Life in Chengdu Videos
This Chinese man was standing outside our apartment complex on the street with an amp singing. I think he is trying to make some money by donations. Many people have lost their jobs because of the economy and so they try any way they can to make a few extra dollars.
January 2009
This is Teacher Yu. She was one of our original Chinese teachers when we arrived in Chengdu 5 years ago. She has become a mom to us. She comes over regularly and sometimes brings food and cooks for us or has us over to her house to eat. She is meeting Hannah for the first time in this little video.
January 2009
This is a short clip of a Shao Kao stand. Shao Kao is Bar B Que. These stands come out in the late afternoon and evening and they grill pork, chicken, fish, and all kinds of veggies. They use a real spicy pepper to cook grill them in. This is a staple food for people in Chengdu
January 2009
This video was shot in the down town of Chengdu. As you can see there are lots of people walking and selling things on the road. They are selling mobile phone parts, pineapple, nuts, and other items. It is amazing that in this big city down down there are people selling sugar cane off of the back of their bicycle.
January 2009
Carrefour is a French store like Wal-Mart. It is 1 city block from our apartment. It has a McDonald’s attached to it. You can see how grey and smoggy it is here in this video
January 2009
We were sitting in a taxi and I noticed the cross walk over pass in front of us was full of people. At first I thought there was something going on, but then realized that it was just a lot of people. This is in the down town area of Chengdu. It is so crowded. Part of the reason for the crowd on the over pass is that people sell things up there like fruit, clothes, phone cards, etc.
January 2009
There is a lot of construction going on around us right now.
They are building a big mall as a part of our apartment complex
and they are also building a car underpass at the intersection
outside our apartment to help with traffic flow.
January 2009
This short video shows you the type of fruit stand we get our fruit from. These stands are everywhere in town.
January 2009
Chinese New Year Spring Festival begins January 26th this year and a main dish during the holiday is xiang chang or Chinese sausage.
January 2009
Take a look at all the smog! It has been grey and dark like this
since we got back. Yuck!
January 2009
Many people bring fresh vegetables into the city on bicycles like this to sell. This lady as walking down the road next to our apartment complex.
January 2009
