Visit Makes the Zhongshan Daily!

Our visit to Shan Fung Jie 68 in Yandun, Shiqi was written up by Wang Wei in the Zhongshan Daily' webpage of April 1, 2011:

http://news.dayoo.com/zhongshan/201104/01/73605_104087622.htm

The page translated by Google.
Also available on China News site: http://www.chinanews.com/zgqj/2011/04-01/2945739.shtml
And on the China Taiwan Network: http://www.chinataiwan.org/xwzx/xwrw/201104/t20110401_1808191.htm

The article mentions Dad by name, in Mandarin, Yin De Xing (尹德興 - Wan Dak Hing) as the "old man" and me as his elderly son.  It also mentions a wife who visited, an error, as well as the incorrect date of the visit -- March 28, 2011, rather than March 15.

Our relative is identified as 74-year old, Gao Lin Ya (高林雅 - Gou Lam Ngaa or "High Forest Graceful").  In the Commentary following the article, Lam Ngaa is commended for preserving and maintaining the house since 1989, keeping a promise made to relatives.  The commentary says that if the famous ancient historian Sima Qian was alive, he would have written about her.

This post will be updated as Dad and I make more sense out of the article.

Gou Lam Ngaa (right) photo from the Zhongshan News article.  The police officer on the left met with us at 68 Shan Feng Jie on March 15.

Behind the House

The house is connected to a two-story utility/storage building by an upper level outdoor walkway and a separate outhouse.  A retaining wall marks the boundary with Zhongshan City Park, where Yandunshan rises.  (Click on pictures for higher resolution viewing.)

Back courtyard facing the main house.  Upper level walkway is on the left leading to a storeroom.  The utility area is on the lower floor.  The outhouse is on the right.

Utility area on the lower floor.  Renter on left;  rickshaw driver on the right. 

Walkway provides a sheltered area for the residents below, including a place to dry washed clothes.

Smoke billowing out of the utility area.

Wok with vegetables atop the wood stove in the utility's kitchen area.

Interior review of utility area.  Note collasping ceiling.

Resident working in utility area.  Potted plants on the right.

Open working well just outside the utility area exterior door.

Well interior.

Outhouse.

Outhouse window.

Outhouse view from above.

View of neighboring buildings looking east.

Retaining wall access outside outhouse.

Terrace/retaining walls marking the boundary with Zhongshan City Park.

Reaining wall on western wide of lot.

Standing on top of the retaining wall, a view of the roof.

Holes in roof.

Another view of the retaining wall.

Upper level walkway.  View from on top of retaining wall.

Upper level storage room.

Dad standing in the main house upper level doorway.

View of  lower level of utility/storage building from upper level walkway,

Satellite dish on wall viewed from upper level walkway.

Sign material over main house upper level doorway.

Upstairs

Upper floor of the house.  (Click on pictures for higher resolution viewing.)

Dad on stairs to upper floor.

Graffitti on wall at the end of the first flight.

Dad in front of apartment door on the upper floor.

Left side of paintings on upper floor balcony.

Center painting on upper floor balcony.

Right painting on upper floor balcony.

 

View of second flight of stair to upper floor.

Apartment door at the end of the second flight of stairs on the upper floor.

Upper floor bathrrom.

Clothes washing machine with spin dryer on upper floor,

Doorway into upper floor kitchen.

Sink in upper floor kitchen.

Wok on wood-burning stove.

Implements and wok in upper floor kitchen.

Dad in doorway into upper floor on the house.

View of doorway into the upper floor of the house.

Rest of Downstairs

Other pictures of the bottom floor of the house.  (Click on pictures for higher resolution viewing.)

Window on wall behind parlor panel.

View of upstairs.

Main kitchen view.

Another view of the kitchen.

Kitchen window.

Main batchtoom.

Bathroom wall.

Boarded-up door.

Breezeway.

Only apartment downstains.

Backdoor looking toward front door.