The square is a very lively place with foreign tourists and Chinese alike. The man below at right is selling kites. The city is a mix of old and new, modern and traditional. Beneath modern office buildings coal is transported by bicycle. A popular shopping stop is Silk Street.
Bicycles are certainly ubiquitous, and the tricycle carts carry many things.
The one at left below is a cleaning cart. The streets of China are very vibrant. This is in stark contrast to the streets of the Soviet Union under Communism. Many things take place on the street, including haircuts. We show the building below not to show its disrepair, but because it shows something of the construction in this kind of building.