Post 3

In this week's reading of Peter Hessler's River Town, I was most intrigued to learn about the white cane ridge.  What already sounds like a beautiful natural occurrence in nature, the marble slab who's markings tell the story of many dynasties that once ruled.  As Hessler told the story of the sort of ritual that took place as later and later dynasties kept re-discovering the stone carp engravings, I could not help but notice that there is a level of pride that went into the actions of the kingdoms that took part in the creation of the ridge's importance.  It's a sort of, "we're all on the same team" kind of feel that I got from this section.  It was really interesting to see through someone else's eyes, the creation of a very important landmark, who's creation was through the process of social history and coming together as a culture over the span of centuries, rather than being known for a battle, or anything with negative connotations.