{"id":4931,"date":"2017-11-28T10:22:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T18:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=4931"},"modified":"2017-11-28T10:22:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T18:22:03","slug":"71-year-old-builds-land-of-idyllic-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=4931","title":{"rendered":"71-year-old builds land of idyllic beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After years of gardening, Li Wen&#8217;an, a 71-year-old man of Jianwenhe village in Taishan district of Tai&#8217;an, built a picturesque ecological park along the Jianwen River which winds through his village.<\/p>\n<p>Covering an area of about 40 mu (2.67 hectare), the park is planted with hundreds of trees of different species, such as ginkgoes, oriental plane, cherry trees and goldenrain trees.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"middle\" valign=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/m\/taian2016\/2017-11\/28\/content_35102918_2.htm\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"17651204\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/m\/taian2016\/img\/attachement\/png\/site1\/20171128\/286ed488c7fb1b8763c50f.png\" alt=\"71-year-old builds land of idyllic beauty\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"middle\" valign=\"center\">\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">The path leading to the ecological park built by Li Wen&#8217;an in Jianwenhe village is blanketed with golden ginkgo leaves. [Photo\/my0538.com]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The path curving through the park is blanketed with the golden ginkgo leaves, creating a stunning view of in the genial sunshine of early winter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been dealing with saplings for a lifetime. When I was young, I cultivated seedlings and then sold them. Now I&#8217;m too old to rush around every day so I choose to enjoy my retirement and spend time in the park I built,&#8221; said Li.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"middle\" valign=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/m\/taian2016\/2017-11\/28\/content_35102918_2.htm\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"17651201\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/m\/taian2016\/img\/attachement\/png\/site1\/20171128\/286ed488c7fb1b8763c40c.png\" alt=\"71-year-old builds land of idyllic beauty\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"middle\" valign=\"center\">\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">The ecological park built by Li Wen&#8217;an abuts the scenic Jianwen River. [Photo\/my0538.com]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The park abuts the scenic Jianwen River, along which are several acres of swaying reeds, adding a quaint charm to the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p>Roads connecting the ecological park and the Jianwen River are built by Li for the convenience of visitors and villagers to take a stroll and enjoy the pleasant view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of gardening, Li Wen&#8217;an,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4932,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions\/4932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}