China's Battle of the Three Kingdoms - Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Chibi and the 3 Kingdoms Battle
I am a Conversational English Teacher in China, and my first two years were spent in HongHu City in Hubei. HongHu is on the other side of the Yangtse River from Chibi Village.
Chibi is 20+ kms east of where I lived in Hong Hu, and I could ride my bicycle, take a taxi or catch a bus to the Barge Crossing. Of course one must then wait for the barge, and that can take some time. On the other side of the river it is just a case of walking a short distance to the museum and lookouts.
Chibi (Redcliffe) is a place made famous by the Battle of the Three Kingdoms and the story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
I have published several stories about my trips to Chibi Village and Puqi which is now called Chibi City. They are:
These two links take you to two sites that can provide the same material concerning a series of 'Letters home to England' written by an Englishman sometime prior to 1910. It gave me a new perspective on certain behaviours here. Honestly, not much has changed in China. Don't forget to check out the rest of the sites. They have some interesting photos taken before the turn of the 20th Century.
R.P.BenDedek is from Brisbane Australia and is the author of 'The King's Calendar: The Secret of Qumran' at http://www.kingscalendar.com His academic articles set forth Apologetics for and results of his discovery of an "artificial chronological scheme" running through the Bible, Josephus, the Damascus Documents of the Dead Sea Scrolls, and Seder Olam Rabbah.
He writes photographic 'Stories from China' and social editorial commentaries, both at KingsCalendar, and as a contributing newspaper columnist. He currently teaches Conversational English in China and in addition to his English Lessons at KingsCalendar, he has created specific sites for Students of English.
