Wednesday, June 1, 2005

Roadside barber shops I have never used them, but they are a typical thing on Chinese streets: road side barber shops. You can get a quick haircut or a shave for about 3 RMB. Mainly older people seem to use them, and the barbers are generally also far past retirement age. One of them is normally cutting people[base ']s hair on the corner of Gaoan Lu and Yongjia Lu, and I normally greet the barber when I walk by. But according to an article in the Shanghai Daily that will soon be a thing of the past. Because of health and hygiene concerns barbers will not be allowed to continue their business on street corners or under bridges. On the one hand I understand it (one barber said in the article that that he never washed his 100-year old shaving knife!), on the other hand it is sad that another typical Chinese street scene will disappear. But let[base ']s see, it is not unlikely that the rule will not be enforced. 4:27:33 PM    comment []