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Falling Rocks in China

 
near Macau, XI.2001;
pict. R. Fong		 Lantau Isl., Hong-Kong, XI.2001;
pict. R. Fong		 Great-Britain
Observe the unnatural path of the rocks on their way down. It looks like they are driven with the wind. (More examples in Iceland.)
I'm not sure if there was any influence (they are linked through Portugal), but we have a sign from the Azores with a similar wall and the same number of boulders.		 The Hong-Kong sign is almost identical to the sign from Great-Britain. The same observation holds true for men at work and the children's crossing. Notice how two of the smaller stones are missing: one in each cluster of three.
 
This sign was found near a temple in obvious need of some repairs. It was only after a while that I managed to read it (the drawing, not the chinese). The weird thing at the bottom is a torso of a man. The dot just a bit heigher is his head. The other blots are boulders. It will be a challenge to find something worse. (Not that I will try.)

Rock signs with people are a rarity. We have another specimen from New Zealand.

  
Just an illustration of how far China is willing to go in some matters: falling rock sign with man without rocks! Cannot belong to the collection.
Bejing, 10.VII.2005;
pict. E. Van Den Bergh		 Hanzou, 21.VII.2005;
pict. E. Van Den Bergh
 
   
Badaling, II.2006; pict. N. Neerink   Xian -> Zhashui (Shaanxi Prov.), V.2006; pict. N. Neerink Tianshui -> Lanzhou (Gansu Prov.), V.2006; pict. N. Neerink
 
Two of our year 2006 finds are reminding us of the roadsign we've found near Macau. We recognize the same number of stones and notice also a huge improvement in the drawing. The stones now have different shapes and sizes and the path which they are following is much more natural. Could that mean that the party is losing grip? The sign found near the Long Wall at Badaling proves that even more variation can be expected. That's good news, it's the country's first find with five boulders (See statistics). Our spotters there are on full alert.
 
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More roadsigns from China: Men at work - Children's crossing