Teahouse | X'ian, China
Olympus OM-10 | TMAX 400 | Forte Polywarmtone Plus FB
In the teahouses men sing rambling stories in high-pitched voices accompanied by house musicians for the amusement of other patrons. It appears to be open mike.
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January 2, 2006
Terracotta artistry | X'ian, China
Olympus OM-10 | Kodak Gold 400
The terracotta warriors of X'ian are heavily protected so of course, no photographs are allowed at the excavation site. However, visitors are heartily encouraged to buy replicas!
As cheesy as it sounds, a great deal of work is put into handmaking the soldiers (and in this case, possibly soldiers' mistresses?) and even in the glorified giftshop section I found myself admiring the work of the craftspeople.
Changsha | China
Olympus OM-10 | Fuji Superia 400
Market | Changsha, China
Olympus OM-10 | Fuji Superia 100
Changsha | China
Olympus OM-10 | TMAX 100 | Slavich Unibrom 160 #2 FB
Thousand Buddhas | Shanghai
Olympus OM-10 | TMAX 1600
Thousand Buddha stele in Shanghai Museum.
Forbidden City | Beijing
Olympus OM-10 | Fuji Superia 400
I arrived in China less than a week after the US bombed the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia. My plane was almost empty. Americans canceled their tickets in droves. The only Americans I met in the tourist mecca of Badaling (the closest section of the Great Wall to Beijing) were cameramen from "The Today Show."
I can't imagine China was free of anti-American sentiment before. However, the fact that this "vandalism" was not a permanent defacing of a priceless historical landmark but a hasty scribbling in the dust made me wonder if this was a very recent display of understandable resentment.
Forbidden City | Beijing
Olympus OM-10 | Fuji Superia 400
Nighttime on the Bund | Shanghai
Olympus OM-10 | TMAX 1600
A bit of Europe in Shanghai. Taken while stuck in traffic on the bus.
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