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This woman is skinning the snake. The snake was over six feet long. Some people believe that eating snake helps strengthen one’s back bone.
These children march through town. Their enthusiasm and élan generated a lot of cheers.
Eggs are a common sight. People sell fresh, boil, preserved, and fried eggs. At a shopping mall promotion, this woman sells with her own twist fried eggs.
Chung fun is fast food. You order it with the ingredients you like. Almost instantly, she ladle a scoop of liquid dough in the pan, adds your ingredients,…
These people are trimming the loose threads, correcting misalignments, and, in general, looking at the quality of the product. As I understand it, as a group, they are paid…
Gasoline is an important commodity. Yet, they don’t let you pump your own gas. If you drive up in a car, they also wash your windows.
In this relative new housing, the geese farm was next door. I don’t know if the neighbors like it but the geese generate a lot of noise.
On weekends, Si Hua Shan is filled with vendors, rides, and games. In one of the concession, this woman is playing with her son.
To demonstrate freshness, on-the-spot they slaughter the goat, skin it, and, sell its parts. Each part has a different price. BTW: these people are from western China.
The amount of trash generate in this town knows no bounds. People litter all over the place. There a constant parade of sweepers going around the town just…
People like fresh meat – the fresher, the better. This man is cutting off a portion of fresh goat just sold.
In Taishan and the rest of China, herbs are a common commodity. People put herbs in their soup, mixed in with vegetables, and stewed with their meats. They…
Housekeepers have a thankless job. They make the beds, clean the bathrooms, and mop the floors, and, in the hallway clean the ashtray/trash cans,
A technician repairs a stove. We, in America, would throw out a small item such as this portable stove.
Salt is laid down for the yolks to rest on while they dry up. Dried salted egg yolks is an ingredient used in making soup, porridge, cakes (whole…
For inter-towns buses, (Taicheng to Guanghai), tickets are sold on the bus. The girl goes down the aisle, ask the destination, and charges accordingly.
South lake of Ren Kung Wu. The lake is covered with beautiful flowers in the fall.