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Several years ago I was travelling abroad and had the opportunity to visit the city of Xian, an ancient Chinese city in the Shannxi province.  Xian is one of the four great ancient capitals of China because it has served, at different times, as the capital city for some of the most important dynasties in the history of China.  It’s filled with museums, monuments, numerous institutions of higher learning and believe it or not has become known lately for a vibrant rock scene.  Needless to say if you going to China, it should be on your list of places to visit.

One of the most striking features of Xian is the city wall.  It’s one of the most well preserved though not necessarily the most famous of China’s walls and it’s huge. Walking along the top, which is wide enough to hold three or four lanes of traffic, is quite an experience.  Families mingle with soldiers and beggars, artists and musicians in a wriggling freeway of humanity.  It was while walking along the top of this wall that I met Han.

At least, that’s what he said his name was.  He was a sort of beggar, hustler, sage type of guy in ancient looking robes and rocking a long wispy fu manchu.  He stopped me as I passed and in remarkably good english, asked me if I would consider a free piece of advice.   Not one to turn down free anything, I said “sure.”  He motioned with his long, gnarled fingers for me to come closer, which I did.  Then he whispered, “in the Spring, when snowfalls blanket the land, it is then you shall offer a complete line of outdoor display products.” And with a another wave of his hand, I was dismissed.

I puzzled at his words, filed them away to chew on later and rolled on in search of some dumplings.  Years went by, the memory faded and for all intents and purposes my encounter with Han was forgotten.  It was only recently as Bojan mentioned wanting to add an outdoor section to the website that I remembered his prophetic words.

So its almost Spring, snow is blanketing much of the land and HHS1971 is rolling out a complete line of outdoor display products for your perusal.  No matter what sort of message you need to communicate, we can help.  Weather resistant?  Got it.  Wind resistant?  Got it.  Volcano resistant? Okay maybe we don’t got it, our apologies to Hawaii and the Pacific Northwest.

In all seriousness, if you have an outdoor graphic/signage need, please take a look here.  We’d love to help you outside with the same quality and attention to detail we’ve given you inside.

Truth be told, Han may have said “in the Spring, when snowfalls blanket the land, it is then you shall offer three leaves and grain of rice,” but I am pretty sure I remember him saying “a complete line of outdoor display products.”