More fascinating Chinese Rubbish Bins

Following our posting ‘A Fascination for Chinese Rubbish Bins‘, we have received a number of examples of fascinating Chinese rubbish which are covered in more detail below:

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Jane Furkert, our teacher at Shandan Bailie School in 2014, sent in the next two sets of rubbish bins, one from Hua Shan and the second from Taibai Shan, both in the Qin Ling mountains of Shaanxi province:

The first, of children, each ‘holding’ or ‘dragging’ their rubbish bins, gives definite appeal for passing tourists to use the bins when ascending Hua Shan (Mount Hua) on foot (rather than the cable car…).

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All three images below (again taken and submitted by Jane Furkert) were of pairs of rubbish bins (for recyclable and non-recyclable rubbish) on the footpath ascending Taibai Shan (Mount Taibai).  Each pair is attractively dressed out with flowers and artificial grass on top to give an air of being environmentally friendly!

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All the following rubbish bins occur in Suzhou, Jiangsu province:  The Lingering Garden – Liuyuan; The Humble Administrator’s Garden –Zhuozhengyuan, and also at the Pan Gate – Panmen, on the Main Canal encircling Suzhou.

 The fine blue-and-white-ware bins were contributed by Royden Smith of Nelson branch.  It is likely that they were produced in Jingdezhen, the ‘home’ of Chinese porcelain for centuries.

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The following, more modest bins were found by the writer in the famous Humble Administrator’s Garden in Suzhou, simple but effective.  Made of steel but fashioned to look like bronze, close observation reveals a bamboo motif engraved on the side.

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The above rather ordinary pair of rubbish bins, which conclude this series, is included just to show that not all Chinese rubbish bins are spectacular!   However, I am sure that there are more fascinating ones out there, which merit a wider audience. So, please keep on sending me ones that you find to [email protected].

Duncan France