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Hiroji Kubota - CHINA.
CHINA. Tianjin. 1983. The Christmas Eve Mass in Tiajin. Believed to be about 50,000 in the Catholic community, the church was filled with worshippers.
CHINA. Beijing. 1984. Skaters on Lake Kunming. The empress of Qing renovated Yiheyuan garden by misappropriating funds for the expansion of the Navy. Excellent
CHINA. Shenyang. Liaoning. 1981. Mao's statue with a mother and her son in the foreground.
CHINA. Xishuangbanna. Yunnan. 1983. Boat racing on the Mekong River or the Lancag Jiang. At least 20 to 30 boats compete, which seems to be a contest among vi
CHINA. Harbin. Heilongjiang. 1981. Rice cake seller at the Daoli Market where various foods are sold. The steaming hot bread sells like hot cakes. For "Shaonina
CHINA. Jilin. Tree-bordered road in snow. On the way to Songhua-Dam, on the outskirts of Jilin, there is a beautiful road lined with trees. 1981.
CHINA. Xishuangbanna. Yunnan. 1982. Hats of silver and beads. Mangzh Market. The Han people. Women of the Aini, an offshoot of the Hani nationality, wear colorf
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Bayuan Ul Hot. 1982. Sheep being milked. The best grass grows on the steppe of Xilin Hot and Bayan Ul Hot. The sheep raised on this grass
CHINA. Harbin. Heilongjiang. 1981. Many visitors come to see the illuminated Ice Statue Fesival at night. Ice is taken from from the Songhua Jiang River is take
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Bayan Ul Hot. 1982. Boys riding camels. Camels with winter fur and humps swelled up with fat to protect against winter cold up t 40C belo
CHINA. Guangxi. 1985. Yangshuo.
CHINA. Guangxi. 1985. Yangshuo.
CHINA. Anhui. 1983. The Huangshan Mountains (Yellow Mts.).
CHINA. Dali. Yunnan. 1982. Lake Erhai, full of fish often caught by tamed cormorants. Fisherman frequently us small devices to snap up fish in order to pinpoint
CHINA. Beijing. 1984. View of East Chang'an Avenue and Tian'anmen Square on the National day.
CHINA. Qiqihar, Heilongjiang. 1981. Horse cart on frozen ground. The great marshland around Dapaozi Lake and Longpaozi Lake near Qiqihar is a conservation groun
CHINA. 1984. The Great Wall in the outskirts of Beijing.
CHINA. Shanghai. 1979. Preparing geese in the Sanjiaodi Market in the Hongkou district.
CHINA. Xishuangbanna. Yunnan. 1982. Girls with parasols at New Year holiday for the Dai people. A large town like Jinghong, population 600,000, has a great many...
CHINA. Fengjie. Sichuan. 1981. Three gorges near Fengjie.
CHINA. Baotou. Nei Mongol. 1980. Morning rush, 7:30, the Gangtie Road of Baotou is covered with workers on their way to the Baotou Steel and Iron Works that emp
CHINA. Yanji, Jilin. 1981. On stilts. In northern China, the New Year holiday celebrations include a dance called Yangge, in which dancers step into model donke
CHINA. Harbin. Heilongjiang. 1981. The old Russian Orthodox Cathedral is in the background is no long used. At the largest marketplace in Harbin, the Daoli mark...
CHINA. Qingdao. Shandong. 1981. By the seaside overlooking the Yellow Sea and Jiaozhou Bay. The woman in the foreground in practicing taijiquan.
CHINA. Shanghai. 1979. Morning practice at Waitan (Bund) district.
CHINA. Beijing. 1984. Fireworks on 35th National Day, celebrating the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. In Tian'anmen Square,
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Bayan Ul Hot. 1981.Mongolian wrestling, wearing loose white pants, Mongolian shoes and cowhide cress is magnificent. The wrestler whois b...
CHINA. Fengjie. Sichuan. 1981. Unloading white sacks of chemical fertilizer from the ship to a hillock about 100m away. The get about five fen (about 2 cents) p...
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Bayan Ul Hot. 1981?. Mongolian Militia. Military maneuvers and a parade were inaugurated at Nadam only recently but the maneuvers conduct...
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Bayan Ul Hot. 1983. Wrestlers warming up at Nadam meet in Bayan Ul Hot from all over Inner Mongolia for contests over three days.
CHINA. Shanghai. 1983. People in illumination.
CHINA. Harbin. Heilongjiang. 1981. The Russian style buildings stand out sharply in the the center of the city. In mid winter the temperature drops to minus 35
CHINA. Xishuangbanna. Yunnan. 1982. Girls with towels on head. Mengzhe is a village on a high plateau. Every Sunday the village is transformed into a colorful f...
CHINA. Guilin. 1980.
CHINA. Anhui. 1983. The Huangshan Mountains (Yellow Mts.).
