Screenshot from documentary Hidden Letters

Pictures of The Nüshu Garden

Nüshu birthplace: Jiangyong Shangjiangxu County, the environment around Nüshu Garden

When I was planing the field research, I found that this place is not like other developed areas in China, with complete transportation conditions, there is no airport, only train and bus stations, from Guangzhou I need to change trains from the high-speed rail to get there, and most of the accommodation places are far away from the Nüshu Museum, because it is still a few dozen minutes drive from the center of Jiangyong.
When I came to the birthplace of Nüshu, I had a stronger feeling about this project, because most of the materials I saw before were on the Internet, and many of them were mixed with truth and falsehood, so when I got off the train, I felt that this project really started.
My first impression of the county is that it is very underdeveloped, and unlike other tourism-oriented cities in China, where most of the traffic relies on motorbikes and carpools, and it is difficult to find a convenience store or a restaurant on the side of the road.