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Incense

Maria — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:46:20 +0000

Incense burning in front of a temple in Chengdu

Reflected lights

Maria — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:35:22 +0000

Seen through the glass wall of a Starbucks in Kowloon, Hong Kong

Picture-perfect 大东海 beach

Maria — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:36:58 +0000

Shivering away the evening in my unheated Wuhan apartment, all I have left of Sanya is the volleyball we bought on the beach, some sand in my backpack, and a folder on my computer with photos of glistening white beaches. For anyone else thinking about escaping the cold for a vacation in the sun, do you need any more convincing than this?

Selling fruit

Maria — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:50:14 +0000

Doors in Sanya City

Maria — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:16:55 +0000

Hung out to dry

Maria — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:58:40 +0000

Fish drying in the sun

It started a couple of weeks ago, with fish. On a sunny day, there they were, hanging in a tidy row on a stick by the side of the street. A few days later, someone had hung up some pieces of meat to dry. Now it’s everywhere — fish, chickens, beef, pork, sausages, all marinated and hung up in rows on railings, balconies, and by the sidewalk, drying in the sun. Even my neighbors have gotten in on the act.

I asked my students this afternoon what was up with all of the meat hung out to dry, and they confirmed what I suspected — Spring Festival preparations are underway. Apparently people traditionally marinate different kinds of meat for Spring Festival, and then hang it to dry wherever they can find space. In the case of my neighbors, that means pushing their laundry to the side to make room for meat on their balconies.

Meat hanging to dry on my neighbor's balcony

Fishermen

Maria — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:50:50 +0000

Fishermen in front of the Three Gorges Dam

Cranes

Maria — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:49 +0000

Performance space in the Three Gorges Dam park

Guarding the gate

Maria — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:48:16 +0000

Cruising the Yangtze

Maria — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:24:05 +0000