When I walked out the door of the school building after my morning class I was greeted by a long line of somber-looking students and teachers, ranged beneath a red banner stamped with stark white characters. The banner hung over
Qufu
Our memorable travels in local Shandong Province, accompanied by my parents, began in this ancient and revered Chinese town, birthplace of Confucius over 2,500 years ago. We are big fans of round doorways. A side gate of the ancient
Tai Shan, Zhujiayu, and Fu Shan
Our Shandong travels, continued… Tai Shan is the holiest of China’s five holy peaks. Blossoms were still out as we started our climb. The more than six thousand stairs, mounted for centuries by Emperors who came to pay
Spring Dao
In Chinese, “dao” can mean “to arrive.” Here in Qingdao, the arrival of spring (now warming into summer) accompanied a transition in our own China adventure, as life became more and more familiar and comfortable. The winter ocean, silhouetting the