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A long queue of people waiting outside Suzhou Public Library

After my comments on the conduct of the public when boarding the underground, in the interests of balance I took a photo of something I see every Saturday morning on my walk to teach: a long queue of people [mostly students], snaking several times back on itself, patiently waiting for Sūzhōu (苏州) Library to open.

Like many important [or old] buildings, it uses traditional Chinese characters instead of the simplified versions that were introduced during the 1950s and ’60s. In traditional script, the first character of Sūzhōu is written , whose two components and mean fish and cereal crops respectively, giving more of an insight into what the region was historically known for.

In: Moblog & China / Sinomoblog

2008 / 08 / 02 – 13:18

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