Chinese local "Mounatin" walk

[DavidJ1609]

One has to live in China to appreciate how many people there are, and sometimes return home where a busy weekend in London feels like everyone has stayed at home.

So, walking on a local "Mountain" - Suzhou is a flat area generally - I was prepared for the teeming herd on a holiday weekend. Any supermarket or shopping area would have been worse.

Here's a few, where I managed to wait for gaps in the crowds off the main track. There is a Buddhist temple, and the locals pray for love/family/success etc.
This is past the worst of the crowds, and about half way up.


This won't be quiet for long.

The smaller temple (The larger is surrounded by trees and any picture is just walls and trees.)

Stirring the ashes.

Lighting the sticks

Candles


There are more here on Facebook.

Regards,

David.

[banjukes]

Re: Chinese local "Mounatin" walk

Lovely set David. They say if the chineese people started to file past your door one by one that the line would never end!

[DavidJ1609]

Re: Chinese local "Mounatin" walk

Indeed. If it would take 31 years to count to a Billion, with an assumed ability to count all numbers in 1 second, then 1.4billion people would take 44 years to file past your door!

It's a great experience to be here, but also frustrating. The pollution is almost out of control and the long-term damage done in many places, bith to the environment and the people.

[On a technical note, these are linked to facebook. I'm about to reopen my Flickr account as the quality from FB is terrible.]

David.

[PeterBirder]

Re: Chinese local "Mounatin" walk

Lovely shots that bring back memories of my many visits to China in the past.
The first one is absolutely typical of the scene at any popular Chinese "beauty spot". The Chinese people seem to have an affinity with " mountains" and delight in building stairs to enable absolutely every one to climb them. I have been privileged to be taken to some stunning locations by my hosts in several parts of China. However, I must admit I was probably taken to jostle with the masses on the Great Wall a few more times than I really needed (especially in the heat of summer.)

Thanks for sharing.

[Zuiko]

Re: Chinese local "Mounatin" walk

Lovely set David. They say if the chineese people started to file past your door one by one that the line would never end!

Let's hope they don't join the European Union!

Smashing set, David, the last but one is my favourite - it's a particularly strong composition with a great atmsophere.