Mirror / 镜子

Inside a house in my grandfather's village, Hainan Island， China

摄于海南岛外公老家的一处房子里

我告诉亲戚我是搞建筑的，对村里的老房子很有兴趣。亲戚便打了车带我和父母回到村里，挨家挨户串门。村子里二战之前到南洋的人去的多。墙上挂的照片是这户人家南洋的亲戚寄过来的。照片里的人，虽未谋面却感亲切。

I told my relative that I'm very interested in the old village buildings because I'm an architect. He brought my parents and I back to the village in a taxi, and tried to get me into any house he could. Many people from this village had left for south east asia before WW2. The photos on the wall came from the south east asian relatives of this family.

School Kids

School kids in a village outside Lijiang, Yunnan, China
丽江古城外小村子里的小孩，云南


我们从束河骑马到周围的山上转。经过一处小村，村里有处小学。小小的教室里面竟是预备班、一年级和二年级的共用课堂，唯有黑板是分年级的。老师不在，小朋友正在玩耍。

We rode out to the nearby mountains, and found a little village. In the village, there is a small school. There is only one classroom. Preschool, primary one and primary two students all share the same space but use different blackboards. The teacher was not there and the kids were playing.

Manjushri Thangkha / 文殊菩萨唐卡

 

 Display of the Manjushri Bodhisattva Thanka during the annual Monlam Festival. Labrang Monastery, Amdo Tibet 

甘南安多藏区拉卜楞寺Monlam节晒佛仪式。此唐卡为文书菩萨唐卡。

Finishing up a prayer session

Monks getting up after a prayer session. Labrang Monastery, Amdo Tibet