A young boy holds a toy gun. Zhenjiang, Jiaoshan, China

Tibetan prayer flags frame Songzanlin Monastery, the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Yunnan. “With its gilded roofs, it just dominates the landscape,” says photographer Michael Yamashita.

Songzanlin Monastery, Shangrila, Yunnan, China

Author: Michael Yamashita

©Michael Yamashita

Photo size: 24.0 Mpixels (68.7 MB uncompressed) - 6000x4000 pixels (20.0x13.3 in / 50.8x33.9 cm at 300 ppi)

Photo keywords: Asia, Asian, China, Chinese, clouds, landscape, monastery, outdoors, Over the Horizon, prayer flags, reflection, religion, religious, Shangrila, sky, Songzanlin Monastery, Tibet, Tibetan, Traveler, water, Yunnan, Zhongdian

Published in: China, China, Asia