ABSTRACT
My first encounter with, and basic knowledge of, Datong district occurred by visiting, with Mr Gao, several Tudi Gong temples in its two main localities: Dadaocheng and Dalongtong. We did it mainly by walking. From the outset my ‘progress’ was literally pedestrian, a process of ‘finding my feet’, of learning about, traversing and familiarising myself with places before being able, metaphorically, to run ‘points’ together with translational ‘descriptions’ into ‘metaphorical’ telling of stories (see de Certeau, above).
