2002年是美国著名女作家赛珍珠110周年诞辰,被赛珍珠视为“第二祖国”的中国举行了一系列的纪念与研讨活动。活动的举办地是赛珍珠曾生活过18年的江苏镇江。 赛珍珠81年的生涯中有43年是在中国度过的,她到过和住过的地方除了镇江外,还有清江浦(今江苏淮安)、上海、安徽宿县、江西庐山、南京、北京等地。她因此而动情地说:“我一生到老,从童稚到少女到成年, 2002 was the 110th anniversary of the famous American writer Pearl S. Buck and a series of commemorative and seminar activities held by Pearl Buck in China as “the second motherland.” The event was held in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, where Pearl Buck lived for 18 years. Pearl Buck spent 43 years in China during her 81-year career. In addition to Zhenjiang, she visited and lived there. There are also Qingjiangpu (now Jiangsu Huaian), Shanghai, Suxian in Anhui, Lushan in Jiangxi, Nanjing, Beijing and other places. She therefore emotionally said: "I grew old, from childlike to adolescent girls into adulthood,