We walked through the markets of Shanghai. We saw shops selling every imaginable trinket. It reminded me of the Raleigh flea market except there was a lot of jade, historical figures and chopsticks of every variety.
We also saw vegetables of every shape and color.
The bird market had birds of every variety. I even saw some that looked like black capped chickadees. The conditions were not humane as the finches were packed into cages and parrots were tied to perches on short leashes.
The cricket market was very loud. The chirping of the crickets was constant. Men were busy removing the lids from the cricket containers and poking the crickets with long sticks to see how they responded to the prodding. Evidently, crickets face each other in cricket fights and the first one to make their opponent go across the line is the winner.
Did you buy a mini-Mao?
ReplyDeleteNot yet. He's very heavy.
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