His gun is about 1/3 his height. His mother and about twenty others are visiting a shrine near the Yangtse River where Mao crossed on his Great March.
Offering cigarettes to the guests. A friend of our guide was being married. We were welcomed by the groom and all the guests, given the opportunity to wander freely and take photographs. And the venue? A cow pasture at 12,000’ near Shangri-la.
The Groom, his bride, and her attendants.
Green Lake Park, Kunming
Jadyne bought a bag here.
Walking down a street in Dali we saw the preparations being made for a wedding. We were welcomed, given tea, and the opportunity to talk to and photograph those in attendance,
The Great Wall surrounding Xi’an. It was almost impossible to photograph Chinese without their phones. Using an app called “Wechat” they scan in prices and purchase whatever they want. No one uses money.
Built between 1370-1378 during the Ming Dynasty, the Xian ancient city wall is 14 km and surrounds the old city. On the day we visited runners were finishing a fund-raiser for a local hospital. It’s not clear whether or not the little boy ran the whole way.
A surprise happy birthday gathering of the Roy Wang Fan Club, a teenage hearthrob.
Carved into a river wall the stone Buddha looks down as boats parade past the landmark.
On the train from Chengdu to Kunming we met the mothers of these little girls. They were headed to Kunming for two days of ice skating tests. P.S. We heard from Julia Zheng whose daughter passed her test. She told us that her husband reads the Bible to her daughter every night. It surprised us to find Christians in China.
A minority tribe in China, Bai women dress in a unique fashion. Many Chinese wear clothes with incomprehensible English sewn on.
Once we saw one of the 1,400,000,000 Chinese without a phone.
All the Chinese girls seem to buy glasses from one supplier, as they are all wire frames with large round lenses.
Every day people gather in the park. A leader begins a song and people join in, holding hands with people they’ve never seen before. Everyone knew the step. Unimaginable in Western culture.
No dirt, no cigarette butts, no graffiti. Mostly women, the sweepers are everywhere, day and night, rain or shine, or in the case of this one, on her phone.
