
In the afternoon at Xiamen, after lunch, we proceeded to take the Gu Lang Yu Ferry to visit that renowned islet, a tourism mecca. When we arrived, I proposed to visit the memorial hall of Dr. Lin Qiaozhi first, instead of riding the originally scheduled battery car to tour the whole island. The local tour guide accepted my proposal and took us to the place.
Dr. Lin, a native of Gu Lang Yu, is well known as the "mother of ten thousand newborn babies." She is the first obstetrician of modern medicine in China, having delivered over fifty thousand babies in her 82 years in this world, including the father of hybrid rice, Mr. Yuan Longpin. This is why I opted to pay tribute to her during the tour on the island.
By the way, I introduced Dr. Lin Qiaozhi to you in my previous posting at https://blog.udn.com/kkuo0810/128896345. Kindly read it again.