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A communal meal in the village of Shazun, China.
Once the rice crop is planted, the Bai tribe celebrates the Rao Shao Lin festival in Qindong Village in Dali. Bai women pray...
The village of Xizhou in China's Yunnan province, with its distinctive Bai-style houses build around a central courtyard, ove...
"Tea: the green gold of China." Woman and girl harvesting pekoe, the tender tea leaves, in Yunnan.
Women of the Mosuo minority are rowing towards the Lugu Lake monastery, in Yunnan, China.
Cormorant fishermen on Erhai Lake, which forms an important part of the Mekong's watershed, train their birds to retrieve the...
Preparation of a wedding banquet in the village of Shazun, Yunnan. The pig is placed on the fire to burn off the bristles, th...
Her wares on her back, a vendor - of the Bai tribe - takes her vegetables to Zhouchang Market on the shores of Erhai Lake. Zh...
A Chinese farmer returning home from the market crosses a narrow rope suspension bridge strung across a ravine. The Mekong Ri...
Rice sifting in Pak Beng, a village not far from the Mekong river's big Laotian loop.
Heedless of the blizzard, the monks of Labrang await the start of morning prayers.
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Monks of all ages wait for morning prayers and the only meal of the day.
Music lesson for Labrang's monks using the traditional 13-foot horns. Tibet.
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The ciak is probably the most demanding form of pilgrimage in the world. Prostrating themselves fully, worshippers cover tens...
The trapa, (novices) enter the monastery around the age of six and become gelong (monks) when they reach adulthood.
Heedless of the blizzard, the monks of Labrang await the start of morning prayers.
On festival days, the monastery fills with monks, worshippers and tourists to watch the dancing in the center of the large sq...
Holding out their bowls, worshippers wait for holy water drawn from the Living Buddha's well. Labrang Monastery, Tibet.
Outside the Labrang monastery in Tibet, many food stands sell sunflower seed, soya beans and noodles.
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Tajik school girls wait for their lessons to start. In this corner of the world, males wear blue, while females wear red.
A woman from the Yao ethnic group displays a dazzling set of gold teeth
A portrait of a woman from Xiahe wearing an adorned silk dress with a heavy necklace of coral
In preparation of a wedding banquet in the village of Shazun, Yunnan, the pig is placed on the fire to burn off the bristles,...
Road accidents are a common sight on this stretch of the Silk Road.
The hardships of a medieval journey would not surprise, nor frighten, the inhabitants of Xinjiang
Noodles in Kashgar, considered the best in China, are literally pulled strings (Tiao zi) only made by hand
Tajik girls from Akmiqit go to collect water, by the Chinese Pamirs
Bai Woman trasplant rice for oneof the annual harvest, Yunnan, China
The Great Wall of China at Jinshaling, north of Beijing
Bai woman transplanting rice for one of the annual harvests in Yunnan, China
Grapes are harvested at the Bai Yun Qian family vineyard. Yanguan, China.
Grapes are harvested at the Bai Yun Qian family vineyard. Yanguan, China.
Workers assemble shoes at the Reebok factory in Zhongshan, China.
Workers assemble shoes at the Reebok factory in Zhongshan, China.
Workers assemble shoes at the Reebok factory in Zhongshan, China.
With Zheng He's many stops in India, this Chinese art form may have influenced the development of the equally elaborate Katha...
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On the Eastern Ningxia/Inner Mongolia border, the longest stretch of unbroken Ming Wall runs for some one hundred kilometers ...