Good Morning, Beijing

Dusty wind calms to gentle breeze. Heat returns to the city. The first rays of pure sunshine emerge and crazy and contented Beijingers are up early to savor the morning air.

Singly or in groups, young or old, they exercise freeform nameless calisthenics or fluid tai qi.

In modernized Jianguomen and Dongsishitiao, along the sidewalks near the subway station, new modern facilities offer residents opportunities to exercise in scientific and efficient fashion and the new recreation areas teem with traditional life.

Facilities will be built in Chaoyangmen, Dongzhimen and Beixinqiao soon.

Caption:

1. Turning a wheel limbers up the waist.

2. Space walk.

3. Table tennis.

4. Jumping boards makes legs stronger.

5. Stretching legs on the way to the morning vegetable market.

6. "Waist bending machine".

7. Xia yao qi: Once you can do it, it's good for the whole body.

8. Young people love rope climbing.

9. An informal contest on the horizontal bars.