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Belw i the fifth i a eie f al hitie abut Beijig wate, a tld t Wag Jia ad A.H. by 52-yea-ld Ta Juli f Lighui Cu (Magic Wate Village) i Metugu Ditict. Metugu i 70kilmete due wet f dwtw Beijig.

My HoMe AnD WATer: A peopLes ACCounT

Tan Julin (male, 52 yearsold)

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villa, Maic Wat Villa, i ihtxt t a mtai, which dt blt a f th di mtai

a, w call it slita Mtai Duha. Lki dw fm a la, it lkimila t a lt tal, w al call it LtFlw Mtai Liahua sha. It i madf all had ck, qit lik limt adbca it ha v wathd v th a,th mtai i calld Iid Vlcaic rck.Hw thi ck cld b t t i th ft, kw t.

I th at th w itcctd d allv th villa ad 72 wll, th villa wa

al calld svt-Tw Wll. Wat flwda d i th tw ck that a thhth villa. y miht ak wh all thi watcam fm. Wll, it wa fm th mtai, awat ld dw th mtai all a l.I th at, wh th wa a lt f ai, all thfac wat cllctd i lac wh thw chal.

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Metugu Ditict

Th al d t b bi t th mtai,bt lat bca f dht, th all did flack f wat.

Abt 300 hhld 1200 l liv i

th villa, abt 20,000 mu (1 m = 1/15hcta) f mtai lad. Th 72 wllmat that th w h f thm f th f hhld t ha btw thm.sm wll w v hallw ad cld jtc th wat with a bckt th d f

cai l. F th had t awich ad lw a bckt dw b widi thhadl, th wid th wat . It ddd th li f th lad whth t a wll dda wich t. What abt th wll th da?A wat xlati tam cam ad aid that if

d dw t th aqif h, d hav t 1,800 mt. Bt if th ba w limt,

d l d t 800 mt t t t wat.

riht h th d t b a i, ad whI wa (i 1965) wd wat th h atit. Th mth f it wat v d, ad wd t t bild a t f qa bx. Wh

BeIJIng WATer orAL HIsTory serIes

Talati by Madeleie r ad Fag Li

By Wag Jia ad A.H.

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that t. Lat, th td t th cit adth lac vtd t th dcti biadaai. Aft th 1978 natial Cmmitpat Ambl, which dibadd th dctibiad, th h wa ld t villa. Thxai f th tim idt ha bhtatiqiti back it fahi w. s thathiti hav bht th ld lac back id t t it t it iial ld.

Hav a lk: thi wll ha a had wich. I that if lwd it jt a fw t dt b abl t t wat. nw chck t thi twmt hih wall, it wa bilt t k t thwat that flwd at h all a d. ovth i a ck; that th Jad em Tml;th lki fth , xt t that walt

t th a wll. Th wat i a hih a thmtai!2

nw w ti ai wi lad tft, ad wv latd m aict, waltad jjb t. Jt lk, th a immt, ad v th a m flwicabal, at th batifl?

auThors CommenTary

F cti thi mall villa wa tctdfm wid ad tm b th hill, ccald bi ad c t, ad dd b clai. Th slita Mtai maif wa madf v had i ck that dt wath d. sil wa ditd it f that t w thickl, hidi th bid caldit ad that wh mch i watd t f th ck cvic.

Wh th villa tatd mall-cal calmii, th d thh t th aqif, whichcad th dicti f th dd wat tcha. Th wat lvl i th 72 wll dd,t th it wh th jt did . A a lt

2 Thi i a Chiee exei meaig wate i

letiful.

f th d i wat lvl, th t did.

evtall th mall mi w cld dw.Bt th villa cat affd t b cal fmlwh at tda ic. Th l thi thca d i ch dw m t f fiwd which jt xacbat th blm fdftati. T acit t i th villahav b litd th rit f Bijifam acit t bt th a dadb th dtcti f th iv tm adcti dht.

riht w, Maic Wat Villa i attactiivt wh wat t dvl cltal tim.Th la t di a v d wll i thvilla ad xad th alchl bwi, fd ad

bva idti maki it had t avidath t i th whl f th vici cicl.

myhomeand WaTer: a PeoPles aCCounT

Biji, c fam f it wt i watad cla-flwi iv i w ifam f

it lltd caal ad did ivbd. MyHme ad Wate: A pele Accutvid aa cd lim f lif ad wat i thacit caital f Biji ad di aa a tld b ltim idt.

Talati, diti ad li blicati fth i b Chi ath Dai Qi ad pbItatial ha b mad ibl b fdifm th Fdati o scit Ititt(Z). F m ifmati, ctact pbItatial at if@bitatial.