LingYan Shan Part III: Free Enterprise at the Top

 Another follow up to the posting on LingYan Shan.  One of the strangest things is that, at the top hill and beyond the gates of the temple, you suddenly find a bunch of hawkers.  Whatever they are selling, they carry up the hill on their backs in the morning and they stake out their space for the day on a sidewalk or a dirt trail.

The top photo is a palm reader - one of 3 or 4 palm that were working the crowd.  You can see his chart of palm topography lying in the dirt beside him.  He seems to have the subject and his friends paying close attention.

 Many of the hawkers are selling cheap jewelry.  Others are selling religious and mystical trinkets.  They spread their goods out on blankets on the sidewalks, like the ladies above.

 Others set up carnival like games-of-chance, like the improvised ring toss shown above. 

The hawkers go where the people are.  Since most of the traffic is moving toward the scenic spots at the top of the hill, any space along the way is a potentially valuable storefront.  Even if the space is on a muddy slope, like above.

Every business has it's managers and upper managers.  The fellow above is, apparently, the CEO of a three-blanket jewelry store.  The blankets were tended by a sales staff of two young women.  The boss, you see, is hard at work in his office.