May 29, 2008
Wearing loose T-shirts marked “I love ST” (ST meaning Shantou), baggy pants, hats, head scarves and fat shoes, the rappers looked slightly out of place on stage in the Great Hall of Shantou University on May 4, 2008. They looked as though they were being controlled by the music and they swung their bodies to the beat. The audience was riveted to the music and clapped along, even thought they didn’t understand what the group was saying: Unique among hip-hoppers, these artists were rapping in Chaoshan dialect. Read more…
May 26, 2008
The man was repeatedly flinging five tennis balls into the air. After launching the balls, he would catch two in his hand and keep the other three in the air doing all kinds of fancy tricks. He calls the tricks “hand skills.” 33-year old Yang Yong is one of a number of Henan acrobats who left declining interest in the art form back home to find it thriving in Shantou. Read more…
May 18, 2008
One day in March 2008, Lee, around 25, shopped with his friend in Jin Xin Road in downtown Shantou. The street also called Walking Street was crowded with young people every where buying clothes as usual. Almost in the same second, some boys and girls around Lee stop moving: two boys and two girls were playing gobang on the floor, one young man were sending sms when walking, two guys were playing flyingcup game on the table in the middle of the street… For 5 minutes, up to 20 young people in the street were keeping still, even though they were in the middle of walking, drinking or tying shoelaces. Read more…
May 15, 2008
The coming of the Olympic torch was an event that caused a lot of excitement for Shantou and its people. On May 10 the torch relay made its way to Shantou. The last stopover among four cities in Guangdong province, Shantou started her flame-lighting ceremony in a strong rain at 8 AM. Read more…
May 15, 2008
On May 10th, the Olympic flame arrived in Shantou, the last leg of its journey in Guangdong Province. Beginning with heavy rain, the torch relay wound through the city, firing up the spectators along the route despite the rain. Please click “read more” for a photo essay on the torch relay. Read more…
Apr 22, 2008
Like lightning in the quiet sky,a sharp bamboo flute sounded. Lin Miaoqing raised the black microphone in her right hand, straightened her back and stared at the music sheet on the rusty iron stand. Hearing the music, she smiled and began to sing Chaoshan opera.
Lin wore a red coat with some big flowers on it. She had pink rouge on her face and red lipstick on her mouth. A gold necklace on her neck was shining under the sunshine.A black mobile phone and a pair of fashion sunglasses were hung in front of her chest. Read more…
