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I love signs. Especially abroad. And especially in China. Remember the one on entering the lovely beach in, I think it was Putuoshan, that said you hade to be, among VERY many other things, mentally healthy to be able to swim there? I never really understood why...
Pierre: Where did you see that sign? Sounds like China twenty years ago when you weren't allowed to lock your hotel door and the fuwuyuan would come barging in without knocking to see if you were doing anything "wrong" in your room!
AnB: I think they were worried about supposedly mentally deranged bathers harassing people, flashers, peeping tom's etc. Poor things, remember all that windy sand?
"I recorded this event in order to make it known to persons who are fond of such matters". Song Dynasty official Fan Chengda (1126-1193) wrote this in "Diary of a Boat Trip to Wu" on July 10 in the year 1177 when travelling through Sichuan Province.
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ReplyDeleteI love signs. Especially abroad. And especially in China. Remember the one on entering the lovely beach in, I think it was Putuoshan, that said you hade to be, among VERY many other things, mentally healthy to be able to swim there? I never really understood why...
ReplyDeletePierre: Where did you see that sign? Sounds like China twenty years ago when you weren't allowed to lock your hotel door and the fuwuyuan would come barging in without knocking to see if you were doing anything "wrong" in your room!
ReplyDeleteAnB: I think they were worried about supposedly mentally deranged bathers harassing people, flashers, peeping tom's etc. Poor things, remember all that windy sand?