zhuang xueben (1909-1984) was one of china's first ethnographic photographers. in the 1930s, he left his native shanghai and travelled to western china to photograph the minority people in four provinces: sichuan, yunnan, gansu, and qinghai. during the almost ten years of ethnographic research, he took more than ten thousand photographs and wrote a vast amount of materials including research reports, travel notes, and journals.
ifc_skn on Flickr.Maijishan Grottoes are a series of 194 caves cut in the side of the hill of Majishan in Tianshui, Gansu Province, northwest China. This example of rock cut architecture contains...
In the bright sun of day
I am shadow
A mask without a face
A smile without a reason
Laughter without glee
A sign of existence
Without presence
So I breathe
Bury my hand
In the hot sand
Shout out the pain
Of heat and grief
And emptiness
Give voice...
In the bright sun of day
I am shadow
A mask without a face
A smile without a reason
Laughter without glee
A sign of existence
Without presence
So I breathe
Bury my hand
In the hot sand
Shout out the pain
Of heat and grief
And emptiness
Give voice
To the being
Which once cast
The shadow
Until the voice
Becomes being
A vessel
For the light
The pain and grief
And emptiness
Become the shadow
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Labrang Monastery, known as the "World Tibetan Institute", has a history of more than 300 years. It is one of the largest monasteries of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism. It is also a Tibetan Buddhist monastery with the largest number of Tibetan scriptures, the highest academic level, and many outstanding scholars。
ifc_skn on Flickr.Maijishan Grottoes are a series of 194 caves cut in the side of the hill of Majishan in Tianshui, Gansu Province, northwest China. This example of rock cut architecture contains...