Travel: Anhui

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Justin Bergman, In Rising China, Centuries-Old Charm. New York Times, Oct 30, 2011(Sunday's travel section).
http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/1 ... sq=anhui&st=cse

My comment:
(a) Xidi  安徽省黄山市黟县西递镇 西递村 (黟县位于黄山山脉南麓; 西递镇原名东源乡, 1988年更名)

Also: 安徽省黟县宏村镇宏村
(b) The article states, "Xidi, in particular, has an illustrious history. Founded in 1047 by the Hu family, Xidi began to grow rich as a trading center during the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). As the population swelled, the Hus gained power as imperial officials and built elaborate two-story compounds and giant archways."

This is the first time I learned that buildings with more than one fllor existed in ancient China.
(c) Huizhou  徽州
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%BD%E5%B7%9E

Hui–style architecture 徽派建筑
(d) horse-head walls  马头墙 (for photos, check images.google.com)

See 封火墙
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%81%E7%81%AB%E5%A2%99
(封火墙在中国各地区有着不同的造型形式：如徽派建筑中的封火墙形如马头，俗称马头墙)
(e) Pig's Heaven Inn  猪栏酒吧乡村客栈

豬欄酒吧鄉村客棧, 黃山市的照片
http://www.tripadvisor.com.tw/Lo ... uangshan_Anhui.html

owner LI Guoyu  老板娘 李国玉
(f) Bishan  黟县碧阳镇 碧山村
(g) Zhaji  安徽省宣城市泾县厚岸乡 查济村

Anhui
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhui
(section 3 Administrative divisions: 宣城市)
(h) Julien Minet's web site:
http://www.zhaji.com/

His inn: Chawu 茶屋

(i) ethnography (n):
"the study and systematic recording of human cultures; also : a descriptive work produced from such research"
www.m-w.com
(j) fixer-upper (n): "something (as a house or car) that needs fixing up"
(k) pastis (n; French; First Known Use 1926): "a French liqueur flavored with aniseed"

* For aniseed, see
(A) anise
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anise
(Pimpinella anisum; also called aniseed; section 5 Uses, section 5.2 Liquor)
(B) 茴芹
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8C%B4%E8%8A%B9