{"id":1110,"date":"2008-07-10T03:04:23","date_gmt":"2008-07-10T08:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/07\/10\/beijing-public-exercise-equipment\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:30:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:30:05","slug":"beijing-public-exercise-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/07\/10\/beijing-public-exercise-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing: Public exercise spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/2655347916\/\" title=\"\u5c0f\u5173\u5967\u6797\u5339\u514b\u6587\u5316\u5e7f\u573a by Cedric Sam, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3227\/2655347916_73cc51402b.jpg\" alt=\"\u5c0f\u5173\u5967\u6797\u5339\u514b\u6587\u5316\u5e7f\u573a\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/author\/megan\/\">Megan Hall<\/a>, Spacing Toronto&#8217;s correspondent in Beijing this summer, wrote a very interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/wire\/2008\/07\/08\/beijing-public-exercise-equipment\/\">post<\/a> on public exercise equipment in Beijing&#8217;s parks and playgrounds. Back in April, I stayed in Beijing for two weeks, and also had the opportunity to discover how Beijingers invested the public spaces to keep in shape. Megan&#8217;s post inspired me to do a quick search of my own through my photo collection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/2455973769\/\" title=\"Kicking shuttlecocks outdoor in Beijing by Cedric Sam, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2012\/2455973769_d0542e1c42.jpg\" alt=\"Kicking shuttlecocks outdoor in Beijing\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For instance, one common activity (seen in the previous picture), often played just at a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/2455962533\/\">street corner<\/a> or a public square with a large-enough flat surface, would be the kicking of shuttlecocks (just like how people play footbag here). It looked like the people that I encountered playing on most instances were office or shop workers taking a break.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/2535856308\/\" title=\"Outdoor ping-pong by Cedric Sam, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2058\/2535856308_555c8b18c6.jpg\" alt=\"Outdoor ping-pong\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since ping-pong is such a popular sport in China, maybe it is not surprising to find tables to play the game outside, as seen on this picture, taken at a public square near a residential complex.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/2654524351\/\" title=\"Beijing by Cedric Sam, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3089\/2654524351_270c0e0a57.jpg\" alt=\"Beijing\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this other park, just a few hundred meters from the main Olympic site, senior citizens were playing croquet amongst themselves. By the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/smurfmatic\/2655346426\/\">look of it<\/a>, this playground may have been built or revamped recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megan Hall, Spacing Toronto&#8217;s correspondent in Beijing this summer, wrote a very interesting post on public exercise equipment in Beijing&#8217;s parks and playgrounds. Back in April, I stayed in Beijing for two weeks, and also had the opportunity to discover how Beijingers invested the public spaces to keep in shape. 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