China

Loading…
Local market selling Yartsa gompo, Mostly Tibetan nomad traders.
Xining, capitol city of Qinghai, largest yartsa gompo wholesale market in China. Qinfen Lane. Controlled by Hui minority, Pi...
A hundred years ago, Tibetan horses would have been tied up in front of these storefronts in Serxu, but today, the motorcycle...
Local nomad market. Town is packed due to the snow. Since no one is out collecting yartsa gompo, everyone comes to town for s...
Gandze town pics.
30yr old Zhongshi Caterpillar Fungus Firm, biggest in Chengdu w. 24branches in major cities across China. Pres Mr Zhong Shuan...
A lone horse grazes on land near the mountain pass west of the nomad town of Manigango, where the Tea Horse Road split into i...
A Mani Prayer stone sits on the shore of Lhamo Latso, a lake sacred to Tibetans, at the foot of the Trola Mountain Range.
Summer means time for the annual bath for these young monks soaking in the Rombatsa Hot Springs. Due to the harsh climate, mo...
Once a common sight, it is now rare to see herds of Tibetan horses on the grasslands of the plateau.
There are still those who transport their goods the old fashioned way, like this woman toting brick tea from the market in Ro...
A woman adds her prayers to the growing mountain of more than a billion mani stones at Gyanamani Temple, in Yushu, an area ro...
A woman adds her prayers to the growing mountain of more than a billion mani stones at Gyanamani Temple, in Yushu, an area ro...
These men show that one needn't be standing to receive the benefits and good karma of a clockwise turn of a prayer wheel.
With trucks and motorcycles taking over the jobs of herding and transport, Tibetan cowboys like these in Chiusang, an hour la...
Vermillion-colored balloons announce that the equine festivities are about to begin.
Tibetan cowboys in their long coats called chubas and stetson hats wait their turn to show off their horsemanship.
Young women in typically colorful Tibetan costumes primp before their upcoming traditional dance performance at the festival.
Chamadao, Route 317, Nakchu Horse Festival, Biggest ever we are told. Last year's was cancelled due to Tibet's uprising. Nakc...
Young women in typically colorful Tibetan costumes primp before their upcoming traditional dance performance at the festival.
Chamadao, Route 317, Nakchu Horse Festival, Biggest ever we are told. Last year's was cancelled due to Tibet's uprising. Nakc...
A young girl's finery comes out for the festival, from red fox fur hat to layers of ornate jewelry.
A cowboy's one wardrobe essential is his western-style felt hat.
Every part of Tibetan's traditional costume, from colorful robes to fur hats to necklaces and earrings, carry centuries of me...
They're off for the main event: Boy jockeys on surefooted mounts tear away from the starting line at breakneck speed.
12102000076
Kawagebo, the highest peak in Yunnan, lords over the mist-shrouded Meili Snow Mountains around it, looming as a symbol of Sha...
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in Lijiang captured the passions of legendary explorer Joseph Rock, whose work inspired James Hilto...
Benzilan Village lies along the banks of the Yangtze River. Not far from here is the first major bend in the Yangtze, where i...
Benzilan Village lies along the banks of the Yangtze River. Not far from here is the first major bend in the Yangtze, where i...
Route 318 weaves through the heart of Shangri-La County, past fertile valleys that are home to many minority peoples whose wa...
Along the Chamagudao, horses graze on Napa Lake
Sumzanling Monastery in today's Shangri-La (formerly Zhongdian): In words that could describe it today, James Hilton wrote, "...
A craftsman polishes the nose of a gigantic copper Buddha at a monastery workshop in Shangri-La.
Pilgrims of all ages, bathed in smoke from burning juniper branch incense, perform the kora, the clockwise circumambulation a...
Yi women, known for their colorful and distinctive costumes, prepare a meal in their village near Shaxi. They are among the 4...
120730034
120801018
120727036
Practicing Kung Fu by West Lake.Hangzhou, China
120727033
120730001
120727035
120727007
120727034
120730006
120730007
120731024
120725048
120724011