SOUTHERN CHINA

Levitate (black and white)

Fishing boat levitate between the arches in rural Southern China.

Curtain Down

Wishing I can go behind the curtain of Little Shi Zhang Dong falls.

Idyllic

Wan Feng Lin literally means Million Peaks Forest. I wonder why.

Water Wall

Located in one of the most mountainous regions in China, Gui Province is not short on waterfalls. Although not the most famous or the biggest, Shi Zhang Dong Waterfall is an impressive sight to behold.

Layers of Roof

Layers of roofs inside a 300 year old Hakka house with laterns lit up during the Chinese Spring Festival.

Traditional Way

As much as the modern world has invaded the rural villages of China, the old way of life still lingers, like this woman carrying pig feed using traditional "bian dan", a bamboo pole used for thousands of years to carry things.

Chiffon in the Gorge

Beyond the reach of Instagrammers, there are so many undeveloped places in China that are not yet spoiled, like this unnamed waterfall pouring out of a crack in the gorge wall, an outlet from the vast underground rivers of the Karst cave systems in Southern China.

Mothership Has Landed

One of the futuristic and alien looking works of Zaha Hadid, the Guang Zhou Opera House.

Chopstick Maker's Son

A chopstick maker's boy napping on a cart of bamboo chopsticks waiting to be delivered, right outside his family workshop. Bing An Village, Gui Zhou, China.

Silk

There are so many stunning features in Gui Province due to its mountainous Karst landscape that this beautiful random waterfall just sits on the side of the road, drawing no attention to itself. Elsewhere, this would surely be a park or a tourist attraction.

Water Town Snooze

Like many rural villages in Southern China, people still observe the afternoon nap in the hottest part of the day, leaving the streets and canals calm and quiet.

Carpeted Stairway

Lush terraced fields in Southern China looks so soft and inviting, like a shaggy carpet stairway.

Village Life

Old ethnic Miao grandma walking home with a basket of freshly harvested vegetables. Guizhou, China.

Dragon 龍

Rape seed flowers planted to form the Chinese character for "dragon" in a Chinese field, Gui Zhou.

Peaceful Sunset

Sunset in a small Village in Southern China.

Farming Ba Gua

Extreme terrain means creative farming, like this terrace field in Southern China that looks like a Taoist Ba Gua (Eight Trigrams).

Circles and Square

Traditional Hakka "Tu Lou" in Fujian China were built to house an entire clan of family and served as a fortress against armed bandits. Some are more than 700 years old.