Jiujiang China Spring 2009 by Fran Warren

I arrived in Jiujiang January 23 just in time for Chinese New Year and Spring Festival. A warm welcome awaited me especially from our two groups of public officials who spent six months in Louisville (aka JJ10 and JJ7). This picture is of a street vendor in the village of Zhongnan. Dai (JJ 10) and her husband took me there to celebrate the New Year with family. Lots of food and firecrackers.





Left: Street Vendors selling New Year's banners for doors. I bought one for my apartment. Hoped it would bring me good luck.








Right: View of farm land surrounding the village.






Left: Young boy playing checkers on village street. Notice the pieces of paper for missing pieces.

Back in Jiujiang from the village I had dinner with Yang Bin's(JJ10) extended family. Her father 83 decided to take a nap while the feast was being prepared. This is one of favorite pictures. He made me feel right at home and I knew my stay in Jiujiang would be OK. Yang Bin's family have become my Chinese family.