Last weekend, I went to XiaoZhou Village(小洲村), The last water village of Guangzhou. It’s the second time I visited there. Last time was 8 years ago. XiaoZhou Village changed a lot these years. The former national ecological village is disappearing!

They always say the best soup bun(汤包) is NanXiang XiaoLongbao(南翔小笼包). I have enjoyed many kinds of NanXiang Xiaolongbao in different places, But this time, I finally got a chance to visit the most famous soup bun store, Nanxiang Bun Shop (Nanxiang Mantou Dian) in Shanghai.

It’s Valentine’s Day today, But I want talk about another kind of love, It’s love from parents.
Wonton(馄饨) is a kind of traditional Chinese food. We can buy wonton easily from supermarkets, Or enjoy them easily at restaurants, But my parents insist on making wonton for me before I leave. They know their wonton is the kind I love most.

Century egg(皮蛋 in Chinese) is a kind of tradional Chinese food. It has a lot of interesting English names such as century egg, hundred-year egg,Or thousand-year egg, Because foreigner think it should take long time to compelte the process of transforming.
But we call it pine-patterned egg, Do you notice the pine patterns in the white of the egg?

My uncle always preserves the traditional things of our family very well. I am so glad to see this wooden stool of my great-grandfather in my uncle’s home.
It’s made during Qing Dynasty.

It’s an aged bowl of Ge Kiln porcelain.
To my surprise, I saw my grandfather’s name was engraved on the bowl. ” That’s an old tradition of Southern Yangtze River that already disappeared.” My uncle said.

September and October in the traditional Chinese calendar are the harvest times for Chinese Mitten Crabs(大闸蟹). That also called the crab season in China.
My brother-in-law specially drove faraway to Yangcheng Lake(阳澄湖), the most famous area for the Chinese mitten crabs, And brought us a lot of fresh plump Chinese Mitten Crabs.
Yes, They are considered as the best yummies of the Southern Yangtze River.

My dear sisters bought many Water Chestnuts for us at XiTang. That’s a kind of snack food at Southern Yangtze River.
My sisiters also told me that we can enjoy picking Water Chestnuts if we went to the country field at my father’s hometown.
What a wonderful idea!

I was so glad to know that my dear uncle and aunty would make Double Ninth cake for us. It’s the first time I ate Double Ninth cake.We can buy Double Ninth cake in fine design now, But few people know how to make it at home.
My uncle’s  Double Ninth cake seemed simply than those we saw in big party, But it was made by real traditional way. And It tasted so great!

XiTang is only one hour away from my father’s hometown. It’s one of the most famous living ancient water towns of Southern Yangtze River. But I don’t like the crowd there.
I still miss these old days, water towns with clean river and pacific atmosphere.

I saw these antique wood carving cake tin at Xitang, one of the most famous Water Towns of Southern Yangtze River, China.
Almost every family of Water Towns has such traditional things, They were handed on from one generation to another. These cake tins are collection now.

I have visited my father’s hometown at Southern Yangtze River last two weeks.
There are many things and feelings I want share with you, My friends. Okay, Let’s start with the golden paddyfield. It’s the symble of golden season of a land of honey and milk.