Burning Farm

In July, the midsummer, farmers are busy at preparing the senond cultivation of rice. Before the cultivation is performed, traditionally farmers burn straw, in order to get them turn into fertilizers. 

The agriculture is gradually waning as the high-tech industry is already the spine of the economy of Taiwan.

But still some farmers are carefully taking care of their lands. The farmer turned over straw hardly.

In fact, it is illegal to burn a farm in Taiwan nowadays due to air pollution problem. But when I saw them working so hard on the farm in such a hot day, I had not the heart to admonish them.

In Taiwan, each hand has its own guard, who is usually called “The God of Land”, taking care of crops and farmers living the land. This is due to that Taiwan was a agricultural society couple of decades ago. The building is for The God of Land.

I perceived classic elements from these pictures: fire, earth, air, water, and space.