{"id":455,"date":"2010-09-18T10:29:42","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T02:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/?p=455"},"modified":"2010-09-18T10:29:42","modified_gmt":"2010-09-18T02:29:42","slug":"street-photography-in-changzhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2010\/09\/18\/street-photography-in-changzhou\/","title":{"rendered":"Street Photography in Changzhou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dsc03914.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-456\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dsc03914.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On a long walk taking in another old area that we used to stroll through we came across this scene of two couples with one young girl who are resting in the shade under a truck&#8217;s bed. \u00a0They are waiting for their turn to access the construction site that is behind me. \u00a0There was a lot of waving and posing for a photo for the foreigners. \u00a0Our walk took us to the China Dinosaur Park and on to new areas that have since been added. \u00a0The park is now ten years old and will be celebrating that ten years with a birthday party in two days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dsc03921.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-459\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/laowaiteacher.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/dsc03921.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Continuing with the walk, we came across these two guys who decided to take a break in the shade as well. \u00a0Their tricycle wagons were parked on the street while they engaged in an active game of cards, slapping down cards with enthusiasm with each play. \u00a0 It&#8217;s a hot day and finding shade is important. \u00a0There isn&#8217;t the same world view here as in the western world. \u00a0In the western world, the work would continue. \u00a0Common sense, in China, says the work will wait. \u00a0And of course, a rested worker works better &#8211; and longer. \u00a0The workday here goes from about 6:00 until well after darkness descends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a long walk taking in another old area that we used to stroll through we came across this scene of two couples with one young girl who are resting in the shade under a truck&#8217;s bed. \u00a0They are waiting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/2010\/09\/18\/street-photography-in-changzhou\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28,33,38,100,123,217,238],"class_list":["post-455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-changzhou","tag-china","tag-chinese","tag-foreign-teacher","tag-jiangsu","tag-teaching-esl","tag-xinbei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglongpre.ca\/pilgrim\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}