Zhangshu City Orphanage

On the map that I have, Zhangshuzhen is in parenthesis next to the name Qingjiang and I believe this is the city that is being referred to as Zhangshu for these adoptions.

A group adopting in May 1996 had two babies that were adopted through the Yichun orphanage or county but were told their babies were from Zhang (and they also had the surname of Zhang).  On further questioning one of the adoptive dads feels this was most likely the city of Zhangshu.  It may have been that Zhangshu wasnt doing international adoptions on their own at that point and they were processed through Yichun. Their daughter was developmentally behind for her age but has since caught up and is doing well. (PL)

A group received their babies from this orphanage in August 1996. They were brought to the families at their hotel in Nanchang. Zhangshu is a small town known throughout China as a center for traditional medicine. It's on the railroad line between Nanchang and Yichun. From one mom about her daughter: "She is terrific, healthy, happy, only cries when she is hungry....an eight month old bundle of smiles." Initially this family was told they would travel to Yichun to process the adoption.  Interestingly, this girl had the surname of Yuan, which is given to many of the Yichun children, and then one of her given names was Zhang, which is the name given to the Zhangshu children (usually as a surname.  This, along with the above experience, supports a collaboration between these two orphanages. (FS)

A family (JH) traveled in February 2005 to adopt their daughter from Zhangshu and she is doing well.  They said The orphanage seemed to put a lot of pride in their children because all of our babies came in fancy traditional Chinese outfits to keep as a gift.  Most recently referrals from this orphanage have been received in March 2005 (JC) and April 2005 (S).