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    At night the fields go quiet, its the handful of Shaxi restaurants that come alive with the hiss and sizzle of street cooking. The smell blankets the village luring you in for a feed, beer and attempt to have some interesting conversations with the locals.: by barryomahony, Views[536]
         		 The Sideng Friday market has been taking place since the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907) and was accessed via the Old Tea Horse Road. The Sideng square of Shaxi was added to the World Monuments Watch List of 100 Most Endangered Sites in 2001. The cobblestone square is like a hotpot, bubbling with variety and flavor, people shouting and laughing having fun while trying to sell some of the fresh produce from the surrounding farms.: by barryomahony, Views[719]
         		 Not the image of Chinese mass producers I had pictured, what a nice surprise! Farmer separates barley from chaff (the protective casings on the the grains) in a straw basket.: by barryomahony, Views[347]
         		 Harvesting season, the streets of Shaxi village are empty and fields a hive of activity. Friends family and neighbors all join in to cut and sow the crops before rainy season starts. : by barryomahony, Views[432]
         		 Farmer guides his flock of geese over the cobble stones of the Yujin Bridge, an ancient bridge that is part of the 1000 year old traders Tea Horse Road which led from China through India, the Middle East and into Africa. The sun is about to drop and the farmer is keen to get home for supper having spent the previous 10 minutes firing stones from a sling shot to hurry the geese up as they swam in the river below. : by barryomahony, Views[919]
     
    Tourists getting dressed up in local costumes : by matriarch, Views[284]
         		 A Shanghai couple taking wedding pictures on the lakeside.: by matriarch, Views[343]
         		 Group photo with Shanghai friends and Matriarch: by matriarch, Views[302]
         		 One of the local women rowing tourists over the lake: by matriarch, Views[330]
         		 One of the world's last matriarchs is in Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces in China.: by matriarch, Views[356]
     
    A young girl feeds a school of fish in a secluded park in Hangzhou, just a short walk from the busy downtown area. : by marietornquist, Views[398]
         		 Angel Zhou Lin admires the Shanghai skyline on a cold night in February. Angel is an architecture graduate from Spain where his parents immigrated the year he was born. After little success finding a job in Spain, he is now back in his parent's homeland studying Mandarin Chinese. : by marietornquist, Views[676]
         		 A little boy hold tightly onto his hand-made candy-on-a-stick as he enjoys a boat ride through the Summer Palace in Beijing. : by marietornquist, Views[443]
         		 Wearing matching outfits is the latest trend among young couples in China. This couple shows off their style as they regally walk outside The Forbidden City in Beijing. : by marietornquist, Views[1699]
         		 A street vender sells meat-on-a-stick in one of Hangzhou's most popular tourist areas before the bird flu epidemic hit and most people stopped eating chicken and other poultry related products. : by marietornquist, Views[784]
     
    The road into Beijing from Taintan Park: by amcommins, Views[939]
         		 Old guy messing with his kite: by amcommins, Views[852]
         		 Tiantan Park: by amcommins, Views[796]
         		 The photographer's dream: by amcommins, Views[787]
         		 Tiantan Park after the storm: by amcommins, Views[766]
     
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         		 The city-scape beyond: by amcommins, Views[419]
         		 D-I-S-C-O: by amcommins, Views[415]
         		 The family lives a hard life. They are refugees from kyrgyzstan living on the edge of China along lake Karakul at 3645 m above sea level. The conditions are hard, especially in the winter where food is difficult to get, and roads are inaccessible because of snow conditions. : by joey198655, Views[726]
         		 The mother hands us a cup of traditional milk tea, made from goats milk. : by joey198655, Views[454]
     
    He invites us inside to meet his family and see his home. Almost everything inside the yurt was made by the family.: by joey198655, Views[338]
         		 A Kyrgyz boy stands in the doorway of his family's yurt, waiting for visiters. : by joey198655, Views[379]
         		 Along the Karakorum highway in China sits an isolated village of Kyrgyz Yurts on the edge of Lake Karakul. : by joey198655, Views[405]
         		 The reason: The people of Tibet live in one of the world’s harshest environments, while enduring strict surveillance on cultural expression. Regardless, they thrive here, showing enormous dedication and passion for their home land. This is seen all over Tibet through the placement of prayer flags everywhere, from riverside railings to mountaintops.: by annalise, Views[394]
         		 The pilgrimage: In the life of a Buddhist a pilgrimage to a holy place or temple can be the highlight of their spiritual life. Here, pilgrims spill into Jokhang Temple, the centre of Old Town Lhasa and considered the most sacred of all temples in Tibet. Many pilgrims have travelled on foot from the outer reaches of the Tibetan territory, incredible distances which take some years. In 2013 Chinese developers began construction on a modern shopping mall, dramatically altering the area immediately surrounding Jokhang forever.: by annalise, Views[511]
     
