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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: A warm afternoon in Guangzhou Cultural Park
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 12:32:19 -0500
References: <7A555B5B-9A8C-43E3-9775-A323AA6213C4@mac.com>

Gotta love that last series, Adam.? Nice shots, all of them.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/14/2018 12:17 PM, Adam Bridge via LUG wrote:
> Jet lag grabbed me by the throat while we visited the GZH Cultural Park. 
> Friends walked through the Museum of the Thirteen Hongs that featured 
> items from Canton?s early trading days. I?m sure there are epic stories 
> about how much of this was saved from the ravages of the Cultural 
> Revolution. A passport was needed to enter (if you?re a foreigner) and I 
> didn?t have mine with me. So I strolled the grounds while others toured.
>
> I found this broom quite pleasing. The design is completely typical. We 
> saw them everywhere.
>
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-fvV6s27/A>
>
> I love this decorative tradition that we saw virtually everywhere:
>
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-SGhsvLs/A>
>
> The grounds served a propaganda role with messages from the state 
> inscribed everywhere, sometimes with real cultural dissonance:
>
> This one says (essentially) ?Don?t take bribes.? Of course it does. I?d 
> have chosen exactly this figure for that message:
>
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-Fm5RTRK/A>
>
> This one urged civility and the respect of elders:
>
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-j3j2S78/A>
>
> I enjoyed the feel of it immensely:
>
>
> And then there was a young policeman, a student policeman I gather, in a 
> uniform for someone of a much sturdier frame.
>
> He came across a very pregnant kitty soaking up the sun. What would 
> happen? Cat and spectators wondered!
>
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-SbbZnV8/A>
>
> There was a greeting:
>
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-QJkVv7r/A>
>
> And then:
>
> <https://adam-bridge.smugmug.com/Travel/2018-China-Adams-Cut/i-48bB88r/A>
>
> The young man carefully removed fleas. When he walked to the shade the 
> kitty followed and the nit-picking continued for perhaps a half-hour.
>
> Just a quiet afternoon in the Cultural Park.
>
> Most of these were shot with a Sony NEX-6 I borrowed from my wife.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Adam
>
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