Top：?A 50-meter-tall Buddha carved into stone in Xiashui village， 16 kilometers outside of Guiyang， Guizhou province （Han Fengping）Bottom：?It remains a mystery how these ancient towers were built atop steep cliffs in the Shuangta

Gambiered Canton gauzeis dyed （right） and dried （top） by artisans. This fabric from the Pearl River Delta in southeastern China is dubbed “soft gold” for being cool， soft， elegant， and crease-resistant. The manufacturing technique

Gathering seafood on the beach at low tide is a routine activity for locals in Tanmen， a traditional fishing town in Qionghai， Hainan. The tradition originated from local fishing and seafaring culture on the South China Sea.– Phot

Waterwheels are an irrigation tool that originated in Lanzhou, Gansu province, nearly five centuries ago by the Yellow River to direct water to farmland. The citys traditional waterwheel-making technique is famous.The improved env

Top： The Yuanyang Terraced Fields in Yunnan province are cultivated by the Hani ethnic group and other residents of the Ailao Mountains. In 2013 the Honghe Hani Terrace featuring the Yuanyang Rice Fields was listed as a UNESCO Wor

Top： A street-level view of Beijing’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception from the 1970s overlaid on a photo of the same street in 2021. Right： A view of Beijing’s city moat from 1906 laid over a shot of the same area in 2021，

Fangchuan village is an ethnic Korean community in Jilin province known forits beautiful traditional architecture, as well as its unique geographic location at the borders between China, Russia, and North Korea.Photographs by Zhon

A cow strolls along the ridge of the southern Changbai Mountains in Jilin province （top）. The area is a popular tourist destination， and Qianwan village features log cabins and camp sites next to its famous apple orchard （bottom）.

“Peanut Rain” is acustom of the Chaoshan region of Guangdong province. During the Lantern Festival,families that welcomed a newborn grandson in the past year climb the roof and throw peanuts down to their neighbors,who catch them