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Singers

On Ning Cheng Park, musicians gather and play songs, preserving culture.

Peanuts, Peanuts, Peanuts

Vendor is weighing out peanuts. They sell by the kilograms.

Nuts and What Have You!

Woman is picking over the dried persimmons the man has for sale.

Herbs For Sale

Most entrepreneurs go out and collect the herbs. Then they come back and sell them.

Tying Logs on Tricycle

I don’t know why they are carry the logs. If anyone knows, please contact me. Thank you.

Toy Sales

Everyday after school, kids gather around the toy seller to see what new.

Kim

She an entrepreneur who start selling dong on the corner. Now, she is selling dong wholesale to many corners.

Herb Sales

Herb sales continue to be a hot item. The Chinese believe in preventative medicine and practice it with the meals they cook.

Oyster Shuckers

On the street, with buses and cars passing, there were seven women and one supervisor sitting there shucking oysters. They worked hard and they worked fast. They were…

Fruit Vendors

My cousin, Yuen, sells fruit when its in season. There are five persons in their cohort. They have four carts and travel together to get the fruit, sell…

Boulders in Chixi

These are famous boulders found only on the water’s edge in Taishan. People come from all over the world just to see these boulders.

Recycling Cardboard

Cardboard recycling is a must. Each year in China, 20.6 billion packages* are sent.  Each package contain a lot of cardboard and cushion material. After the customer removes…

Piece Work

All around the world, piece work is done usually by the poor or those trying to get ahead. Taishan is no different. These women are plugging in electronic…

Pedicure For Sale

Pedicure! Pedicure! Pedicure!, shouts this woman until she find a customer. Quietly, quickly, she trims and files the nail. Some may even have their nails painted. Done, she…

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

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,…

Woman Pulling Cart

This woman is moving goods from one end of the street to the other. They are hoping for better sales.

A Gaggle of Geese

While driving down a country road we turned the corner and ran into this gaggle of geese. The geese tender with her red flag shooed the geese away…

Garment Factory

This garment factory is set up in the south part of Taicheng near a market place. Garment factories run 24/7. It is piece work so when there is…

Slapping Fisherman

This fisherman is slapping the river with his pole. By slapping the water, he hopes to drive the fish into nets he had set up before hand.