摘要
The scene-a single earthen bed in a poverly-stricken farming area of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the far west of China.Shared by a whole family,the bed is packed with some two dozen youngsters,among them infants and a baby.Not one of them is wearing pants.The earthen bed,known as a kang,has a narrow wooden trough attached to the side facing the door,and from this the family eats its"meals"-more often than not a watery gruel of maize or sorghum flour.
The scene - a single earthen bed in a poverty-stricken farming area of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regionin the far west of China. Shared by a whole family, the bed is packed with some two dozen youngsters, among them infants and a baby. Not one of them is wearing pants. The earthen bed, known as a kang, has a narrow wooden trough attached to the side facing the door, and from this the family eats its ＂meals＂ - more often than not a watery gruel of maize or sorghum flour.
