Being at Home in Changzhou

With the weather turned cooler, darker and windier, I decided it was a good time to post a few pictures taken earlier from our visit to XueJia, such as this scene that reminded both of us of Suzhou.  Of course canals and scenes like this one would have been normal scenes in the past.  Today, the canals remain, but not as in this scene.  Today you can see this scene still alive in Suzhou and some of its surrounding villages.

This is just an interesting bit of embroidery, one that represents a scene that would only have been seen a few generations ago, a scene from the mid-eighteen hundreds wen the “white birds” invaded the Celestial Kingdom of China.

And finally, another scene from normal street life.  This lady is selling freshly made steamed bread that comes with any number of filling options, usually a bit of pork mixed with green vegetables or even more popular, just with the vegetables.

I have to admit that this time around we aren’t doing much in terms of eating “street” food.  Rather, we are treating living in Changzhou more like living at home.