Hushan Local Customs

Wild pigs and tigers once roamed this area of northeast China. One might guess that those animals would have had to compete with North Korean sentries for the attention of Chinese tourists if they were still around today.
Chinese tourists love feeding the animals. It is extremely difficult for zoos in China to enforce the rule forbidding visitors to toss snacks into cages.
At Sichuan's Emei Mountain, the monkeys have learned to expect fruits and other food to be hand fed from the yellow backpacks of Chinese tour groups. Those monkeys now assault all tourists who cross their path and even try to open backpacks after jumping on them.

At Hushan Chinese tourists enjoy feeding North Korean sentries and bring picnic items for them from downtown Dandong.
Tangerines, bags of cookies and crackers, and even cigarettes are tossed across the border; creating a scene resembling scatterred offerings to the North Korean Buddha.
Beer cans and small round canisters of Pringles potato chips are hurled like grenades into the vicinity of North Korea sentries.
One might wonder if this local custom is an act of sympathy or friendship, but the looks on the faces of Chinese tourists appear remarkably similar to those involved in the same amusing practice at Beijing Zoo.