The village of Xizhou in China's Yunnan province, with its distinctive Bai-style houses build around a central courtyard, overlooks the quiet landscape of ricefields at the northern end Erhai Lake.

Author: Michael Yamashita

©Michael Yamashita

Photo size: 26.6 Mpixels (76 MB uncompressed) - 6295x4222 pixels (20.9x14.0 in / 53.3x35.7 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: Marco Polo, Mekong River, China, rice, fields, paddies, farmer, workers, landscape, green, peasant

Published in: Mekong, Marco Polo, China, Marco Polo Parts I - III, The Mekong