Picturesque: This is said to be the river the fisherman travelled to reach Taohuayuan as written in Tao Yuanming’s prose ‘Tao Hua Yuan Ji’.
DURING the Eastern Jin dynasty (317–420), famous Chinese poet Tao Yuanming, also known as Tao Qian, wrote a piece of short prose about a fairyland hidden from the outside world, where the people led a happy and peaceful life.
Titled Tao Hua Yuan Ji (often translated as Peach Blossom Spring or The Land of Peach Blossom), the story has prompted many people to search for this mysterious place, but all in vain.
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