POTD: The Painted Forest

The Painted Forest
Nanjing, China
2018

0 thoughts on “POTD: The Painted Forest”

    1. Here’s one explanation: https://www.quora.com/Why-are-the-bottom-half-of-tree-trunks-in-China-painted-white . It’s quite an industry in China, at least in Nanjing. I saw a number of folks actively painting trees while I was there. Contrary to the paint sprayer photo in the quora link, all the workers I saw were painting the trees by hand. As far as them all being so even, the Chinese never seem to do anything willy-nilly. Everything is well-calculated and if there’s a specified height they are suppose to adhere to, they will do that way every time. Whether that’s out of a respect for precision or order or some fear of ridicule or punishment if they don’t do it, I don’t know.

  1. Thanks Larry…I would never have guessed insect repellent along with benefits of seeing the trees in the dark (I like this one) and preventing frostbite….who knew?? 🙂

  2. MICHAEL B MADRYGA

    I thought that maybe this was in a botanical garden but it looks more like a large forest. Either way it’s a great site.

    1. Actually it’s neither of those things. It is a rather trashed up buffer between a busy thoroughfare and an urban college campus. Photos don’t lie but they they can certainly mislead.

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