Earring and necklace pendants made from ‘ancient’ and less ancient porcelain shards have become something of a fad.  There are a number of such shops on Nanlouguxiang.  Shards are smoothed into pleasing shapes, and inlaid in a metal frame.  This is a cheapy version.

An over the counter prescription for a harmoniously golden throat.  The black and white photo of the doctor’s face just bespeaks reliability and honesty, doesn’t it?

Pure blue ink produced by the Tuoniao Ink Company.

More Art Deco inflected typography.

To ferment a home brewed wine (I think most people use rice in these parts of the country).

A close-up of an installation in a hutong off Andingmen Nei Dajie, circa spring festival 2010.  Two full-size windows were covered in these drawings.

A rope used to carry things, with a loop at the end.  I bought it because I loved the combination of indigo and white (indigo batik dying is a specialty of the Bai people) alongside the graphic red and black.  Although you can find the rope in lots of places around Yunnan province, I was biking around in Xizhou and bought it from a store specializing in rope.

A toothpaste found in Kunming, made of thirty-seven kinds of herbs, which fix bleeding gums, swelling, and weak teeth, while leaving one with fresh breath.

The type is so forceful!  There are definitely san-qi ‘thirty-seven’ herbs!