellow River is the mother river of Chinese. It is the second longest river in China. 

The Yellow River is called "the cradle of Chinese civilization". The Yellow River basin has an east-west extent of 1900 km (1,180 mi) and a north-south extent of 1100 km (684 mi). Its total basin area is 742,443 km² (290,520 mi²).

Recently, I drove my car to a small village nearby the Yellow River. It costs me 8 days to get there. I start off at Beijing. So it is quite a long journey.

The small village I visited is called Lijiashan. People of that village really impressed me.

Usually, I featured on nature view. It is quiet raw that I take human images. However, during my trip of the Yellow River, the nice people from Lijiashan village really touched me.