The pictures below are of an area called Shenzhen Book City. There is a huge, 3 story book store here. I went inside and it was packed. I have never seen that many people in a store in my life. A lot of Chinese just read here but do not buy the books. The bookstore neighbors the Shenzhen library, Music Hall, and Children’s Palace. But Book City also has restaurants, shops, & convenience stores.
Most of these pics are of the surrounding area. But the last one is of a street musician playing an erhu, which is a Chinese violin or fiddle. I read that it has 2 strings and dates back to the Tang dynasty (618-907). He had a little amplifier too, was pretty neat.
is that not interesting, this man playing an ancient violin..cool. How did you know the strings go back to this dynasty? Really great. Very nice city buildings. It looks like the same pink shrubs I have in the front of the house and cannot get over the palm trees. Does the book store carry Chinese books translated into English?The book store reminds me of B and N where people can go in to read the books without having to buy the books. Annoying to buy a book there as some titles if they are limited are all dog eared. Is the pink wall just a temporary construction wall?
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