    The artist: This mandala painter works in the centre of Old Town Lhasa, in a studio with 10 others. He is a master of his craft but after 30 years of training all artists still consider themselves to be students. The mandala is the Buddhist image of life and the universe existing both within and beyond our body and mind. It depicts the paths to enlightenment – a state desired by all Buddhists, and involves all living things. : by annalise, Views[487]
         		 The monk: This young boy is one of several hundred living in Sera monastery on the outskirts of Lhasa. Every day the boys and men congregate in this courtyard to debate topics ranging from meditation to the politics of foreign countries and beyond. Sera is well known for this practise which provides forward thinking and vast knowledge to the monks of this living, evolving religion. This boy sits, playing the role of the opposition in the debate, resisting the cracking prayer beads and fervent movements of his standing 'positive' partner. : by annalise, Views[658]
         		 The metal worker: This man works downstairs from the painter. He spends his days in the largely outdoor workshop creating three dimensional mandalas (stupa) and decorations for monasteries. He is a highly skilled blacksmith, and one of the few remaining who still work in the traditional fashion after the introduction of the Chinese into Tibet. : by annalise, Views[847]
         		 As the world’s surging superpower, China should become a model for other newly industrializing nations to find the balance between economic growth and environmental conservation. Though much of the eastern half of China is covered with cities, the western half remains largely undeveloped. Chinese businesses and government need to set a new standard in adopting environmentally-aware development policies to protect wild areas such as the Meili Mountains in the fabled land of Shangri-La.: by traveltransmissions, Views[1279]
         		 From the Canton Tower in Guangzhou I saw the sun setting into pollution before it disappeared beyond the horizon. Lenient environmental regulations are destroying the health and vitality of China’s air and water supplies.: by traveltransmissions, Views[1067]
     
    The city of Guangzhou is at the heart of China’s developmental dilemma. At the epicenter of the “world’s factory,” the city is simultaneously generating astronomical amounts of wealth and severe levels of pollution. : by traveltransmissions, Views[1007]
         		 As China’s economies scale in size, even former markets on the fringe like the selling of exotic animal parts for Traditional Chinese Medicine are pushed into the open. : by traveltransmissions, Views[861]
         		 When thinking about China, outsiders tend to use an image of the Great Wall to symbolize the ancient traditions, sagacious philosophers and ambitious rulers of the Middle Kingdom’s past. Although modern China is characterized by unfathomable levels of growth, her societies and lands are now pressed by tremendous new stresses.: by traveltransmissions, Views[1155]
         		 At a village between Jinan and Tai'an: by sumosuzy, Views[272]
         		 Kindergarten Children in Beijing. The school was part of the tour: by sumosuzy, Views[320]
     
    The cop and a lady in Tienman Square. The lady was screaming. According to my mom she was saying that her leg was broken. Probably one of the many people trying to make money in the big city: by sumosuzy, Views[469]
         		 Entering the forbidden city in Beijing: by sumosuzy, Views[301]
         		 Intrepid History - Day 3: Entranceway to the Genghis Khan Mausoleum; Khan was a mighty man of conquest. The formidable venue housed numerous yurts filled with trinkets and garments of Mongolian history, including a portrait of what Khan may have looked like. A tour of the massive cemetery ends with a perusal of the museum that contains numerous artifacts of the Mongol culture and people.: by charlietravelogues, Views[937]
         		 Day 2 (Afternoon): Sand sliding down the sandy slope in the desert, a real thrill for
         		 Desert Thrills - Day 2 (Afternoon): Camel trekking in Inner Mongolia's Kubuqi Desert, China's seventh largest. Prior to getting on our camels that suddenly made us 20 feet tall; we relished the endorphin-producing delight of speeding through the desert on a jitney. Then our camels awaited us in their resting area where they sat quietly, jaws in motion as if chewing something. : by charlietravelogues, Views[1049]
     
    Day 2 (Morning): Sunrise moves ahead the horizon as the crest of the Mongolian yurts, traditional homes, remains. We rose early to watch the beautiful rising of the sun overlooking the grassy plateau. Following breakfast, we hopped in our mobile home tour van to drive over four hours to our next destination on our nomadic quest in Inner Mongolia, North China, the country's third largest province. : by charlietravelogues, Views[1409]
         		 Steppes of Wonder -Day 1: Horse riding on the Xilamuren Steppes of Inner Mongolia, China during the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival in 2012 on a sightseeing tour of the mystical land. Some of us opted for the cheaper, quite interesting hay
         		 Meet Wu Ming. She weaves reeds and flowers together to create bracelets in which she sells for ¥10 (AUD$1.80). This is her only form of income however when I spoke to her she stated that she was content with her life and the only thing she would ask for was a bigger basket. : by youarewong, Views[304]
         		 The Bund is one of Shanghai's most recognisable areas. On the west bank of the Huangpu River, a long stretch of flood retaining wall was built. Along the length of this wall flowers were planted into the wall which has now been aptly named
         		 Chinese prayers and phrases hang from every vantage point possible, even from branches of low lying trees.: by youarewong, Views[463]
     
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