The City of Chenzhou in Photos

"Chenzhou's Soo Yo Sculpture"

The is a sculpture of "Soo Yo", a famous character from Chenzhou during the Han Dynasty.  He was born with special powers and abandoned in a cave.   A white deer fed him and a crane gave him warmth.  As a young child, he would go with the other children to take livestock to graze, and it is because of his special powers that to this day, cows and buffalo will go out to graze and return home on their own.

Soo Yo became a fairy, but before he did, he was good to his mother and told her there would be a plague.  To cure the plague, he told her to draw water from the well and boil it with tangerine leaves.  Because of this, the people of Chenzhou have a good heart and a gift in treating illness.  This sculpture was erected the first day of tenth month of 1998.  (Translated from Chinese to English*)

*Click to see the plaque with the Chinese version of the story about "Soo Yo"?

The "Soo Yo" Statue (right of center) from a distance.

"Baby Formula Vendor"

This is a photo of a "baby formula vendor" on the streets of Chenzhou.  The sign says, "Celebrate Children's Day June 1st"...
"A healthy child will stand as tall as an adult"...
"Buy two formulas, get one cola free"
(Photo compliments of Tenley RuiXue's Dad, Hank)

"Street Scene"
The large white building on the right is a Book Store located in Chenzhou.

(All photos on this page were contributed by Tenley RuiXue's Dad, Hank)

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