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Smoking her pipe,a Naxi woman rests after crossing a precarious pipe bridge high above the Yangtse. Such nerve-wracking shortcuts save hours of walking in a rural region where facilities,including proper bridges,are few and far between.
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China, Guizhou Province, Qingman Miao village, a man playing a musical instrument at a festival
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China,Inner Mongolia Province,Xilamuren Grasslands. Horses and nomad yurt tents in the distance.
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China,Inner Mongolia Province,Xilamuren Grasslands. A camel with nomad yurt tents in the distance.
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Perched high above the upper reaches of the Yangtse,this Naxi village boasts a superb setting on the slopes of a deep valley. The Naxi minority nationality are concentrated in the hills between here and Lijiang.
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China,Inner Mongolia Province,Xilamuren Grasslands. Sunrise on a nomad yurt tents.
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Pipes,some made from bamboo,and tobacco for sale at Kunming's flower and bird market (aka the Pet Market). Its name is slightly misleading in that clothes,antiques and curios are also sold here.
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China, Guizhou Province, nr Kaili, Matang. A Gejia woman grins by her porch at Matang village.
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China, Guizhou Province, nr Rongjiang. A Dong minority woman with a comb wedged into her bun.
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China, Shaanxi Province; Near Xian. A farmer scans his fields in countryside near Xian.
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China, Guizhou Province, Xinyao village, 4 Seals Miao lunar new year festival, men playing the lusheng
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China, Guizhou Province, Sugao village, men celebrating at Long Horn Miao lunar new year festival
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China, Guizhou Province, Sugao village, men celebrating at Long Horn Miao lunar new year festival
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China, Guizhou Province, Qingman Miao village, a man eating at a festival
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China, Hunan Province, Fenghuang, skinned pig face in a local restaurant
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China, Yunnan, Tuanshan. An elderly man enjoying his pipe in the historic Tuanshan village, built in the Qing Dynasty.
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China,Guangxi Province,Longsheng Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces near Guilin
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China,Guangxi Province,Longsheng Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces near Guilin
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China,Guangxi Province,Longsheng Dragon's Backbone Rice Terraces near Guilin.
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China,Fujian Province,Hakka Tulou round earth buildings,Unesco World Heritage site
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China,Fujian Province,Hakka Tulou round earth buildings,Unesco World Heritage site
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China,Fujian Province,Hakka Tulou round earth buildings,Unesco World Heritage site
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China,Fujian Province,Hakka Tulou round earth buildings,Unesco World Heritage site
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China,Fujian Province,Hakka Tulou round earth buildings,Unesco World Heritage site
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China,Fujian Province,Hakka Tulou round earth buildings,Unesco World Heritage site
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China,Fujian Province,Hakka Tulou round earth buildings,Unesco World Heritage site
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China,Yunnan province,Dali Town. A Bai woman at the San yue jie Third Moon Festival
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China,Beijing,Donyue temple. A business man visiting the Taoist temple to burn incense.
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China,Beijing. Men playing Chinese Chess in a local neighbourhood Hutong.
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China,Beijing. Men transporting charcoal bricks in a local neighbourhood Hutong.
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China,Beijing. A tree lined avenue in a local neighbourhood Hutong area.
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China,Beijing. A tree lined avenue in a local neighbourhood Hutong area.
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China,Beijing. Totem poles at the cultural village in the Olympic Park area.
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China,Beijing. A totem pole at the cultural village in the Olympic Park area.
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China,Hainan Province,Hainan Island,Hainan. Wuzhishan city - Hainan Minority Museum - ornamental door knocker.
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A man praying at The Great Mosque located in the Muslim Quarter,home to the city's Hui community,Xian City,Shaanxi Province,China
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Men going to pray at The Great Mosque located in the Muslim Quarter,home to the city's Hui community,Xian City,Shaanxi Province,China
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The Great Mosque located in the Muslim Quarter,home to the city's Hui community,Xian City,Shaanxi Province,China
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A street side cafe in the Muslim Quarter,home to the city's Hui community,Xian City,Shaanxi Province,China
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A man browses through the many birds in the Yuen Po Street Bird Garden in Mong Kok district,Hong Kong
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A caretaker raises incense coils suspended from the ceiling of the Man Mo Temple in Shueng Wan district on Hong Kong Island. The incense spirals are burnt as offerings by the worshippers.
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The hands of a monk extends out for donations at a Buddhist monastery in the New Territories,Hong Kong
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A visitor lights incense sticks at the Buddhist shrine in the Man Mo Temple in Sheung Wan,Hong Kong Island
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China,Hong Kong,Chueng Chau. Incense sticks burning putside Kwan Kung pavilion on Chueng Chau,Hong Kong
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Perched high above the upper reaches of the Yangtse,this Naxi village boasts a superb setting on the slopes of a deep valley. Kublai Khan is said to have crossed the river near hear on one of his campaigns
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Nr Rongjiang,Guizhou ProvinceIsolated hamlets share limited flat land with terraced rice paddies in a tributary valley of the Duliu River. Guizhou is considered the least developed and remotest of China's southern provinces
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A Naxi woman tends her plot on the terraced hillside high above the Yangtse,125km north of Lijing.
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A Naxi farmer surveys his plots of rice and maize 125km north of Lijing.
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A Naxi Dongba,or wise man and essentially a shaman,traditionally acted as a mediator with the spirit world. The Dongba religion is itself an off-shoot of Tibet's pre-Buddhist Bon religion.
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An Uigur man leads his herd of goats into the heart of Kashgar's famous Sunday Market
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Family in Kapakaskan village,on the way to the ancient city of Niya in the Taklamakan desert.
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China, Guanxi, Yangshuo. Sunset over Li river and karst peaks, elevated view
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Woman dressed in traditional clothing of Yao minority at Folk Culture Village, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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Replica of traditional house of Buyi minority at Folk Culture Village, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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Pavilion in Humble Administrator's Garden (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Sculpture of footprints of Nanjing Massacre survivors at Memorial for the Nanjing Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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