paddy scene

Yanshan look around

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September 13th 2010
Bang-e was my first market in this Yanshan trip, a small market deep inside the country's greenish paddy landscape. The majority are the Nong-Zhuang rather similar to those in Wenshan, only they wrapped their headdress bigger here. Then there were the Miao in sharp bright colur(mostly in orange tone), head turban rolled up like a tower, some wear a motley vest set with sequins, typical plaited ski ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more