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Photo Essay: CET Shanghai

Photos by Victoria Ontiveros (Johns Hopkins University), Student Correspondent CET Shanghai, Fall 2018
 

View from our hike during the CET weekend trip

 

On the second day of the weekend trip, we visited a small village where we saw “real China.”

 

It didn’t seem like everyone in the village spoke Mandarin but they still allowed me to photograph them!

 

People would sit on the side of the road and beat what looked like wheat or rice as they chatted.

 

The rural lifestyle was very different from what we were used to in Shanghai.
Even though most Americans don’t use a clothing line to dry their clothes, it is still used in both rural and urban Shanghai.

 

The simpler lifestyle of the village was jarring in contrast to the constant noise and crowds of Shanghai.

 

The white buildings of the villages were lined with red signs for good fortune.
While we were wandering around the village, we came across what looked like a town square. The building in the front is the communist office.

 

“Fully carry out democracy, strictly elect according to law” is the rough translation. The sign was above notices about upcoming official elections.

 

Laundry in the village

 

City square

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