On our way to the Xi'an City Wall, we were treated to a look at the downtown. After 1980, it became illegal to have more than one child. If a second child comes to the family, taxes increase and they can even lose their home and job! Now, however, the government sees that there are not enough girls for the young men to marry, so if the first child is a girl, they may have a second child. Also, if both the husband and wife come from a one child family, they can have 2 children.
We had a lecture on Feng Shui and we could see the way homes and businesses use that design to keep energy flowing throughout the buildings.Very old carts,bells, and towers were out for visitors to see. Even the wastecans were decorative... with dragons, of course.