Indoor Yard Sale

In America, there are yard sales happening on nearly every street this time of year. But in China, not so much. Until recently, second-hand goods were very taboo, as it was thought that evil spirits could live in the objects and be passed on to the new owner. These days, atheism has pretty much nixed the belief in any spirits, but second-hand goods still haven't taken off too much.

When I mentioned having a yard sale in my classes, though, my students were pretty excited. The indoor yard sale (it's too hot to do it outside) began at 10am this morning, and we had students waiting outside even before then. It was a much bigger success than we could have ever expected and, more importantly, a lot of fun! We were even able to hand out some good materials at the event.