The Corn Bridge in Qingyuan, China

Corn Bridge, a photo by ObieVIP on Flickr.

This abandoned bridge across the waterway and farmlands near my Lings hometown in Qingyuan, China is over 100 years old. The locals plant corn or rice on every parcel they can. Every ditch, every gully, every slope, and someone even covered this bridge with soil and planted corn on the bridge. Efficiency.

Harvest, a photo by ObieVIP on Flickr.

Harvest time for the rural farmlands near Qingyuan, China.

Harvesting the corn, a photo by ObieVIP on Flickr.

Harvesting the corn the old fashioned way, by hand in Qingyuan, China.

Corn, a photo by ObieVIP on Flickr.

Corn harvested by hand at the family farm in Qingyuan, China.

The family farm, a photo by ObieVIP on Flickr.

On the family farm in Qingyuan, China.