It’s the burning times in Linyi, but don’t worry, the witches are fine. The fields, recently emptied of their latest crop of wheat, are burning across the countryside. What have been beautiful days with impressive visibility are now hazy and smoke-filled. The smoke of burning fields is one of the major contributors to pollution in our area.
The DH reports that from the air the burning fields are obvious. I’m curious to see what that might look like and today I’ll get my chance. I’m flying from Linyi to Beijing so that tomorrow I can get my passport renewed at the US Embassy. Grrr.
I figured that the burning times were coming soon since last week I noticed a lot of cars driving around with wheat stalks sticking out from under their cars. In order to speed up the threshing process, the farmers here lay their wheat out across the local roads. When the cars drive over the stalks, the seeds separate from the stalk and some of the stalks end up stuck in the undercarriage. Just another part of the routine here in semi-rural China.
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