Kunming songshi helps locals
- By Jiao Meng
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Zhang Yongxing (L) meets with a client on an old street in Kunming, capital city of southwestern China's Yunnan Province on November 12. [Photo: Cnsphoto] |
A songshi (legal counsel) was a traditional profession in ancient China. They used to help illiterate grass-root citizens to write plaints, letters, etc.
Over 70-year-old Zhang Yongxing is a modern songshi and famous in his neighborhood for helping locals to write letters, applications, lawsuits and IOUs, at a low fee.
Through his efforts, this disappearing profession has managed to adapt itself to modern-day society.
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