Travel: Hangzhou

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David Pilling, High-Speed to History; Bullet trains have made the ancient city of Hangzhou more accessible to tourists. Financial Times, Mar 24, 2012.

Note:
(a) Heathrow Terminal 5 Station
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_Terminal_5_station
(opened on Mar 27, 2008
(b) LS Lowry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._S._Lowry
(Laurence Stephen Lowry; 1887-1976; an English artist; He had a distinctive style of painting and is best known for urban landscapes peopled with human figures often referred to as "matchstick men")

(i) Search images.google.com with (stickmatch Lowry)--no quotation marks.
(ii) Lowry, a surname in Northern England, Scotland and Ireland, is a pet form of Lawrence.
(c) For Aya Sofia, see Hagia Sophia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia
(a building who Greek name means "Holy Wisdom" and Turkish spelling is Ayasofya)
(d) Thomas Hardy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardy
(1840-1928; an English novelist and poet)
(e) Lingying temple 灵隐寺
http://www.lingyinsi.org/
(f) Yongfu temple  永福禅寺/永福寺
http://www.yongfusi.com.cn/
(g) Master Hui Li 慧理 和尚
(h) Hefang Street  河坊街
(i) dragon-beard candy 龙须糖
(not heard of in Taiwan)
(j) Pan Yong Tai Cotton Shop 潘永泰棉花店