The Taishan Project - Part 42

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Drilling

The men are drilling and installing control devices.

Ditch Building

Unlike the U.S., ditching building is done one brick at a time.

Cooking With Fire Tender

Celebration calls for building special cooking woks.

Combine In Fields

The combine reaps, winnows, and bags the rice.

Cargo Ship

Not enough population for goods to be brought in by container ships therefore no cranes. Small freighters deliver the freight to the island.

Buying Shoes

Picking a shoe is not easy. Which one is a knock-off?

Buses In The Rain

Buses in the rain.

Bridge

Ren Kung Wu has multiple bridges and islands.

Bridge And Trees

Ren Kung Wu has multiple bridges and islands.

Boats At Low Tide

Beggar On Dolly

Pu Hung Jie where beggars and the well-off meet.

Basket Vendor

People make baskets out of bamboo and sell them.

Bamboo Yard

Bamboo is use everywhere from schafflolding to clothes closets.

Ada, (my mom), Shopping Lakeside

Around the lake, vendors display their wares.

20 Videos On A Disc

Twenty bootleg movies for 30 RMB ($5 US).

Burning Straw

The farmer is burning the straw left over from the harvest. The is the most expeditious way to get ready for the next crop.

Chestnuts

Wholesale of chestnuts goes to vendors. Vendors who have woks mounted on tricycles and heated by coal. They cook the chestnuts with beans, and by the bag sell…

Zhong Wah Street

Zhong Wah Street

Old Money

Everywhere in China, Taishan is no exception, old money is for sale to collectors and the like.

Bicycle Repairman

In the midst of the busy market, the bicycle repair man fixes a flat.