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“Gai Bey” mushrooms

This “Gai Bey” mushrooms cost a little more than the average. Lots of people buy it. They put it in with vegetable and meat.

Chin Gee Hee Monument

Memorial to Chin Gee Hee. In 1906, he built the first railroad in China. In 1938, to prevent it from being used by the Japanese the railroad was destroyed

New House

New house with amenities like indoor plumbing, a gas stove, and electricity.

Good Luck Charm

People tend to buy good luck charms around New Year’s. They hang them on the wall or window.

Market Place Closed

This market place is close for the evening.

Market Place Amid Apartments

Market places are funny. They tend to stay where they are even when apartment buildings are built. The market place was here for a hundred years.

Manicurist

Peking Ducks and Trash

Trash and more trash is what I see. If I was preparing these duck for roasting and sale, I would find a better place to dry them.

Peking Duck

Peking king – The duck is sewed up, filled with a soup load with herbs and spice and hung up to dry. This make their skin crisp when…

Meatballs for Dim Sum

This woman is making meatballs for dim sum. Dim sum is the traditional brunch people go out and eat. In addition to meatballs, there are steam spare ribs,…

Naps After Lunch

All elementary school have nap areas. Children get in the nap habit. Adults take naps too if they are working in factories; if they work in retail they…

Bai Sha Lockes

Bai Sha has a river running through it. Some times it rains too much and other times not enough. These lockes open and close depending on the rains.

Taishan #1 High School Library

This is the entrance to the school library. It is big, bold and filled with students during the school year. To get into this school, one must be…

Kang or Stove?

My friend and I are having a debate over this photo. We trying to decide whether it is a kang (platform bed over bricks) or a stove. This…

Electric Fishing Poles

These poles are equip to fish with electricity, one is the net and the other is the probe. The fisher man uses the probe and pokes around submerged…

Tricycle and Jeremy

Accompanied by our cousins, we were shopping for a tricycle for them. Jeremy tried out the tricycle, too small. Then again, he is 6’2′ tall; our cousins are…

Insecticide

Prior to 1978, little or no insecticide was used in Chinese farming. Now, it is used in 80% of the farms because they have to grow more food…

Hotel Room

When in Taishan, I stay in a hotel which is comfortable, convenient, and quiet. My routine is two hours shooting in the morning, returning to my room to…

Hospital Patient

Patient preparing for an MRI. China abolished national health care when she opened their system to capitalism. Patients must have their own health insurance. All patients must pay something,…

Parent Helping a Child

Good habits start with the parents. It is common for all parents to help with the children homework. and, in preparation for the promotion tests. The promotion tests…

Homework

Homework, the bane of all students around the world, yet one must do it to remain competitive,  China has one of the most competitive education systems in the…