SHAMIAN ISLAND II

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The island is only half a mile long and half as wide. Traffic is restricted so it is a great place to explore on foot. There are rows of western styled buildings and Anglican and Catholic churches, set at opposite ends of the island. The park on the shores of the Pearle River is full of greenery and has picnic and children play areas and even an area that features live music by locals. A guitar band was playing there when we visited. When Bill showed an interest in the lead player's Stratocaster guitar the musician offered it to him to play. Since he was playing slide guitar on it with open tuning Bill declined : )

All around Shamian Island there are delightful bronze statues of people engaged in different activities which provide a real treat when exploring the park. These  bronze statues commemorate Shamian’s colonial past as well as its cosmopolitan present. They give insight into China’s changing social world. One statue even traces the development of women in China – from the traditionally dressed, shorter and repressed woman of yesteryear, to the scantily clad, taller and confident Chinese woman of today. Many of the photos we took while on Shamian were of this variety of statues and we've collated them into pages in this Web series.

See the Shamian Island Statues at
 www.hillmanweb.com/china2017/canton6a.html
See the previous Shangxiajiu Statues at
 www.hillmanweb.com/china2017/canton6.html