Three farmers carrying sheaves of dried rice through a field to the threshing area. This is in Xishuangbanna, the most southern area of Yunnan, with the culture more similar to Southeast Asia than China.
Lijiang is a Naxi town, an ethnic minority living in Yunnan & Sichuan. The photo is of the roofs of their houses, covered with gray tiles.
Shop selling teas in Lijiang old town. China teas are sold looseleaf, in dried wheels, cylinders, and various other shapes.
Green bamboo trunks against a reddish-colored wall. In the grounds of a large Confucian temple in Yunnan.
Flat containers of small dried fishes and shrimps, harvested from Lake Bafa near Dali, Yunnan
Roof ornamentation on a house in a village on the Yangtze River. Stone Buddha protects the home.
A small shop selling bulk wine & alcohol in large earthenware jugs, with weighted red caps on top. Seated woman waiting for customers.
Yunnan restaurants display ingredients, from which diners select ingredients for the kitchen to prepare
Intricate, stacked rice terraces on hillsides, no space wasted
Yunnan country house, curtained window, with grain sheafs splayed on a rail, drying in the sun
Man sitting on a rough horse-drawn cart, against a whitewashed wall with a colorful poster on it.
Herd of ducks being moved across a road by two farmers, white ducks with yellow beaks & feet
Small river, traditional half moon arched stone bridge in the countryside
Hangzhou - Lingyin Si temple & Feilai Feng Grottos - Fat-bellied laughing Buddha & consorts
Bamboo steamers with steamed buns in local market

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