{"id":2007,"date":"2019-02-24T16:25:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T22:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/?p=2007"},"modified":"2019-02-24T16:25:01","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T22:25:01","slug":"2-26-tamsui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/2019\/02\/24\/2-26-tamsui\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/26 Tamsui"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_accordion _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.17&#8243;][et_pb_accordion_item _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.17&#8243; title=&#8221;CHU T\u2019ien-hsin, \u201cThe Old Capital\u201d&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;off&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#2b87da&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#29c4a9&#8243; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;linear&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction=&#8221;180deg&#8221; background_color_gradient_direction_radial=&#8221;center&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;0%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;100%&#8221; background_color_gradient_overlays_image=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; background_size=&#8221;cover&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;normal&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; background_video_pause_outside_viewport=&#8221;on&#8221; text_shadow_style=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;none&#8221; hover_transition_duration=&#8221;300ms&#8221; hover_transition_delay=&#8221;0ms&#8221; hover_transition_speed_curve=&#8221;ease&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-337\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/946\/2017\/01\/twmemory885-300x196.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/946\/2017\/01\/twmemory885-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/946\/2017\/01\/twmemory885-150x98.png 150w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/946\/2017\/01\/twmemory885.png 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>p.113-116<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>the wide river [Tamsui River]: &#8220;Doesn&#8217;t that look like the Yangtze River?&#8221; \/ You ignored the single-ridge southern Min-style houses, with their slanted roofs, agreeing that it was a San Francisco sort of view, even though neither of you had ever been there.<\/li>\n<li>sandbars with the small egrets, buffalo herons, and night herons: &#8220;Clear streams meander through the Hanyang Woods\/Fragrant grasses spread across Parrot Islet.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>when a sea of fiery red flowers covered the flame tree, you felt as if you were in Spain or some small Mediterranean town.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>p.123-127<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Qing history vs. French navy<\/li>\n<li>the low, cloudy sky: reminded you of <em>Ryan&#8217;s Daughter<\/em>&#8230;<em>The French Lieutenant&#8217;s Woman<\/em>&#8230;repressed, dark, gloomy England<\/li>\n<li>the Samaritan who drowned while trying to save someone at Xinghuadian [<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2FHtpI3WSj4?t=165\">Li Shuangze<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>p.173-174<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arcg.is\/0jCLLn\">your secret garden<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mackay Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Zhenli Street vs. four-lane Zhongshan Road<\/li>\n<li>you were lost<\/li>\n<li><em>During the Taiyuan Reign of the Jin Dynasty a fisherman of Wuling once rowed upstream, unmindful of the distance he had gone&#8230;<\/em><\/li>\n<li>you never went back<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>p.204-209<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Dadu Road: small-town America<\/li>\n<li>the Tamsui MTR [typo of MRT] Line&#8217;s cement wall vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/mtoc\/mangroves\/\">the mangroves and the river<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wether it was an official from the central or a local government, from the ruling party or the opposition, everyone vied to see who loved this island more. 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