The drive to Lutang starts off comfortably enough. We wend our way first through the heavily populated and prosperous Xiamen City and zip along a straight, smooth expressway toward Tongan County, better than 50 kilometers distant. Soon, however, we get off the modern highway and onto bumpy gravel and mud. After an hour and a half we arrive at Lutang Village.
車子從繁華富庶的廈門市（大陸的行政單位為市轄縣、區）往同安郊區駛去，五十多公里的車程，由嶄新筆直的高速公路走到石頭泥巴的碰碰路，將近一個半鐘頭，來到福建省同安區的呂塘村。