Recorded May 24, 2009. The part of Fangbang Lu near Xizang Nan Lu is still untouched by the touristy structures and fake facades of money-hungry souvenir tourist-trappers. Although still a main thoroughfare, over here life is more local, there are small open-air eateries that cater to the local flavor as well as small shops that sell home-stuffs. It's as if nothing happened a few hundred meters away across Zhong Hua Lu.

Along this road I came across an Erhu player playing on the street. I pass him at first then turn around to give him some change in return for some of his music. I felt as if he knew he was being recorded and started to play a bit more fancy as I stood and watched/ recorded. After a while, I turn to leave and his music fades as I turn a corner.