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Gems are mined in water-filled pits and shafts, often deep and with their sides buttressed by wooden nails.

Author: Michael Yamashita

©Michael Yamashita

Photo size: 28.2 Mpixels (80.7 MB uncompressed) - 6500x4342 pixels (21.7x14.5 in / 55x36.8 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: basket, foliage, gems, Gemstones, Marco Polo, Silk Road, Sri Lanka, stones, water, yellow

Much of Suzhou's daily life revolves around the water.

Gems are mined in water-filled pits and shafts, often deep and with their sides buttressed by wooden nails.

One of Hangzhou's "12,000 bridges." This one spanning West Lake was noted by Marco Polo in his desription of the city.