CHINA. Shenyang. Liaoning Province. 1981. Shenyang, the old Palace in the snow, now a museum, was completed in 1637.
CHINA. Anhui. 1983. Huangshan Mountains (Yellow Mts.)
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Bayuan Ul Hot. 1982. Man with white horse. These are the most beautiful pastures in all of China and the traditional lifestyle is preserv
CHINA. Xinjiang. 1983. The Gobi Desert in Turpan.
CHINA. Huayuankou. Henan. 1980. Public ferryboat on Yellow River. Near the Zhenshou. The boatman explained that horses and donkeys were insured but there was no
CHINA. Jilin. Jilin. 1981. A boat crossing the Songhua River in the fog. A woman and her male passenger rowed across the fast-flowing river holding firmly onto
CHINA. Jilin. Jilin. 1981. Trees in Rime. The banks of Songhua Jiang River in Jilin city are know for their hoarfrost in winter.
CHINA. Wanxian. Sichuan Province. 1981.
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Bayan Ul Hot. 1982. Father leading race horses. The main attraction of he Nadam meet are horse racing and wrestling. The horse-racing cou
CHINA. Fushun. Liaoning Province. 1981. Strip coal mine.
CHINA. Gansu. 1982. A boy with donkeys on the bank of Yellow River near Lanzhou, Gansu. Water millls to irrigate water from the river in the background.
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Bayan Ul Hot. 1981. Children's horse race starts with about 200 horses and about 20 adults run alongside to prevent acceidents by about 2
CHINA. Harbin. Heilongjiang. 1981. Horse cart crossing Songhua Jiang River because the bridge is too far away. Numerous vehicles cross including trucks, bicyycl
CHINA. Daqing. Heilongjiang. 1981. Dongbei in the winter. Fishing on a frozen lake requires digging holes in several places and inserting nets.
CHINA. Beijing. 1984. The military parade celebrating National Foundation Day. It has not been held since 1959. The ICBM, the embodiment of China's modern scien
CHINA. Zhongwei. Ningxia. 1980. Crossing on Yangpi raft. This method of crossing the river is convenient for the village people because there are no ferry stati
CHINA. Tianjin. 1982. Female Welders in Dockyard. As with other shipyards, the majority of the welders are women.
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. 1981. Bayaan Ul Hot's grassland.
CHINA. Bayan Ul Hot. 1983. Father and child hasten to Nadam meet. Nadam means play n Mongolian, has a thousand year history and takes place in July when the pas
CHINA. Qiqihar. Heilongjiang. 1981. Dancing cranes in conservation zone outside Qiqihar city where all types of migratory birds flock to this swampland. The tem
CHINA. Longyangxia, Qinghai. 1982. The Yellow River Gorge.
CHINA. Harbin. Heilongjiang. 1981. Harbin Rail Station in the steam. Most trains in China are run by steam locomotion because of China's rich coal supply.
CHINA. Zhongwei. Ningxia. 1980. Yangpi Raft. To make one goatskin raf (Yangpi fazi) takes as many as fifteen goats and a of hard work. At most these rafts last
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Bayan Ul Hot. Mongolian Family on snow. The village of Shengli (Victory) production brigade. Outside the brigade headquarters, the people...
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Ulan Hua, Nei Mongol. 1982. Mongolian village, Ulan Hua in the center of Siziwangui where, according to legend, four Mongolian Princes li
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Bayan Ul Hot. 1981. At Mongolian herdsmen's festival called "Nadam".
CHINA. Luoyang. Henan. 1980. Baimasi (White Horse)Temple, located in the suburbs of Luoyang, is said to be the first Buddhist temple built in China during the p...
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Xilin Hot. 1982. Baby goat with camel. The Xilin Gol Steppe in the northeastern part of Inner Mongolia is extremely cold.
CHINA. Datong. Shanxi. 1982. Yun'gang Grotto caves were built when it was the capital of the Northern Wei dynasty in the latter half of the fifth century. These...
CHINA. Jiamusi. Heilongjiang. 1981. Mid winter swim who broke the ice of the Songhua Jiang River. Between November and April about 10 such swimmers dive into th
CHINA. Guangxi. 1985. Yangshuo.
CHINA. Jilin. Jilin. 1982. Petrochemical industrial zone in the suburbs of Jilin. The colors of the flames from the stacks were clear against the gray sky. Temp
CHINA. Xishuangbanna. Yunnan. 1982. Young monk drawing water. All the wells in Xishuangbanna are decorated and protected like shrines.
CHINA. Xishuangbanna. Yunnan. 1983. The Dai people, villages like these are scattered throughout the suburbs of Jinghong.
CHINA. Lhasa. Tibet. 1981. Monks in Sera Temple assemble in the main hall to chant. Built in 1419 it was mandatory for all Lamaist monks to remain bachelors.
