KwanHo,

I certainly wish taking advantage of my unique connection with so many Chinese friends to organize a special group tour/visits only to the selected places we prefer but learned it is virtually impossible without taking the risks through my painful personal experiences. But alone I could take chance to visit a few places with the helps by the local friends. Main hazard/risk, for example, is totally unpredictable or rather unreliable local/regional airline in particular I had terrible experiences with - it is another long story!!!- to move around inside of China to reach to the remote area no tourists visit. Indeed, after I tried such personal private tour with my distant cousin, 조동원 교수 who is nationally known expert of 탑본 ( to make the copying from tombstones by rubbing he traveled all over China/Manchuria), former 성균관대학교 대학원장 a few occasions, I gave up with such frustration!

Anyhow, those experiences were almost 30 years ago so that I am sure there are much improvement now, I hope.

BB

I wish I would have known 진회 with such famous historical background before, while I visited Nanjing!!! I certainly would have visited 진회 if I had some ideas!

Too bad no one mentioned about such famous 진회구 near by Nanjing while I visited Nanjing University three times to give workshops and they took me around to show the area. Perhaps, they might not know!!

Indeed, sadly, my Chinese friends in our age group were never taught for their such invaluable history of their own through infamous Cultural Revolution so that they might not have any idea on such famous 진회구.

As a matter of fact, my pal, Li LinSun, Founding Prof of Interventional Radiology of Nanjing Univ was so mad at me having more knowledge in Chinese history than he who was raised through Cultural Revolution. I don't know whether their new generation now has more opportunities to learn about their Bourgeoisie history but I am doubtful!!!

BB

Yesterday, KwanHo, I received another letter in regard to my hacked email from one Chinese friend but from Taiwan this time and had a chance to talk about my newly found fun to listen a new version of Chinese poem through the singing based on new melody style you kindly introduced - by the way, I tried to download the music you shared as above through YouTube on MP3 system but it was blocked allowing only to listen!!!- and also talked about you with enormous knowledge in Chinese history and poems, wishing to visit many historical places in China. And learned you certainly could to make your dream come true!! Indeed, they do have such unique tour/opportunity for old Chinese intellectuals living in Taiwan. So I wonder whether you speak Chinese as well! If so you certainly could join to such mini group tour perfectly fitting to your wish.

By the way, only in Taiwan, the original Chinese alphabets are used as you already know and no one in the mainland can read it any longer so that they all have to learn new abbreviated alphabets as well to travel to mainland.