http://www.matthewmuller.com/2009/teaching-thoreau-in-the-heartland-of-china-312 Ramblings of a yangguizi teaching English in the Middle Kingdom... Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:09:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.matthewmuller.com/2009/teaching-thoreau-in-the-heartland-of-china-312#comment-7 A Journey to Hengshan Mountain : Pathology of Wanderlust Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:39:35 +0000 http://matthewmuller.com/?p=312#comment-7 [...] Some gods had gold skin and black, bushy beards.  People folded their hands and kneeled.   Outside, people threw firecrackers into ovens.  I was curious as to what all this signified, but by now, I had stopped asking questions.  My guides were as clueless as I was.  Inside, incense burned and gods with painted eyes glared at me.  There was a god for everything.  There was a god for wealth.  One for longevity.  And still another for making babies.  This latter was explained to me by American Pie girl. [...] [...] Some gods had gold skin and black, bushy beards.  People folded their hands and kneeled.   Outside, people threw firecrackers into ovens.  I was curious as to what all this signified, but by now, I had stopped asking questions.  My guides were as clueless as I was.  Inside, incense burned and gods with painted eyes glared at me.  There was a god for everything.  There was a god for wealth.  One for longevity.  And still another for making babies.  This latter was explained to me by American Pie girl. [...]

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