&. Black Dragon Pool with Fan Mountain in the back- Zhu Yongqing ground, Lijiang Naxi Autonomous County, Yunnan province. Articles of the Month An Election of Shop Heods Would it be lor reol, the workers wondered? our reporter tells how this new step in greotel ?i democrocy for the worters wos hondled'. t\DI{, Poge 6 PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH, ARABIC AND BIMONTHTY IN GERMAN BY THE CHINA WETFARE INSIITUTE lsooNc cHrNG UNG, CHAIRMANI vol. xxvllt No. 5 May 19'Il) CONTENTS Our Postbag 2 Carloons: Three Barbs 3 Unions in o Sociqlist Country Across the Land: China's Biggest Dam 4 , ' Who runs them? Con they strike? lf workers The Election for Shop Heads Zhi Exiang 6 tun things, why strike? How do they protecl their Unions An interview with Chen Yu, China's Trade - democrotic rights? An interview with on olficiol Vice-Chairman of the All-China Federation of Trade ol the All-Chino Federotion of Trode Unions, Unions 9 ln Our Society: The Search for a Family Poge 9 Liang Yinglin 13 South Fujian - 1 New Discovery of An. Quanzhou*Town of Twin PAgodas Wu Tong 15 cient lnstruments Edgar Snow's Vision Liang Shichun 23 Sclence: When the 'Roof of the World' Was Formed A giont set ol chime- Zheng Benxing 25 bells ond the first ex- Bare Find of Ancient lnstruments Wu Zhao 28 omples of some kinds of musicol ins{ruments un- Zhou Enlai in the May 4th Movement Hu Hua 32 eorthed yeor Yunnan's Yulong Mountains Zhao 37 lost tell us Jingxiu more obout Chino's oncient f hings Chinese: The White-Headed Leaf Monkey music. Wu Mingchuan 42 Revisiting the Mouritains of the Yao People. Poge 28 Fei Xiaotong 44 Do You Know? Festival of the Poet Ou Yuan 48 The Famous Cizhou Porcelain 50 Zhou Enlqi in thc Moy 4th Movcmrnt Rao 54 Weather Forecasting Xing The vouno Zhou Enloi, os student leoder in the Jiangmen Sugar Chemical Plant 57 surging inove?rent ogoinst feudolism ond imperi' Ancient Fables: Good Reason for Laughing; A Tall Hat 59 olism thot begon in 1919, Cultural Notes: The Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble Poge 32 Tan Aiqing 60 Advanced Oil Field Research Jing Wen 66 Stamps ot New China: Arched Bridges in China 69 Sports: Grade School Trains Table Tennis Champions 70 Ihc Mountolnr ol thc Chinese Cookery: 'squirrel' Fish 71 Yoo Pcoplc The Rocky Road to Science A Husband-Wife Team Guan Yingqian - 72 Anthropologist'retuins Fei the Chinese History Vlll Xiootono to his eorlY Troublous Times- Three Kingdoms, Western and r.ene d'f one ol inuestigotions {3 ogo Eastern Jin -Jiao Jian 75 Yeors '79 ond describes the Progress Language Corner: the Yoos hove mode. Lesson 5: Hotel Service Poge 44 COVER PICTURES: Fronti ltems performed by the Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble (Clockwise) A dance from Kampuchea; a Singing qnd Doneing Around tho World zheng (2'-slringed plucked instrument) recital ot Jap- anese melodies; Jarabe Tapatio, or "hat dance" from fhe Orientol Song Mexico; and Zaire songs by a mezzo-soprano. Zhang ond Donce Ensemble Shuicheng and Wu Chuping thot Ieornr erotic Back: Spring over West Lake Xinhua donces fiom mony ports of the world ond in. Eoduces them to the Editoriol Olficc: Woi Wen Building, Beijing Chinese people. (37), Chino. Coble: "CHIRECON" Beiiins. Generol Dirtributol; GUOZT SHUDIAN, Poge 60 P.O. Box 399, Bei.iing, Chind, I believe your readers would be most Recently, I received your January lg79 interested in reading them and also the issue and was surprised by the new life of other foreigners in Beijing. format. Its much improvrd qualitv anrl S.P' layout especially amazed me, the color Brussels, Belgium pictures are rnore attractive and full ot festival atmosphere, Th€ new' columns New Format such as "Chinese Cookery," "Cartoons," Interest in China I am an old reader oI your magazine "In Our Society" add to the rieh- I have had great interest in China and thought I must write to congra- ness of the magazine. The brief intro- since my childhood. My father worked tulate you on the new format - January duction to the main articles on the first in China between 1903-09 as an engineer and February received, I like the new page is good. The new format and on a railway. He always showed great size very much, I usually pass the ma- paper are also practical, making it more interest and enthusiasm when talking gazine on to friends hoping that one convenient to carry and read the maga- about China. He seldom talked about will betome a subscriber, too. zine. "A Chinese Love Story" by Zhang his work there, mostly about his lif e w.M. Lihan is the