Tag: qibao
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The Gift That Holds Us~
Rain falls quietly on the old stone bridge in Qibao, as the figure under the umbrella becomes part of the story of the place. The droplets draw lines on the umbrella’s surface, each one marking time, memory, and a quiet persistence. I’ve always been drawn to rain—not just the way it transforms the landscape, but…
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Qibao, Inside the Time Capsule
Hidden inside the massively dense Shanghai Metropolis is a quaint, albeit crowded small world of tradition. Bridges over water, narrow old streets, a wide variety of delicious street food and a beautiful old tea house. In the tea house, mostly old men gather to drink tea and watch story telling theaters on a stage that…
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harsh realities~ Qibao
In Qibao, and old area of Shanghai, is a neighborhood(if you can call it that) of green lanes. Confronting realities wait there behind each door and in front of some where young women prepare to sell themselves for a living. As much as this practice is as old as civilization itself, it remains heartbreaking to…