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Living on the water was once part of the fabric of Grand Canal life - and still is for this mother and daughter bringing provisions from the shore to their home on a retired concrete barge in Shiqiao. This kind of community is slowly vanishing as local governments clean up the canal to draw tourists.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 24.4 Mpixels (69.8 MB uncompressed) - 6048x4032 pixels (20.2x13.4 in / 51.2x34.1 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Asia, Asian, barge, boat, canal, child, China, Chinese, cross, crossing, family, father, Grand Canal, Hanjiang, house, Jiangsu, Jing Hang Da Yun He, kid, man, parents. mother, people, Shiqiao, water, woman, Yangzhou
Published in: China, China's Ancient Lifeline