Abandoned Rural China School House Photo Journal

There aren't many people out here now, as China developed most of the younger generation moved to the cities meaning less students with in walking distance. This about a 30 minute walk from her home I would guess but if your walking you can cut through the fields and find short cuts.

The playing field has been converted in to what looks like corn stalks sticking up out of the ground like sharp spears; booby traps if you're not careful.

Over at the other end of property are the outdoor no running water bathrooms. I'm sure on a cold day with snow up to your waist this was not a fun trip.

Even though the classrooms have been stripped of anything of value the chalkboards survived even what appears to be the last lessons still scribbled in it. I couldn't see a chimney hole so I wondered how they kept warm in the winter, maybe I just missed it.

Here is the back of the teachers building. I'm not sure if they all lived here but I'm sure it had sleeping arrangements as well as offices. It's a big open space without walls. There may have been some sort of partitions that have since been looted.

It has an amazing view looking out of the classroom windows. It must have been quite peaceful. There is a new school bigger and a little more modern I was told.

Another taste of the real China.