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The 2.25 sq kilometers ancient town of Pingyao, an example of Han nationality, covered by the 10m in height wall was the financial and business center of the Shanxi Province in both Ming and Qing dynasties.
Shops open their doors to reveal modern cashier equipment perched on antique tabletops. Bustling about are bicycles, rickshaws and scooters. Here in Pingyao, modernity lives with centuries old relics.
I accidentally witnessed a local funeral in Pingyao during my last minutes in the town.
It seems like the person had a good life and a peaceful death because most of the people in the funeral were happy (in the good way) rather than sorrow. Around 20 local workers were hired to bring the huge coffin which is covered by plastic paper because of the pouring rain across the ancient town.
Just a fun blog post about the police in Pingyao. Many types of police flooded over the small town make me feel more insecure rather than safety. I haven’t seen so many police like this during the last 3 months in Thailand. Moreover, most of the Thai policemen are friendly and talk to you with smiles.
I stayed one and a half day in Xian before leaving to Pingyao. It’s just another city of China on the way of developing. The air is so polluted because of the huge a mount of constructions not so far from the city center.
I got a trouble when shooting in a local market on Monday morning. While I was taking around the market, one guy stopped and tried to ask why I was taking photos in that market. Then after 10 minutes of arguing without any understanding between each other, all the people from the market gather around me with the searching eyes. They thought I am a spy and wanted me to delete every photos with fruits and food. I had no choice rather than follow their demand or I will be in a bigger trouble.
The highlight of the city is the 7 Sages hostel which is based on a very big classic Chinese row community houses.
It’s a honor for me to be a photographer of TEDxChiangMai which just happened last weekend. More than twenty speaker from or living in South East Asia with diversity in age and occupation talking in the theme of “Smart Societies”. According to the organizer, 500 people attended the event which is a remarkable number for a small city like Chiang Mai.
Dr. Thammarat Kootatep analysed the importance of toilet in the contemporary life.
Lisa Berteit and Apivich Hemachandra are two of the young speakers attended TEDxChiangMai who spoke about love and life.
A 3D printing machine was brought to the event which caught the attention of many people.
People can show their creativity by decorating the big X.
The big X from another point of view.
The lunch was prepared by the 5 star hotel.
Making friends and chatting during the breaks.
Two translators worked hard on translating between Thai-English for almost 8 hours.
Live streaming is not a task for amateurs.
Setting up for a band playing live.