People used to say inoldendays that no boat returns after having once entered the 'black waters' of the ocean.
人们过去习惯说一旦进入大海的‘黑水’,没有船能够回来。
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InOLDENdays it was quite common for families to keep a store of spare cash in a cake tin or cookie jar to save for future expenditure, such as Christmas presents.
"Our forefathers had been mining for mercury since the Ming Dynasty [1368-1644] and inoldendays there was no pollution from such small mines," said a 72-year-old farmer, named Shen.