{"id":3363,"date":"2008-07-15T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2008-07-15T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/07\/15\/beijing-more-public-exercise-equipment\/"},"modified":"2008-07-15T11:00:51","modified_gmt":"2008-07-15T15:00:51","slug":"beijing-more-public-exercise-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/07\/15\/beijing-more-public-exercise-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"BEIJING: more public exercise equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spacing Montreal contributor Cedric Sam recently made an excellent post about other examples of public exercise equipment in Beijing.\u00a0 Originally posted<\/a> July 10, 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Megan Hall<\/a>, Spacing Toronto’s correspondent in Beijing this summer, wrote a very interesting post<\/a> on public exercise equipment in Beijing’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’s post inspired me to do a quick search of my own through my photo collection.<\/p>\n

\"Kicking<\/a><\/p>\n

For instance, one common activity (seen in the previous picture), often played just at a 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

\"Outdoor<\/a><\/p>\n

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

\"Beijing\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In this other park, just a few hundred meters from the main Olympic site, senior citizens were playing croquet amongst themselves. By the look of it<\/a>, this playground may have been built or revamped recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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