Remembering Miyun Reservoir

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It was delightful to hear the gurgling sound ofrunning water, the rustling of leaves in the trees

and the call of cuckoos all day long in springwhen the mountains were covered with fragrant

pear blossom.


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Because of the reservoir, we lost the homes thatwe all miss so much.


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