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Everyone’s bicycle needs repair sometime. These one-man shops are everywhere in Taicheng. Bicycle still remain the number one form of transportation.
This whole steer was BBQ’ed for a sales promotion at a shopping mall. They were selling it bit by bit. Delicious!
This barber set up business around the lake, a mirror, a chair, and haircutting and shaving tools – 15 rmb
This van has been sitting abandoned. Note is four flat tires, leaves under the car and on the roof.
The tinsmith, an occupation that is moribund in America, repairs pots, pans, and all sorts of cookware.
In the medicinal section of the spa is a pool filled with tiny fish. The fish nibble away all the dead skin.
Sunrise Hot Springs is among the most popular. There is a lap pool, four different temperature pools, and, medicinal pools. But the huge wave generating pool is the…
Pigs, like the other animals, are subject to inspection. This pig, however, was not inspected before it was slaughter. Because it is in a village outside the town…
Every September, Shui Bu has a “Slaughter the Cow” weekend. People comes from all around to watch the cows as they are paraded, bathed, and slaughtered. Afterwards, along…
Picking the right shoe from so many choices, Not only that, one has to look out for the knock-offs.
In a poor school yard, there is a lack of equipment such as a basketball hoop, swings, and, marking on the ground for games. This is a rural…
One can see the new housing encroaching on the old housing. In the centre, a viewing/rest area, was once the highest point in the town.
The Landmark development was one of the most ambitious. It developed the land between bridges by building housing, adding a high end shopping mall, and cleaning up the…
Shi Hua Shan park, every holiday and during the summer, the balloon salesmen show up.
China is coming out of a rural environment and into an urban one. Housing is cheap and plentiful. Apartments buildings are going up fast. One thing to note,…
Water water rafting is not like America’s. In America, one is free to encounter every rock, every twist and turn, and, every drop. Here, in China, the water…
He poles his way to shore. When he gets to shore they will sell their catch and go home.
Fishermen have a long day. They come in, put up their boat, and pole into shore to sell their catch.