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CHINA. Shanghai. 1979. Make-up room at the Beijing Opera in Shanghai.
CHINA. Shaanxi. 1985. Terra cotta soldiers of the Qin Dynasty.
CHINA. 1984. The Great Wall in the outskirts of Beijing.
CHINA. Anshan. Liaoning. 1981. Anshan was the center of steel production even before the Liberation and is still the largest steel work in China. The facilities
CHINA. Shanghai. 1979. Hogs heads. Pork is a principal meat of the Chinese diet.
CHINA. Shanghai. 1979. Card players on a hot and humid Shanghai summer. People leave their small rooms and turn narrow backstreets into their living quarters.
CHINA. Hukou. Jiangxi. 1983. Yangtze from Lake Poyang. Hukou in Jiangxi is where the Yangtze joins Lake Poyang. Historically, this is area is of very strategic
CHINA. Suzhou. Jiangsu. 1983. The ancient city of Suzhou is famous for it's canal and gardens. Apart from the Great Canal, numerous small canals crisscross the ...
CHINA. Junshan. Hunan. 1983. Tea pickers. Yueyang Lou, a famed ancient tower, overlooks Lake Dongting, inspiration of many poems and paintings. China's best tea...
CHINA. Gongxian. Henan. 1982. Stone statue. Vast grave site called Yongdingling, where the emperors of the Northern Song dynasty rest.
CHINA. Ningbo. Zhejiang. 1983. Guardian God of Tiantong Temple. There are many monks and novitiates, including young ones, at this temple. A young monk pouring
CHINA. Ningbo. Zhejiang. 1983. Old Buddist Monk leaning against a wall, deep in thought. I took a few photographs from about 20m away. The old monk noticed the
CHINA. Dazu. Sichuan. 1983. Three Chinese youths visit Dazu listening to a guides explanation on the cassette player. A 31m long reclining Buddha is the largest
CHINA. Tangqi. Zhejiang. 1982. Bridge over canal connects Beijing in the north and Hangzhou in the south. The great canal crosses the Yellow river and the Yangt
CHINA. Zhongshan. Guangdong. 1982. Ritual dance with lion's masks. An amusing lion's dance called "Shuashizi", in which clowns are chased by lions, is performed
CHINA. Jingdezhen. Jiangxi. 1982. Potter inspecting workpiece. The best area for china is here because of the high quality of the material and an abudance of cl...
CHINA. Lhasa. Tibet. 1981. A father carries an almost naked child inside a thick sheepskin overcoat. Adults also wear almost no clothing underneath their overco
CHINA. Guangzhou. Guangdong. 1982. People listening to birds. Many people go to tea houses early to drink tea, eat cakes "dianxin" and talk. Funan Tea house is
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CHINA. Hainandao. Guangdong. 1982. Sanya, fishing port and naval port. Fishing in the morning. Preparing and selling fish is primarily done by women.
CHINA. Quanzhou. Fujian. 1983. Milk vendor brings his cow to town and milks the cow in front of the customers door.
CHINA. Guangzhou. Guangdong. 1982. The residents of Guangdong are famous for their gastronomy and in the winter their favorite dishes is dog meat. At the free m
CHINA. Guilin. Huangshan Mountains. 1980. Aerial view of Li River and Mountains.
CHINA. Guilin. Huangshan Mountains. 1980. Aerial view of Li River and Mountains.
CHINA. Guilin. Huangshan Mountains. 1979. Farmers in Guilin, Guanxi.
CHINA. Gaotian. Guilin. 1979. The morning glow in the region of abundance. Around April, when the rice must be transplanted in the fields, the villagers get up
CHINA. Lhasa. Tibet. 1981. Potala Palace "The Mountain of Bodhisattva) was built atop Red Hill in the seventh century during the Tang dynasty. Each Dalai Lama h
CHINA. Guilin. 1979. Farmers transplanting rice.
CHINA. Turpan. 1981. Old man in the center of the city at a bazaars that are full of life.
CHINA. Lhasa. Tibet. 1981. Tibetan couple in front of Jokhang Temple.
CHINA. Lhasa. Tibet. 1981. Posture for prayer. In a special pose called "Kechangtou" they prostrate themselves fully on the ground and stretch out their arms an...
CHINA. Kashgar. 1981. Uygur herb merchant in the old city along side the Islamic Temple of Id Kah.
CHINA. Kashgar. 1980. When I first started to tour through China in 1979, the only people who still wore MAO badges were people in Kashgar. There was a huge sta...
CHINA. Turfan. Xinjiang. 1979. Gaochang ancient city ruins which flourished from the fifth to middle of the seventh centuries.
