[Leica] IMGs: A warm afternoon in Guangzhou Cultural Park

[Tina Manley]

I love the cat and policeman series!!

Tina

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 1:17 PM, Adam Bridge via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
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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