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The tiny cottage at the edge of Sanli Village\u2014away from the villagers\u2019 noisy houses and busy clan shrines and next to the cool pond filled with lily pads, pink lotus flowers, and playful carp\u2014would have made an ideal romantic summer hideaway for some dissolute poet and his silk-robed mistress from nearby bustling Yangzhou. Narrated by John Chu.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices