The folks that I had lunch with before my picture of the pedicabs at the bus stop (PotD#3) invited me to 江油 (Jiangyou) , the home of China's greatest poet, 李白 (Li Bai).
There is a beautiful culture park there to celebrate his life in 1300 years ago as well as his poetry. In April 2006, my site mate, Michele and I went there to perform a poem at the opening ceremony. While it was well received by the crowd of 1000 or more, we saw truly beautiful renditions of his poems by several Chinese masters as well as a visiting Japanese group.
Well, after our visit to the Li Bai park and a wonderful lunch, we were invited to visit a friend's English school. They were hoping to sign up new students that day and we were invited to provide an air of authenticity, I suppose. The kids went bananas when we got there. Then when they saw then camera, they really went nuts. This is an accidental shot that I really love. I hope these countryside kids will stand up and be counted and have their voice in making the future of this place.
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