Saturday, April 25, 2009

Jiàn zi 毽子 Chinese shuttlecock



Wuhou Hengjie 090425 ©Ingrid Booz Morejohn

Right after I made the posting below with a picture of a man playing Chinese featherball in Beijing I met this sweet old lady on the street here in Chengdu. She makes handmade featherballs at home and sold me two for 4 yuan a piece. 

2 comments:

  1. 踢起来感觉怎么样?
    Tī qǐlai ɡǎnjué zěnmeyànɡ?

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  2. wǒ bù hěn líng húo 灵活! I haven't been able to kick it around more than once or twice. I gave them to my children who are much more agile than me!

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