Toilets in rural China and why I love them! I remember telling my Chinese teacher in Shanghai that I was moving to rural Qinghai. I remember her facial expression. Her first sentence was "But Mili, have you seen the toilets there?". She comes from a city, and whenever she travels to rural areas, her biggest concern is the toilets. My teacher is Chinese, but also many foreigners have a somewhat strained relationship with the toilets here - with Chinese toilets in general. Most toilets in China are squat toilets, and although squatting while doing your business is natural and has loads of health benefits, it's a lost and forgotten art in the west. So the squat toilets are scary, and even scarier when you have to squat over a dark deep hole full or other humans' waste. Hold tight to your phones and your keys and your small children.
Living with the rural style toilet for some years now, I have gotten used to them. I have come to really appreciate them, actually. Although it is sometime scary to go to the bathroom at night, and annoying in the rain, these toilets are quite amazing. These toilets are integrated in a system, and used as fertilizer for the fields. Nothing is wasted, and nothing is sent away for someone else to deal with. The waste is ours, and we use it. Isn't that quite beautiful? Plus, when you go in the night, you can see the stars.
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