Beijing Hutongs#7, a photo from Beijing, North

Photographer's Note

The Beijing couryard
is a typy of traditional Chinese couryard house,
poularly known as"siheyuan',
which are home to many Beijing residents
who live in Hutongs.

Three families or even more live in a couryard,
which make them very close.
They know each other very well,
if they need a cabbiage or other help,
they simply knock their neighbor' door.

Children living in the couryard
may have more fun than those living
hight rise apartment.
they enjoy brotherhood and
sisterhood witheach other.

Merry Christmas to all of you!

Paolo, don_narayan, zig heeft deze opmerking als nuttig gemarkeerd

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Paolo (41258) 2005-12-24 6:01

Hi Mingfang, good shot, full of joy with that 2 smiling children.
good colours, light and focus.
good note too.
thanks, and merry Xmas.
ciao

don_narayan (2014) 2005-12-24 11:13

Hi Mingfang! I remember these boys very well... they were so cheerful and playing so much. This was also the day I met you! I like the wide-angle you use, to show a lot of the scene. Nice job.

Narayan

zig (2456) 2005-12-25 9:26

孩子们有很好的颜色。
他们笑地很自然的。非常好。
要说小小的点儿的话，
光看得太明亮。我喜欢有一点儿阴暗的。
可是我想这张里最重要点就是
他们表情非常的自然也非常愉快地笑。
那一点是最重要的。
祝贺你会拿出来这样的他们的感情！

banyanman (7797) 2007-09-01 2:32

Hi Mingfang. A wonderful candid capture of two happy kids. I love all your work from the hutongs - and you are so right about the community spirit that can't be replicated in high rise apartments. Therefore it makes me sad on every trip to Beijing that I see more and more of the hutongs being bulldozed to the ground the make way for apartments. Cheers . . . David