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A Town Without Tourists

Parting is Such Bitter Sorrow

大水来临时·When the river approaches the watermark
下面的一切都成了从前·Everything below becomes the past
从前的一切都成了留言·And everything from the past is a note
我在这里·I am here
没有了起点·Without a starting point
---《出三峡记》·Out of the Three Gorges




Relevant links: 
Me and Tide (in Chinese)*
Thirty Years of the Three Gorges Emigrants  (in Chinese)*
The story of Three Gorges Emigrants:A Dam and Millions of Migration Behind It (in Chinese)* 

*LingoCloud Chrome extension provides instant translations of Chinese Webpages into English

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