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Handsome Chinese vagrant draws fans of ‘homeless chic’ – brother sharp

Posted on 05. Mar, 2010 by Yao Yuan.

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Identity of ‘Brother Sharp’ – dubbed China’s coolest man – remains a mystery

By Clifford Coonan in Beijing

The photograph shows a starkly handsome Chinese man walking with a model’s measured gait, and wearing a rag-tag but well co-ordinated overcoat on top of a leather jacket. His eyes peer into the middle distance, in what one fan described as “a deep and penetrating way”, and he strides confidently forward.

But this is no catwalk model. This is a homeless man in the city of Ningbo. And now a band of web followers are calling him the coolest man in China.

His good looks and bohemian dress sense have won him thousands of online fans after a resident of Ningbo posted a picture online. Web users in China have called him the “Beggar Prince”, the “Handsome Vagabond”, and, most often, “Brother Sharp”.
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Two Favourite poems

Posted on 07. Apr, 2009 by Yao Yuan.

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Facing the sea with spring blossoms

By Hai Zi , Chinese

From tomorrow on,
I wanna be a happy man;
Grooming, chopping,
and traveling all over the world.
From tomorrow on,
I will be care about foodstuff and vegetables,
Living in a house facing the sea,
with spring blossoms.

From tomorrow on,
write to each of my dear ones,
Telling them of my happiness.
What the lightening of happiness has told me,
i will spread it to each of them.

Give a warm name for every river and every mountain,
Strangers, I will also wish you happy.
May you have a brilliant future!
May you lovers eventually become spouse!
May you enjoy happiness in this earthly world!
I only wish to face the sea, with spring blossoms.
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