![Rural Shanxi](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427567.fooGEz0N.RuralShanxi0305.jpg) Rural Shanxi |
![Rural Shanxi](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427565.BX0EPycb.RuralShanxi0301.jpg) Rural Shanxi |
![Small town in Shanxi](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427562.aU5OpdT8.RuralShanxi0244.jpg) Small town in Shanxi |
![Picking over waste coal scraps](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427559.bjBc2Ldg.Wastepickers.jpg) Picking over waste coal scraps |
![City walls, Pingyao](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427529.jQwXwTss.PingyaoWalls.jpg) City walls, Pingyao |
![Pingyao Hongshanyi Hotel, Pingyao](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427556.LNxCwAvT.Pingyao0239.jpg) Pingyao Hongshanyi Hotel, Pingyao |
![Pingyao](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427553.BnuQl2Rl.Pingyao0237.jpg) Pingyao |
![Delivering coal, Pingyao](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427549.3l6Ud8kf.Pingyao0236.jpg) Delivering coal, Pingyao |
![Pingyao](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427547.6IMHQFOM.Pingyao0231.jpg) Pingyao |
![Pingyao](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427544.kg97us93.Pingyao0223.jpg) Pingyao |
![Outside the post office, Pingyao](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427541.yXLHBFyQ.Pingyao0222.jpg) Outside the post office, Pingyao |
![Pingyao](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427539.335qRUiG.Pingyao0220.jpg) Pingyao |
![Re-creating China's first bank, Pingyao](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427536.OEKHGLlX.Pingyao0217.jpg) Re-creating China's first bank, Pingyao |
![Older man, Pingyao](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106430382.DOm1jepJ.Pingyao1elder.jpg) Older man, Pingyao |
![Three elders, Pingyao](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427534.7BblceCV.Pingyao3elders.jpg) Three elders, Pingyao |
![Engrossed in their game, Pingyao](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427531.C2poT0id.PingyaoPlayers.jpg) Engrossed in their game, Pingyao |
![Rural woman](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427527.x3PdlJa3.ShanxiWoman.jpg) Rural woman |
![Qiao Family Home](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427522.CqH5gCiM.QiaoHome0198.jpg) Qiao Family Home |
![Sweet potatoes near the Qiao Family Home](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106471052.FjYkP3Tb.SweetPotatoes.jpg) Sweet potatoes near the Qiao Family Home |
![Raking corn](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427520.VenpsCdx.RakingCorn.jpg) Raking corn |
![Stockpiled corn cobs](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427518.TCllukKC.CornCobStocks.jpg) Stockpiled corn cobs |
![Iron warrior guardian, Jinci Temple](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427516.u1Hd6HtW.JinciWarrior.jpg) Iron warrior guardian, Jinci Temple |
![Jinci Temple, at least 1,500 years old](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427513.takqRirh.Jinci0180.jpg) Jinci Temple, at least 1,500 years old |
![Writhing dragon, Jinci Temple](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106427509.5dw8Suke.Jinci0177.jpg) Writhing dragon, Jinci Temple |
![Buddhist pilgrim at Wutai, China](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429305.ozAVzyCs.WutaiPilgrim1.jpg) Buddhist pilgrim at Wutai, China |
![Wutai Pilgrim](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429306.mnGXGog4.WutaiPilgrim2.jpg) Wutai Pilgrim |
![Wutai Pilgrim](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429307.IEG85E18.WutaiPilgrim3.jpg) Wutai Pilgrim |
![Tayuan Temple, Wutai Shan](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429308.Jwmvhch8.Wutaishan0251.jpg) Tayuan Temple, Wutai Shan |
![Tayuan Temple, Wutai Shan](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429309.xddSF50O.Wutaishan0253.jpg) Tayuan Temple, Wutai Shan |
![Prayer wheel, Wutai Shan](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429310.Rd5aP31B.Wutaishan0256.jpg) Prayer wheel, Wutai Shan |
![Child visitor, Wutai Shan](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429311.bC2VUMNH.Wutaishan0257.jpg) Child visitor, Wutai Shan |
![Xiantong Temple stairs, Wutai Shan](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429312.25jtTs8V.Wutaishan0268.jpg) Xiantong Temple stairs, Wutai Shan |
![Bronze Hall, Xiantong Temple, Wutai Shan](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429321.EpQrWhaN.WutaiXiantong.jpg) Bronze Hall, Xiantong Temple, Wutai Shan |
![Boddhisattva, Xiantong Temple, Wutai Shan](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429314.7uSSUY61.Wutaishan0282.jpg) Boddhisattva, Xiantong Temple, Wutai Shan |
![Xiantong Temple, Wutai Shan](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429315.HRp9MtK5.Wutaishan0284.jpg) Xiantong Temple, Wutai Shan |
![Looking back on Taihuai, Wutai Shan National Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429317.NDSO4HeM.Wutaishan0292.jpg) Looking back on Taihuai, Wutai Shan National Park |
![2,300-metre pass, Wutai Shan National Park](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429319.jkzB9ST2.Wutaishan0294.jpg) 2,300-metre pass, Wutai Shan National Park |
![Nut vendor, Yingxian](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429324.ALmLvCZE.YingxianNutStall.jpg) Nut vendor, Yingxian |
![900-year old Wooden Pagoda, Yingxian](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429326.iASk4wd1.Yingxian0320.jpg) 900-year old Wooden Pagoda, Yingxian |
![Ceiling detail of the Wooden Pagoda, Yingxian](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429325.2za9vg5I.Yingxian0316.jpg) Ceiling detail of the Wooden Pagoda, Yingxian |
![Temple guardian at the Wooden Pagoda, Yingxian](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429327.WA3KOV5W.Yingxian0324.jpg) Temple guardian at the Wooden Pagoda, Yingxian |
![Girls in Yingxian](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429328.C7IAzb1E.YingxianGirls.jpg) Girls in Yingxian |
![Hanging Monastery](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429985.iyOYHq41.HangingMon0340.jpg) Hanging Monastery |
![Hanging Monastery](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429984.jpHsyTYN.HangingMon0338.jpg) Hanging Monastery |
![Buddha effigy, Hanging Monastery](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429983.xZedlpHU.HangingMon0332.jpg) Buddha effigy, Hanging Monastery |
![Datong, a gritty city](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106431727.fgqVG5NL.Datong02.jpg) Datong, a gritty city |
![Passers-by, Datong](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429978.nmdDrUZg.DatongPair.jpg) Passers-by, Datong |
![Students cycling home, Datong](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429979.ZONdZKL0.DatongCyclists.jpg) Students cycling home, Datong |
![Billboard, Datong](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429981.wLSfKZIG.DatongCoke.jpg) Billboard, Datong |
![Yungang Caves, Datong](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429330.pnq4VBua.YungangBuddha3.jpg) Yungang Caves, Datong |
![Buddha outside the Yungang Caves, Datong](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429329.d6FE2Q44.YungangBuddha2.jpg) Buddha outside the Yungang Caves, Datong |
![Yungang Caves, Datong](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429331.Hrch6CKq.YungangBuddha.jpg) Yungang Caves, Datong |
![Ceiling fresco, Yungang Caves, Datong](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429465.65qyg1ij.YungangCeiling.jpg) Ceiling fresco, Yungang Caves, Datong |
![Great Wall, from the Ganzhou - Beijing railway](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429986.rT4Fgomh.GreatWall.jpg) Great Wall, from the Ganzhou - Beijing railway |
![Stationmaster, between Datong and Beijing](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106429987.aeORlWEv.StationMstr.jpg) Stationmaster, between Datong and Beijing |
![Countryside west of Beijing](https://a4.pbase.com/o2/39/733439/1/106431729.f5tJzm6e.TrainRide022.jpg) Countryside west of Beijing |