When is a chicken called a "duck"?

I learned a few Korean words yesterday. I started by asking the Korean word for chicken as we were in a restaurant that features Spicy Chicken meals. Huge pans in the middle of the table, filled with raw cabbage and spicy chicken (see earlier entry).

"Duck" was the answer.

"No, chicken"

"Duck" (Actually it is "duk")

Oh, I though I know one Korean word now. (Chinese for chicken is "chee")

Also I learned that duk also means car.

Interesting.

So I could say "My duk ran over a duk"

"Why did the duk cross the road"

I'm starting to learn some words. Just starting.

Duck in a tree and othe dried bits

Winter is upon us and the locals continue their preparations. Apparently this time of year is good for preparing all sorts of dried foods. I had seen racks of dried fish and chicken in Shaoxing, but in Hangzhou I was amused to find the dried foods hanging with the washing.

On our adventure to Anchung we discovered a lot more dried foods. In fact it was everywhere.

We went into the grounds of a temple (for which I did not have to pay the 35 RMB entry fee because of my new tourist card!) and there looking like a strange sacrificial beast, was this duck drying out in a tree in the main court yard. The duck had lost it's feathers and feet - but otherwise appeared intact.

It looked quite an odd sight sitting (or hanging) in the tree.

Other dried foods here.