http://thisridiculousworld.com Foreign Commentary on China Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:42:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://thisridiculousworld.com/china/this-ridiculous-world-guide-china-museums-14032010/ http://thisridiculousworld.com/china/this-ridiculous-world-guide-china-museums-14032010/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:09:22 +0000 Editors http://thisridiculousworld.com/?p=3005 Part One: The Patrons A Chinese museum is a fascinating place. Not because of the exhibitions of history. No, in a country with a heritage longer than that of Jesus the ubiquitousness of artifacts is less impressive than expected. Nowadays, with a proliferation of middle class Chinese people embracing all forms of consumerism, even intellectual, the museums have become as crowded as the subways and these hordes of proud patriots make for some grade A people watching. They come at the individual visitor in noisy swarms of elbows and camera flashes waving and yelling and dragging each other from one showcase to the next, overwhelmed as a dog at a busy hydrant. Because orderly lines do not exist, thick glass prote… Related posts:

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