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Written by Taospark
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Tuesday, 05 September 2006 |
Graciously provided by Peter (aka tigre who leads the Hong Kong Cantonese in New York Meetup Group) and cross-hosted at our Meetup Group website here, these photos show the beautiful and renovated diversity of the hometown of many Cantonese. Taken very recently, we hope that they will brighten your day just a little and provide a glimpse into
both Cantonese and Toishanese heritage.
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Taishan City Proper
  Taishan Village
FROM FURTHER AWAY, Taishan City does not look like the epicenter of one of the largest migration shifts in recent history and much like any of the other humble unassuming agricultural cities.
Pedestrians rule some streets...
  ...and share the lanes with motorbikes elsewhere
CARS JUST ON THE CUSP OF PROLIFERATION, most Taishanites prefer to walk or if necessary, go around on motorbikes. With repaved roads, modern bridges, and an upgraded industrial infrastructure, this may however soon change.
An ancient guntower watches over the new Taishan
  Remodeled Entrance to Taishan Museum
NO CITY IS COMPLETE without a little culture to pepper its streets and Taishan does not disappoint with ancient watchtowers, monuments to old scholars and poets, a relaxing hot spring used by locals for centuries, and a museum to catalogue it all.
And who could forget the farmland?
A PHOTO TOUR WOULD NOT BE COMPLETE without the rich and breathtaking farmland with Taishan County is famous for from Taishan City Proper to Suibu and beyond. With mountain as mighty as the Appalachians in some places and farmland as lush as a Midwestern corn field, the rice paddies and cropland here has fed millions of Chinese for nearly a thousand years.
We hope you have enjoyed this short photo tour of Taishan City and adjoining areas although it is nowhere near a complete depiction of a historical and important area of China. If you'd like to know more, you can start with our links collection of websites about the Taishan/Toishan area here or on Google.
Please keep in mind the different spelling of Taishan/Toishan/Toy Shan depending on dialect translation. In Toishanese, it is prounounced "Hoi Son" with a short "o" vowel sound. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 04 March 2008 )
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