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The stairways were all
curved and melting. The
doorways were panels of melting
sliding in arrangements.
No nails or screws were
used on the structure.
Several cases of such work
were seen. Some old wooden
chairs, a bright green
tea for bitter taste was served
as a ceremonial. Afterward
what tea + a sweet
jelly-like gelatinous food
wrapped in bamboo leaves.
The railroad trip to
Tongjiang from villages
+ ricefields with groves of
apricots in some places.
The dwelling homes were
all alike in architecture:
all had black slate tiles,
much of a pyramid shape
dish. There were no
European styles in