CHINA. Kashgar. 1979. Housewives that used to be confined can now go out shopping but still wear veils, Kashgar, the center of Uygar seems conservative compared
CHINA. Turpan. Xinjiang. 1979. Uygur farmers on their way hom with Fire Mountains behind them.
CHINA. Xi'an, Shaanxi. In 1974, a farmer was digging a well in an area not far from the tomb of Emperor Qin Shihuang and accidentally uncovered what is now call...
CHINA. Kashgar. 1980. The Uygurs use many different musical instruments. This musical instrument maker at a folkcraft center established in 1954 that no longer
CHINA. Kashgar. 1980. I don't know of any people who like hats as much as the Uygurs. Aside from the women's veils, all the people, young and old, men and women...
CHINA. Guangxi. 1985. Yangshuo.
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Bayan Ul Hot. 1981?. Children playing with camels. Dabuxiletu commune. These children were able to handle the large camels quite skillful
CHINA. Beijing. 1984. The forbidden city, tiled roofs. Built at the beginning of the fifteenth century. It is the largest palace still standing in the world. It
CHINA. Lhasa. 1981. Steeped in serenity is a large stone carving of the Dalai Lama in the sharply inclined surface of Drepung Temple. Believers visit this statu...
CHINA. Guilin. 1979. At the village of Xingping there is a small ferry. This ferry is used every weekday morning around seven o'clock by children in a hurry to ...
CHINA. Guilin. 1979. Officer and water buffalo plowing a wet paddy in the Gaotian area. Soldiers of the Liberation Army and towns people help farmers during the...
CHINA. Shenzhen. Guangdong. 1982. Grandmother and child of Hakkas. The woman seen in the photo, who live near Shenzhen, are wearing special red hats, clearly di
CHINA. Kashgar. 1979. In Xinjiang, with its vast stretches of Gobi, or stone deserts, and Shamo, or sand deserts, the camel has acted as an important communicat...
CHINA. Lhasa. Tibet. 1981. Visitors to Jokhang Temple on New Years Day, February, a long line of tens of thousands of Tibetan herdsmen form a line by dawn to en
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CHINA. Inner Mongolia. 1983. Junior high school.
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CHINA. Inner Mongolia. 1982. Grassland.
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Bayan Ul Hot. 1981. Man herding camels. Winter on the Mongolian steppes. I left in a jeep before dawn to photograph a herd of camels at m
CHINA. Inner Mongolia. Jirin Gol. 1983. Man on a Mongolian horse which is slow and small. The Danma horse, the offspring of he Mongolian is crossbred the larger
CHINA. Xishuangbanna. Yunnan. 1982. River bathers, the Dai people at Menglun bath at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The subtropical region is warm throughout the y
CHINA. Kashgar. 1980. Girls weaving carpet. The carpets of Kashgar were almost a highly esteemed as those of Hotan. In recent years, the volumeof carpet product
CHINA. Gansu Province. 1980. Women waiting for a bus in desert-like loess Yellow soil) in Gansu province.
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CHINA. Shanghai. 1979. Morning practice of taijiquan and kung fu. The Yuyuan area is the oldest district in Shanghai and in the background is the famous Tea Hou
CHINA. Beijing. 1984. Parade rehearsal for the 35th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. In the early afternoon, several days before the parade, plant
CHINA. Kashgar. 1981. In the center of the old city of Kashgar is the Id Kah Islamic Mosque, the largest in the western region. A boy was lying down beside his
CHINA. Kashgar. 1979. Uygurs at new bazaar, held every Sunday is the largest. The Uygurs originally a race of Turks from Central Asia and are 88 percent of the
CHINA. Turfan. 1979. Irrigation canal at the lowest basin in the Turfan area, at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountain range. Although almost no rain falls...
CHINA. Turfan. 1979. Kazakh herdsman's family in the Tianshan Mountain range.
CHINA. Xining. Qinghai. 1984. The people at Muslim Temple in the old city of Xining. The Dongguan Mosque, an Islamic Temple, built 600 years ago during the Ming...
CHINA. Kashgar. 1981. Bazaar, woman with bread wait outside the Islamic Temple.
CHINA. Kashgar. 1985. Early morning at the Abakh Hoja Tomb the Uygurs vist the graves of their ancestors. In the background is a cemetery for common people whic
CHINA. Kashgar. 1980. Fruit vendor at a fruit market appear wherever there are many people and you have to bargain over the price. For an outsider, the price is
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CHINA. Qinghai. 1985. Yaku.
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CHINA. Shandong. Lower Hwang Ho(Yellow River). 1985.
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CHINA. Nanchang. Jiangxi. 1983. Herding Ducks. Duck farmers flourish in this district near Lake Poyang. Since the introduction of independent responsiblity for
CHINA. Hangzhou. Zhejiang 1983. Ancester worship. An old tradition brought back in the last few years, visiting temples to pray for spirits of one's ancestors o...
CHINA. