Looms, Poetic Trash Cans, and other fun in Guilin (the klog)

One tourist spot in Guilin had various craft demonstrations. I liked this loom and this clever way of keeping strings taut:

Here is a guy carving characters into bamboo: (I like how the lighting and colors look in this shot.)

This was a demonstration of the traditional Chinese version of a rap battle:

The girl on the raft sings a line of song, and a guy on the shore has to improvise an appropriate response, and so forth. In the old days, a guy who was good would win the girl's hand in marriage. Here, one of the tourists who responded well just got a free raft ride. :P

And now.. Waterfall Climbing!

You had to swap out your shoes for these straw sandals, and then you basically pulled your way up the side of this waterfall with a chain. This being China, there was of course no safety rope. :)

I was a chicken and didn't try it. :P

And finally, here is a series of curiously inappropriate(?) poetry on trash and recycling bins at this park: