We bicycled from Yangshuo to the village of Xing Ping on one of its market days. Although thousands of tourists pass the village daily on boat cruises along the Li River, Xing Ping does not see many visitors. We may have been the only tourists at the market that day.
While colourful, the market was not postcard pretty or particularly cheerful – it is a real place where people buy and sell mostly basic food.
Surrounded by beautiful countryside that tourists from around the world come to see, it is clear that many people in this rural area do not have much.
We decided to present these photos in black and white as this format best reflects the mood we sensed at the market.