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A hike through Qingcheng Back Mountain with classmates, covering the ride, the trail, and the small scenes along the way.
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2026
Summer
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I toured Wangjiang Pavilion on June 12, but the write-up dragged; weeks later I scraped together what details I could recall and set them down for later.
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Following Lu You's old route from Qingyang Palace to Baihuatan, through birdsong, lotus flowers, Sichuan opera, and a legend behind the park's name.
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A walk from Qingyang Palace to Baihuatan, with a tabby cat, bird perches, sluice gates, Canglang Bridge, and old stories of Du Fu, Li Bai, and Chengdu.
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A late Chengdu afternoon from Sichuan Museum to Huanhua Creek and Du Fu Thatched Cottage, tying a loose walk to Du Fu's brief peace in the city.
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A northwest Chengdu trip through missed tickets, scenic buses, Anlan Bridge, Feishayan, Baopingkou, Guanxian Ancient City, and sleepless Mount Qingcheng.
Spring
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Notes from an afternoon at the Chengdu Botanical Garden, right after my mid-term defense on April 1st.
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An excellent natural history museum with rich dinosaur fossils and mammal specimens, thoughtful exhibit design and animal mounts — well worth a visit.
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Standing alone and prominent above all other hills, with a circumference of over twenty li at its base, overlooking the great sea
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February 28 at Qingdao Underwater World, then March 5 at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
Winter
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Reading notes on Hermann Hesse's Beneath the Wheel, and how Hans's story mirrors my own years of exam-driven schooling and burnout.
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Dazhu Mountain lies 120 li south of the county seat. The *Qi Cheng* records: a famous mountain by the sea. Sheer and craggy, ten thousand fathoms high, its presence overwhelms the surrounding peaks. At its foot, rocks split open to form a gate; there is Stone Gate Temple, and beside it a spring gushing forth like pearls and jade, called Jade Spring, hence the mountain is also known as Jade Spring Mountain. Beside the spring lies a Reclining Elephant Rock; to the east are Lion Peak and Bell Peak, both strikingly lifelike. About two li south, there is Flying Rock; ascending tier by tier leads to the South Heaven Gate. Past Iron Plate Bridge, there is a stone chamber also called Hemp Garment Hermitage, and further Zhu Zhao Hermitage, Black Dragon Pool, Imperial Altar, Ksitigarbha Shrine, and Jade Palace immortal traces too numerous to mention — truly a wonder of the region.
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A running review of 2025 blog changes, covering Markdown rendering, images, themes, fonts, responsive design, and performance work.
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Just a running log of 2026.
2025
Summer
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Notes from an evening stroll at Jinji Lake on July 1st
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After picking up lychees, an afternoon photo walk through the Lingering Garden
Spring
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May 18th
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Thus I observe the measure of contentment, forsaking ambitions like drifting clouds, building a house and planting trees, free and self-possessed. The ponds suffice for fishing, the harvested grain for farming. Watering the garden and selling vegetables provides for daily meals; tending sheep and brewing cheese awaits the seasons' needs. Filial in devotion, brotherly in bonds — this too is the governance of the unskilled.
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Visiting Tiger Hill on May 2nd
Winter
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Xiaohongshu temple fair; collect Spring Festival Shu stickers and redeem a Spring Festival Little Red Box
2024
Winter
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December 21, 2024: a travel day from Chengdu to Shanghai and Suzhou before reporting to Momenta.
Autumn
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Summer
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A travel note from Tangdao Bay and May Fourth Square in Qingdao, with stops at Yumingzui Village, the Olympic Sailing Center, and Zhanqiao.
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July 29, 2024, Qingdao's new Zhanqiao and Deep Blue Light.