China's iconic occupations fading away
(english.cri.cn) Updated: 2014-10-14 07:33Rubdown worker
In the past, taking a bath with friends in a public bathhouse meant enjoying a traditional rubdown while chatting and drinking tea. This was an enjoyable and even indispensable part of many elderly citizens' daily lives. Yet many traditional bathhouses, like the century-old Xinyuan Bathhouse in Beijing, have stopped the practice and the job of rubdown worker is vanishing into history.
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A customer enjoys a traditional rubdown in the century-old Xinyuan Bathhouse in Beijing. [Photo/The Beijing News] |
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A customer takes a bath in a traditional bathhouse. [Photo/ycwb.com] |
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