It was evening but we still had plenty of sunlight to do photography. Our driver took us to an old address in Zhangjiakou where we were to do some photography.
We heard this was the address of one of the earliest Christian churches in Zhangjiakou too but the old church was gone.
However it was very interesting to see the senior citizens enjoying themselves as the day wore itself out. They must have been living along this road for more than half a century. Perhaps their parents and grandparents had lived here. Life was simple, and they were enjoying time together.
It was nice to see pineapples. The Chinese call pineapples Poh Loh, a name I have to get used to whenever I read recipes in Chinese.
The vendors were only too happy to see us and to sell their over riped poh loh to us.
A part of this road has a lot of demolition going on. This should be how people lived about 100 years ago during the Qing Dynasty.
There is an amusing Foochow saying, when a Chinese man is alone, he works, when there are two together, they play chess. When there are three or four together, they gamble. I wonder if it is always true.
The warm, pretty May evening ended very pleasantly as we went back with lots of good memories of a special road, Xihoujie, in Zhangjiakou.
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