Certainly not a modern collection method but, from the looks of the village, a very effective method. Compared to Egypt this is advanced. In Egypt garbage was collected by donkey carts. Along the front edge of the village we ran into this snake vendor with his live wares in cages. As we approached he went inside one of the cages to extract a snake for our viewing pleasure.
Snake is very popular in China and is even considered by some to be a delicacy.
I'm not quite ready for snake. That would take some doing. During our tour of the village we ran into this group of young children. Anne and I reached into our bag, pulled out our stash of balloons and handed them out. As you can see by the expressions on their faces they were delighted.