A Morning in Beijing by yaorenliu

A Morning in Beijing

Women in Beijing retire at an age of 55. Life after retirement is rich with activities. I captured a few shots in the park. The lady in the flowered dress did her solo dance along the lily pond. She told me that it is her way loosening up all her joins. Another lady dipped her super huge mop pen in water and swiftly brushed a poem on the concrete in Chinese calligraphy. The camera lady is focusing her huge lens on the flower in the pond. The lady with the white shawl is ballroom dancing with her partner.

Thank you all for the commenting yesterday and sharing your own stories too.
These are wonderful! What a great way to capture their lives.
August 29th, 2013  
I'm glad to hear about this and see the photos! I visualised them all working till they couldn't stand any more!
August 29th, 2013  
Wonderful
August 29th, 2013  
wonderful vignettes.....everything about this is so elegant and civilized....
August 29th, 2013  
Thanks for this, Yao. You enrich our lives with these photos and information! China was closed to the world for so long! Lovely captures!
August 29th, 2013  
Lovely pictures and I like each woman's story. It seems they live a life of leisure after retirement.
August 29th, 2013  
Fantastic collage, very interesting choice of shots!
August 29th, 2013  
Wonderful collage and very interesting story to go with it. So interesting to be coming along on holiday with you.
August 29th, 2013  
Love your collage and the glimpse of life in modern China. Thank you for sharing!
August 29th, 2013  
Nicely done. Interesting to see the various activities.
August 29th, 2013  
What an excellent capture of the people around you. Lovely collage
August 29th, 2013  
So interesting! Great captures that really paint of picture of life there. Thanks for sharing!
August 29th, 2013  
What an interesting collage and such artistic things to be doing after retiring. I like that!
August 30th, 2013  
jT
I love the outdoor ballroom dancing craze in China
September 2nd, 2013  
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