New China Archive

Village Near Wuhan

I went hiking in a village near Wuhan back in 2020. There was a window of time when the covid-lockdowns had been lifted, so our hiking group went exploring in search of some freedom. The sky was unusually blue due to the covid era shutdown of local factories.

A woman standing in the door of her old home in a village near Wuhan (November, 2020).
Some locals were burning trash and weeds in the village
This kind of public exercise equipment is common in China.
This concrete arch is modern, it was constructed in imitation of the wooden arches that characterized Old China.