Some thinking about my picture
...r solon and even big brand of KFC occupy the long old street. All the voices here are about bargaining, arguing or laughing. People go shopping here just like other commercial street. Actually all of these don’t fit its outlook. The Chenghuang Temple tries to imitate the ancient feature but lose the real soul. It seems to lose the historical meaning. Commercial benefit is usually the cause of destroying. In order to meet some special financial need of some special people, more and more old houses nearby were removed. Naturally, more and more shops and restaurants invaded it. As a result, the size of commercial Chenghuang Temple has been enlarged, the feeling of the history is getting less and less. The old man in my picture can be a witness of all these changes. The neighborhood he lives was once a peaceful and comfortable one. Many families lived here. Though the houses were old and had a long history, they had been accustomed to it. Now everything has been different. He is one of the survivals who have still lived here. Their living conditions are totally . They have to bear the serious noise from the commercial street and construction litter. He can no longer live in his neighborhood. His life is in mass. In my picture, he is still smiling. Is that his habit of taking pictures or just his optimistic personality? I have no idea. One thing I can make sure is that he has no complaint about that life. In his opinion, the grand building behind him and the small cottage he lives in are both normal. It is just fair for him. This is the contradiction of the society. The relationship between poor and rich is fundamentally the same in any country. For this poor old man, he is vulnerable for these obvious invasions of the rich. The rich group has enough money to buy the land, remove their neighborhood and make money from it. This superficial fair-trade rule is fundamentally unfair. It actually widens the gap between and poor. From the New York Times 1998, an article named “The gap bet...