Retired people in China do many things during the course of the day to keep themselves occupied and physically fit. One especially interesting form of exercise is sidewalk poetry. A writer will use a special self-wetting brush to draw poems on the sidewalk. It is a deliberate, artful process.
“Doing good makes people happy. Reading is even better.”
(My thanks to my friend Sabrina Sun for the translation help.)
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