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One admirable quality they all seemed to have, was that of sharing their snacks, sweets and drinks, with each other. I had noticed this in my contacts with Chinese families and their children in the UK, then on a visit to a Temple in Guilin, we passed three young boys who were doing the same thing. They had chosen an ideal spot, sitting on cool rocks under the shade of trees.
When our group returned to the coach, we were under the scutiny of another two children standing on the dusty road, looking like street urchins, bare footed and scantily dressed, but of course with angelic faces. One lady in the group gave the elder child a few sweets. He did not run away to hide his spoils in some secret place, but instead went to share the small gift with his younger companion, who might well have been a friend or a brother. There was no sibling rivalry here ! It was difficult for me to judge whether the children looked under nourished, because at the time, all the younger children seemed to have the same physique, probably much healthier than the chubby children I would see in Beijing in later years.
On another visit to Guilin, Hong's family took me to see a section of an old canal, which had once been part of the Chinese system, and where the waters ran as clear as crystal. Of course, at different parts of the canal, men were fishing, then we came across these two boys standing on a rock at the side of one of the lakes, trying to do better than their elders. When we went closer to have a better look, there were large shoals of very tiny fish darting about in the clear water. For the very short time we were near the boys, they caught nothing.
One of the highlights of my visits to Guilin, after a busy morning, was a surprise lunch which Hong's mother had arranged for us at a Buddhist Temple, about which I will write in other pages. All the walking about had exhausted her young grandson Chang Xi, so he had a sleep on one of the temple benches, looking very much like a young monk himself.| Have you enjoyed your visit to the China Pages ? Why not pass them on to your friends ? Make the author very happy ! |
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