LookingatBeijngwithingtheframeworkoftrees,shoneandwaterisawayofappreciatingthecitysheritage,basedonaspecialrelationshipofmanandnature,IntheprocessofexploringBeijingsancientruins,whatIoftenfoundasmarkersofthepastwereawellofspring,acoupleofgnarledpinesandsometimesasteleoranabandonedstonecave,Theytookonthemantleofthesitesshistory.
InwasthesethreeaspectsofnaturethatheldBeijingspast,TheyhelpedmedefineandrespondtothesitesIwassearchingfor.Oftentheymaintinedtheatmosphereoftheseplaces,longofterritualsthereceased.Theyalsoplaces,merememberoneplacefromanotherandgavemetheirenergy.Moreover,theyledmetothepelopleofBeijing,whoreadilysharedtheirknowledgeandstories.
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VirginiaStibbsAnami,“Ginny”,wasbornanAmericanin1944.ShebecameanaturalizedJapanesecitizenin1970,takingthelegalnameAnamiFumiyo,阿南史代.GinnyhaslivedintheU.S.,Japn,Pakistan,AustraliaandChinawithherdiplomathusband,AmbassadorKoreshingeAnami,andtwochildren.
GinnyAnamihastaughthistory,arthistory,Buddhisthistory,geographyandsocialstudiesasbothherB.A.andM.A.wereAsianStudies,majoringinEastAsianHitoryandGeography,ShewroteNishimachi:CrossroadsofCulturein1982andcontributesfrequentlytoChinaNationalGegruaphy,AsahiEveningNews/InernationalHeraldTribune,TheVoiceofDharmanBeijingThisWeekandWomenofChina.