A mother and her daughter harvest rice in Yuan-Yang
The kitchen of a streetside restaurant resembles a modern sculpture.
Apples and pears in Dongchuan market
Banana blossoms. Maybe they are edible. Surely they are beautiful.
Birds for sale in Guizhou market.
The flat cabbages caught my eye. The light in the market did the rest.
Chicken is fresh in China.
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Snake wine on display in an apothecary shop
I visited a home in Dongchuan where a grandmotherly woman was making these shoes. The only light in her home was by the open door. She sat there on a stool the size of a shoebox. Her smile lit the entire room, though.
Firecrackers are apt to go off at any time. They are set off by the hundreds at wedding celebrations.
Gingerroot and banana blossoms dipped in fuschia.
The streets of Dongchuan were filled with school children carrying colorful umbrellas.
Artfully arranged vegetables. The Chinese farmers know a thing or two about marketing.
This lovely still life is a common sight in the daily markets.
Just a few mushrooms for sale, but they look as if they were painted by Rembrandt.
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Mist rising from the valleys to crown the mountains of Dongchuan
Landscape in the style of Chinese brush painting...in my opinion, anyway.
Tribal women embroider their clothing and their purses.
Scrolls in a printing shop
Sexy red shoes and melons. Dongchuan market.
Sacks of rice. Rice is still an important part of the diet in southern China.
Sunflowers to be sold for their seeds. Chinese love to snack on the seeds.
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Pagoda overlooking Thousand Hills
This car has a decal on the front fender saying that is is a 'Tiger'.
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Tobacco and crab apples drying on the farmhouse wall.
A beautiful little girl waits patiently for her parents in the market.
