Old miracles

Afraid to visit Lake Xi and remember the days gone by.
At a tender young age, went down to Hanzhou.
Ten-thousand people come and go, all saying how nice the lake is.
For a thousand ten-thousand years, visits made to this scenic spot.
From antiquity til now, people who come wish it would last forever.
Through many changes and several wars, still kept here.
A work of God, truly!

Lake Xi (pronounced like 'she') is a famous lake in the city of Hanzhou.
Thousand ten-thousand years means from the beginning of time, in all of history.

Eight Blossom Garden

Fan Zu truly has a way of healthy living:
Do whatever is in your heart without worry.
Plate-plant was sought from Kuyedao,
Endured wind, frost and drought, flood.
Eight Blossom Garden's woods and streams are all good,
Man and pine tree both aren't old.

In Dongjing, there was a Japanese politician and businessman named Jiouyuanfanzizu. He had a lot of contact with Chinese. Though he was over 80 years old, he was healthy like a 50-something. After the war, he retired to Eight Blossom Garden. He heard that we were coming and specially invited us to visit him. He loved to share health tips and have people admire his bonsai from Kuyedao (an island in northern Japan).

*It a pine tree and less than a foot high but several hundred years old.

Confucius said once you're 70 you can do whatever you want to do but you won't cross any lines.

Pengzai - place planting - banzai