article I like best. in China, the Chinese people, their Staines, England C.N.H. family life, habits and customs as well May I congratulate you on the new Panama, Panama as Chinese animals, plants and natural f ormat of your excellent magaZine. My only disappointment in the new scenery. Because of this, China has be- Though other things have changed I am f ormat of China Reconstructs is the come the country I yearn for. Formerly, glad that the content has retained its quality of the paper. It seems that it was impossible to know more about high standard. black-and-white photographs show up -vour country, but norv the situation has I would like to suggest that you try less well on the thin paper than on the your changed. That's rvhy I treasure and maintain a balance between news thicker paper which you used before. rlt agazl ne of current affairs in China and the pre- w.w. K.H.M.T. vious history of the country, for they Cambridge, U.S.A. Fe.Lde, Federal. Republic of Germang are equally important for a thorough Sports Articles Vice-Premier Deng's Visit understanding oI China. , M.C. I am a high-school student, very fond Your Vice-Premier Deng Xiaoping Cambridge, England of sports, particularly swimming, foot- left tlnited States most iu,st the after a ball, badminton and volleyball I have successful visit to our Recently I have noticed in your Feb- country. I want- read your magazine for four years and ed to mention you pleased most ruary issue articles on literary works t6 how enjoyed your articles, especially those Arnericans such as "Fables for Today" and "A felt about his trip through on sports. Arnerica. Selection of Tien An Men Poems." I He c,ertainly is a fine states- It's my wlsh to visit your country and rrran. rvi gracious take a great interest in literature be- and his fe most and see your people some day so as to know cause it is an important way of ex- charming. I sincerely hope the future your pressing the emotions and aspirations of more about culture, science, archi- }tolds more and more opportunities for tecture and other fields. the people, and I hope to see more on social intercourse between our- coun- B,A. modern Chinese as well as non-Chinese tries. for there is so much about China .4leppo, Syrio to appreciate. with its rzast history, iiterature in Iuture issues. I was also fascinated q'ith lengthy article on superb contributions to civilization and Jrour More Pictures the Qin dynasty which was a work well nragnificent reconstruction att-empts you done" Do you think that you could ex- I am only suggesting that put in (and successe-s:) pictures T NT pand your articles on archeological digs more showing the various places Kolomozcto, Li.S.A. in your country and include color plates and towns in China. This will on the dig areas along with the reiics help people like myself who don't ex- pect Foreign Friends found? I would greatly appreciate it! to visit China any time to see in D.L.N. pictures what China Iooks like. I hope ,vou u'i11 write some articlesj A.Z,N, Elm.hur st, U .S . A. about outstanding foreign frrends of . Mpigi, U ganda China. such as l.Iorman Bethune, Edgar I am very glad to get your January Snog;, ,Ioris Ivens. Ma Haide (Dr. George 1979 issue. The changed format is very Articles Too VaAue Hatem) Louise and and Anna Strong nice. I read q'ith deep interest the I can understand most of your articles, their contributions to the Chinese "Economic Briefs" and the article by which are varied in content. A few of revoluti on. Wang Yaoting on new measures f or my friends say that some of your articles The articles just praise should not China's foreign trade. Friends of China are too vague and general. Since most them but tell concretely what they did are happy aboul China's continued prr:- of your rcaders are unf amiliar with for China. When and why they came to gress and have no doubt that China will China, it would be better to publish China? What was the motive force that play a more and more important role more short articles and provide expla- led them to dedicate their lives to in the world. nations to such political terms as "thd China's Iiberation? What contributions The way introducing China's provinces struggle between two Iines," "mass line" did they make? Their meetings with is very clear and surely a good practice. etc" Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou A.A, M,J. should also be reported. Hoeilaart, Belgium Bremen, Federal Republic ol Germany CHTNA RECONSTRT]CTS CARTOON Th ree Barbs ) \-:-- -/./ -4u ry Y',lltol,'n' A blind mon cotching fish.