A trip back to Lung Village, Nanshan (China)

Finally, I made a trip back to my grandpa's hometown last week. Located 5 hours from Foshan, a trip back to Lung Village, Nanshan, took forever! Without any expectation, everything I saw took me by surprise. Things you see on Tv shows about China and what you see there is exactly the same! Im talking about rural development and not the urban ones.

*my grand uncle's home**my grand uncle - pumping water from reservoir beneath**Uncle Zhong Da - at the roof of the house**Kitchen**Kung Fu Tea - You can hardly find a bottle of mineral water*

*one of the mode of transportation**some old pics of me and my family*

These houses are as old as it can get! Coming from a wealthy and much more developed country, I felt blessed with the amenities and lifestyle that Im having back here. Everything is just so different!
*it was mid-autumn Festival and we paid our respect to the full moon*

Air pollution is relatively low in the rural areas.. early in the morning, you can relax and take a walk around the village, with many surprises awaiting you. Everyone in the village are entitled to a piece of land located behind the village near the mountains. These lands are then used to cultivate maize, rice, green vegetables, potatoes, peanuts, longan, and so much more. Their harvest are enough for them to survive all year round. Life in Nanshan is simple. Wake up early in the morning, fertilize their crops, dinner, wash up and sleep.

As the village is welcoming winter, i woke up feeling so cold and decided to go for a walk. Little do i know that traditional sewage management still exists in this world!! So shocked to see villagers carrying their 'waste', walking on the pathway and giving me that look~ Priceless!! A little reminder, do not ever go to their farms early dawn as this is the time they add these 'natural fertilizers'.

*natural fertilisers*

I also got to see villagers leading their goats to the hills for feeding early in the morning!! WOW!! You can also get fresh goat milk from the lady who owns these goats at RMB $2, a bottle.

I came to know that in the Lung village in Nanshan, a small part of the village are all inhabitated by Ten's family. However, we are not related to each other. I also found out that there is a "chi-tong" in the local primary school that belongs to the Ten's family where we can find the ancestors of Ten's family.

*Ten's family Chi-tong*

Now rural areas have developed so much that they have electricity supply and also water. Some fortunate ones will have their gas supply too. Water supplied to this village comes from the mountains, where it is believed that it has supernatural powers in healing the body.

My uncles also brought me to meet my grand dad's parents. Their grave are located at one of the farms of the villagers. I paid my respect and felt glad to be there. I wanted to pay respect to my 'tai tai kung' but its grave were beyond our reach. The bushes were taller than me and it was near a pond. Not having any utensils to clear the way, we headed home instead.