China – Guangzhou 1996
Heiko Bleher was invited, as the first and only western participant, to judge and lecture at the first Chinese Discus & Koi Championships and conferences at Guangzhou in 1996.
Below some photos of the same…
China – Guangzhou 1996
Guangzhou railroad station, people arrive from all over China to look for work!
Streets of Guangzhou
Food stalls
Live scorpions – Guangzhou’s delicatessy
Spices and aphrodisiac stall
Aquarium shop at the Qiung Ping Lu street
Qiung Ping Lu street
Entrance to 1st. China Discus & Koi Championship and Conference
Vendors hall at 1st. China Discus & Koi Championship and Conference
Aquarium with Koi variants
Goldfishes
Heiko with one of the oldest Guangzhou’s aquarium hobbiest
Book of Honor
Chan Yuk Kung, 1st. Prize Blue Discus
1st. Prize Blue Discus
Wong Yun Nan, Chinese discus breeder – 1st. Prize Red Discus
1st. Prize Red Discus
Wong Yun Nan with his family and Sam Ng from Hongkong
Wong Yun Nan’s tank bred variant with youngs, original fish comes from Homann
Loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus) from Guangzhou River
Swamp-eels (Synbranchius sp.) and frogs, another Guangzhou’s delicatessy
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