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Monthly Archives: September 2017

Intangible Cultural Heritage

shanghai, tianzifang, ear cleaning, traditional, china, heritage

I limped up the alleyway stairs of a tattoo parlour in the Tianzifang neighbourhood of Shanghai. I was limping because I had recently got a tattoo on the sole of my left foot, a location which, while minimally painful during the process (thick skin), invariably heals poorly due to constant abuse. I was going up […]