The postman's new bicycle sparkled in the sun. It's a model made by the Shanghai Forever (上海永久, Shànghăi Yŏngjiŭ) company:
It's not difficult to walk around China and spot poor translations, which makes it all too easy a target. For this reason, I'll try to keep this kind of thing to a minimum. However, this sign, in Qilihe District, was too good too pass up. Thanks to Jess for the spot. On 7 July, the Olympic Torch Relay apparently went off without a hitch, but it was a bad day for trees in Lanzhou. The Olympic Torch Relay passed through Lanzhou today. I decided to avoid the crowds, and instead took advantage of the traffic restrictions and walked up onto the overpass to try to get a clear picture of the mosque. To give it its full name: Lánzhōu Xīguān Qīngzhēn Dà Sì (兰州西关清真大寺). Just a few of the Olympics-related signs I've seen around Lanzhou recently. The Torch relay passes through Gansu this week. The revised route takes in Dunhuang (5 July), Jiayuguan (6 July), and Lanzhou (7 July). Strength in unity, fighting the earthquake, providing disaster relief: We found ourselves on Nánchāng Lù (南昌路) (map) with plenty of time on our hands, and decided to have a walk around the Bonsai Park (金城盆景园, Jīnchéng Pénjĭng Yuán). It was a hot afternoon, better suited to just sitting under a tree (which seemed to be the popular choice among the park-goers), but we did a full circuit. When we finally did stop to rest, there was a woodpecker hammering away on the tree above us. I was in the 'The East is Red Square' (东方红广场, dōngfānghóng guǎngchǎng. Map), taking photos of people feeding the doves (pigeons?). I got landed-on, and just blindly pointed the camera at my shoulder: Liu Xiang is the reigning 110m hurdles Olympic champion. As well as a multitude of other endorsement work he does (clothes, milk, computers...), he's on the Coca-Cola Olympics Torch Relay ads on bus stops around Lanzhou. This one has been designed with the map of Gansu, showing the original route (before the changes to the schedule as a result of the Sichaun earthquake): Today is the 87th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. An apt day to post the following photos of a banner in the 8th Route Army Office of Lanzhou. It reads: |
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