We walked around what you would call the kite factory. It was really just a bunch of small rooms in a back court yard. Each one had something different. This one was used to hang the newly painted silk.
I really liked their old traditional-looking kites, but when asked about them, I was told that they don’t make them anymore because there is no market for the traditional style. Apparently everyone wants the newest modern kind of kite, with bright colors and modern shapes.
Not everything on this trip was done in a new modern way.
After lunch (which had a great egg tomato soup), we went to a place where they do traditional wood block prints.
These prints are for the New Year. People put them on their windows for good luck in the coming New Year.
We watched a demonstration of this process and even got to do a one-color print ourselves.
There were also three dogs at the printing place. Here are two of them. Its a nice moment but they fought most of the time we were there.
On the way back my only pen stopped working. I need to get another one.
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