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“Hop Shan” – Pagoda Mountain

Behind a row of stores sits Hop Shan, a memorial to wars past.

Herb Sales

In China the first line of defense towards good health is herbs. This is an herb salesman. Visible is a pile of “Shu Sit” and in the bag,…

Cane Juicer

Sugar Cane comes in long pieces about an inch and a half in diameter. The vendor cuts the cane into juice size pieces and then feeds them into…

Sterilizer cabinet

Many people have a sterilizer cabinet in their home to sterilize dishes after washing them with the non-potable tap water.

Card Factory

A big contractor gets the bid from Hallmark. Then they farm it out to small factories like this one, a one room garage type.

Gai Jow Wu

Gai now wu, a Chinese herb is believe to help the intestines.

Fish in Tank

The Chinese like their food fresh. This is as fresh as it gets.

Par Course

These men are exercising on one element of the Par Course. Par courses are set up all about town encouraging everyone to exercise.

Tri-Motor Truck

Catholic Church on Pu Hung Jie

Pigs On Top Being Off Loaded

Another view of pigs being off loaded on to the ramp and into the slaughter house. Note: the top floor of the truck gate is at the same…

Wood Cutting Machine

I wasn’t able to get close enough to the machine to tell what type it is.

Moving Logs

In this round stock lumber yard this man is rolling some more logs

Lumber Yard

China has all sort of lumber yards. This one in Taicheng deals in round stock.

Pigs off loaded

Here the pigs are offloaded to the slaughter house. Note: The gate is the same height as the ramp. Makes it easier to move the pigs.

Cal Lim Chuan

In the middle of town is this village gate: Cal Lim Chuan. Enter and one gets thrown back in time as this old village is just the way…

McDonald’s

A popular place is McDonald’s. It is early morning and the ground floor is filled with people. As a fast food place it is not. Other places are…

Pig Lung

All meats are fresh and without the fancy wrappings. This allow the customer to examine it from all sides.

Kim – Lychee Vendor

Kim is offering me a sample of lychees.

Lucky Charms

Lucky charms for sale while this woman makes another one. The Chinese are a superstitious lot. They believe in ghosts, guarding one’s speech and gambling when the stars…

Chicken Talons

Almost all the chicken feet get imported. This bag comes from Brazil.