What a scary look of this door guardian! It is a folk culture among the older Chinese to post on the entrance door two posters each of a door guardians. If you have a chance to see an exhibition of the Chinese relics, and there are archaeological finds of ancient tomb guard statues, check them out. Then you will see the resemblance between the door guardians and those tomb guards in the facial features. Protruded eyeballs, gnawing teeth, angered look. And there is a reason for these – to scare intruders away. That's why they are there for.
(Grip On Reality: This photo was taken on my way to work. I was walking past trucks parking on a cul-de-sac when the ropes caught my attention. The light was right, the colour was right and the criss-crossing pattern was perfect and I held up my GX200. People passing by checked me out and wondered what could be made out of such a boring scene. To me, the fun in photography is that the photographer makes something interesting out of what is not obvious to most at the scene. The ropes tied in knots somehow reminded people I know who are in the grip of the recession) You must have also known a friend or two, or even yourself, being baffled by the spiral downturn of the economy. Bank went bankrupt and the rich was faced with a shrinking wealth. A friend of mine has just had his salary cut by over 10% and some of his colleagues started to be shed. But, wait. Was this done really for the sake of continuing the business? Or is there a factor or greed in it? I wonder whether the
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