What holiday? The dedicated worked on
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February 26, 2011, Saturday
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MINHANG Times usually devotes this page to the stories of two or three people from the district. This month we are casting our focus wider to meet an array of ordinary people who spent the recent Spring Festival without a holiday break. They may do different work, have different backgrounds and come from different parts of the world, but they have one thing in common: an abiding pride in the district where they live.
Spring Festival is traditionally a time when those from out-of-town head home for family reunions. We wanted to meet some of the people who didn't get that chance, so we asked shutterbugs in Minhang to record what they did over the holidays.
Of the more than 500 photos we received, these are just some of the stories of the proud people of Minhang.
1. Chen Youying and Zhu Guangzheng
Chen Youying (right) and Zhu Guangzheng pose with their daughter in the Longbai community. The couple from Huaian, Jiangsu Province, makes a living by collecting rubbish at the community. The 18-year residents of Shanghai spent their holiday in Minhang because Spring Festival is usually the busiest time of the year for waste collectors.
2. Todd Losacco
Todd Losacco, who comes from the US state of Colorado, bakes cakes at the City Shop, which specializes in imported foods. Losacco, chef of the shop, has lived in China for seven years. He formerly worked at several five-star hotels in the US and China. On a busy day, he turns out more than 20 cheese cakes for the shop. He and his Thai wife now live in Minhang.
3. Xia Longxu
Xia Longxu proudly shows off his blood donation certificate. He welcomed the Year of the Rabbit by donating blood. Xia, who comes from Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province, has been a volunteer at the Qibao Blood Donation House since 2005 and has marked every Spring Festival with a New Year blood donation. He won the city's Magnolia Award for blood donors twice in recognition for the 50,000 milliliters of blood he has given.
4. Wu Xiaojiao
Wu Xiaojiao, a nurse from Zhejiang Province, takes care of an elderly patient. She didn't return home for the holidays because she thought patients needed her more than her parents. She asked her son to deliver personal greetings to her parents in her absence.
5. Firefighters
Firefighters of the Xinzhuang fire brigade clean a fire truck. The fire department was on high alert during the festival, a time of year when fireworks can often lead to mishaps.
6. A group of construction workers
A group of construction workers labors on the Yingbin Road tunnel in the Hongqiao Transport Hub during the Spring Festival. The tunnel, upon completion, will link the two terminal buildings at Hongqiao Airport. More than 100 laborers spent the holiday working 40 meters underground at the construction site. The tunnel will be finished in October.
7. Wu Xiaoxia
Wu Xiaoxia, a 16-year-old performer of the Minhang-based Oriental Jiangzhou Drum Theatre, spent her holiday on stage. Wu comes from Xinjiang County, Shanxi Province, where the Jiangzhou drum tradition originated. She started playing the drum when she was 14.
8. Li Feiyue
Li Feiyue, a native of Anhui Province, operates a barber shop in Zhuanqiao Town in Minhang. He and his family members opened the shop 10 years ago. Since then, they have served more than 100,000 customers, almost equal to the population of the town.
9. Guo Jie
Guo Jie plants vegetables at the Dongfeng Village in Pujiang Town. Guo moved from Huaiyuan, Anhui Province, to the village 12 years ago. He rents about 40,000 square meters of land in the village for his vegetables. In the past 12 years, he has returned to his hometown for Spring Festival only once. He said he plans to plant rice in a trial basis this year as part of his dream is to become a "rice paddy king."
10. Kong Xiangchuan
Kong Xiangchuan, from Liuan, Anhui Province, patrols the Pingji Residential Community in Gumei area as a manager of security. He remained busy during the Spring Festival to weed out any potential safety hazards such as burglary and fire accidents. He directed a group of security guards to extinguish a fire at an apartment during last year's Spring Festival. He has worked at the community for four years.
Spring Festival is traditionally a time when those from out-of-town head home for family reunions. We wanted to meet some of the people who didn't get that chance, so we asked shutterbugs in Minhang to record what they did over the holidays.
Of the more than 500 photos we received, these are just some of the stories of the proud people of Minhang.
1. Chen Youying and Zhu Guangzheng
Chen Youying (right) and Zhu Guangzheng pose with their daughter in the Longbai community. The couple from Huaian, Jiangsu Province, makes a living by collecting rubbish at the community. The 18-year residents of Shanghai spent their holiday in Minhang because Spring Festival is usually the busiest time of the year for waste collectors.
2. Todd Losacco
Todd Losacco, who comes from the US state of Colorado, bakes cakes at the City Shop, which specializes in imported foods. Losacco, chef of the shop, has lived in China for seven years. He formerly worked at several five-star hotels in the US and China. On a busy day, he turns out more than 20 cheese cakes for the shop. He and his Thai wife now live in Minhang.
3. Xia Longxu
Xia Longxu proudly shows off his blood donation certificate. He welcomed the Year of the Rabbit by donating blood. Xia, who comes from Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province, has been a volunteer at the Qibao Blood Donation House since 2005 and has marked every Spring Festival with a New Year blood donation. He won the city's Magnolia Award for blood donors twice in recognition for the 50,000 milliliters of blood he has given.
4. Wu Xiaojiao
Wu Xiaojiao, a nurse from Zhejiang Province, takes care of an elderly patient. She didn't return home for the holidays because she thought patients needed her more than her parents. She asked her son to deliver personal greetings to her parents in her absence.
5. Firefighters
Firefighters of the Xinzhuang fire brigade clean a fire truck. The fire department was on high alert during the festival, a time of year when fireworks can often lead to mishaps.
6. A group of construction workers
A group of construction workers labors on the Yingbin Road tunnel in the Hongqiao Transport Hub during the Spring Festival. The tunnel, upon completion, will link the two terminal buildings at Hongqiao Airport. More than 100 laborers spent the holiday working 40 meters underground at the construction site. The tunnel will be finished in October.
7. Wu Xiaoxia
Wu Xiaoxia, a 16-year-old performer of the Minhang-based Oriental Jiangzhou Drum Theatre, spent her holiday on stage. Wu comes from Xinjiang County, Shanxi Province, where the Jiangzhou drum tradition originated. She started playing the drum when she was 14.
8. Li Feiyue
Li Feiyue, a native of Anhui Province, operates a barber shop in Zhuanqiao Town in Minhang. He and his family members opened the shop 10 years ago. Since then, they have served more than 100,000 customers, almost equal to the population of the town.
9. Guo Jie
Guo Jie plants vegetables at the Dongfeng Village in Pujiang Town. Guo moved from Huaiyuan, Anhui Province, to the village 12 years ago. He rents about 40,000 square meters of land in the village for his vegetables. In the past 12 years, he has returned to his hometown for Spring Festival only once. He said he plans to plant rice in a trial basis this year as part of his dream is to become a "rice paddy king."
10. Kong Xiangchuan
Kong Xiangchuan, from Liuan, Anhui Province, patrols the Pingji Residential Community in Gumei area as a manager of security. He remained busy during the Spring Festival to weed out any potential safety hazards such as burglary and fire accidents. He directed a group of security guards to extinguish a fire at an apartment during last year's Spring Festival. He has worked at the community for four years.
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