Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Our last stop in Xi'an was to visit a nearby agricultural village, Nansuo. The village is quite prosperous because most of the farmers are also very talented artists.
Our last stop in Xi'an was to visit a nearby agricultural village, Nansuo. The village is quite prosperous because most of the farmers are also very talented artists.
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| Each resident of the village gets 6,000 sq ft of land to cultivate. (So a family of three would have 18,000 sq ft of agricultural land.) The land is a mix of annual crops, like wheat at the right, and perennials. |
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| Perennial crops include grapes (above) and fruit trees. |
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| The Community Building has solar panels on the roof. |
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| Another view of the Community Building. |
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| An old, unoccupied house sandwiched between two that have been rebuilt. |
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| A rebuilt house. |
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| Our home-visit host had dragon dancers ready for us. |
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| Dragons usually help bring in the Chinese New Year. |
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| Lon grinds some grain the old-fashioned way. |
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| A traditional kitchen with space for two cooking fires. |
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| The kitchen is just off to the left, behind the low wall. This is a traditional bed -- warmed by running the kitchen fire exhaust under it before it vents to the outside. |
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| Our host was a well-known artist, and this is his studio. |
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| The artist at work. |
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