'Fairyland's' otherworldly beauty
By Erik Nilsson | China Daily | Updated: 2016-09-04 08:10
There's good reason Xianju's name translates as Fairyland.
It's about as otherworldly a place as our planet can conjure.
The appellation is indeed no accident. It hails from a decree by Song Dynasty (960-1279)ruler Zhenzong, who rechristened it after reading ancient China's luminary poet Li Bai's prose describing the area as a domicile of deities.
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