Rong-Gong Lin II, Death's lessons learned; Taiwanese family traditions meant little to an American journalist before the loss that struck his family. Now his grandmother's gifts are plain to see. Los Angeles Times, Mar. 11, 2010.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-taiwan-roots11-2010mar11,0,3854064.story?page=1
Note:
(a) Jiali 台南縣 佳里鎮
(a) Si wu tang, pinying for 四物湯 (comprising 當歸,熟地, 白芍 and 川芎)
(b) Aiyu jelly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiyu_jelly
(愛玉冰; originating in Taiwan)
(c) Hsi Lai Temple (佛光山) 西來寺, founded in 1988 by 星雲大師 and located at Hacienda Heights, California
http://www.hsilai.org
(d) Hsinying 台南縣 新營市 (county seat)
(e) columbarium (n; Latin literally, dovecote, from columba dove): "a structure of vaults lined with recesses for cinerary urns"
cote (n): "a shed or coop for small domestic animals and especially pigeons"
(2) An English doctor.
特写:情牵两岸的兰大弼医生. BBC Chinese, Mar. 13, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/uk/2010/03/100313_farewell_landsborough.shtml
(1980年返回英国)
Note:
(a) David Landsborough IV
(1914-Mar. 2, 2010, dead at age 96)
(b) 彰化基督教醫院 Changhua Christian Hospital
www.cch.org.tw
(於1896年由英籍宣教師蘭大衛醫師創設)
(c) 聯合歸正教會 United Reformed Church
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Reformed_Church
("a Christian church in Great Britain that resulted from a union of the Presbyterian Church of England and the Congregational Church in England and Wales in 1972")