Thursday, October 2, 2008

Shaanxi Farming




On our way to and from Fufeng, the little town where FaMenSi Temple is located, we had quite a bit of farm country to drive through. It was a nice change from the cityscape that we were now accustomed to seeing day in-day out. Fortunately for me this was harvest time for corn so I took some interesting shots.

Pics 1 & 2 are of the farm laborers gathering corn not with good 'ol John Deere combines and the such but by hand.

Pic 3 is a wide load of corn stalks that have been gathered and loaded on a 3 wheel light truck. The driver was passing through Fufeng.

Pic 4 is an interesting picture of what appears to be a multipurpose vehicle although I was not able to confirm this for sure. If you look closely, the front half looks like an oversized garden tiller. Behind it is a trailer hitched to the tiller that carries all kinds of loads as well as provides a seat for the driver. Quite a few of these vehicles were running around in Fufeng.

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