I found my Grandfather's village in Taishan in Guangdong Province . My grandfather's house is still standing after 106 years. My grandfather built the four story house out of cement and it is still the largest house in the village.  Some one uses the house to store materials to make honey.   I  stood on the front balcony where my dad stood with his two brothers over a hundred years ago.  The house is derelict but has withstood the test of time.  

 I have not posted in quite some time since i have retired from teaching.  I have travelled a bit back to China.  The provinces of china are so different from one another in topography and culture.   In Fujian Province , I came upon a park  where  Lao Tzu is said to have retired to contemplate and meditate after he had written the 80 verses of  the Tao.   At the front entrance to the park is a stone sculpture of Lao Tzu that is 1200 years old and behind stone statue is the mountain valley.  On top of the mountain  is a restaurant from which you can see a panoramic view of the whole countryside.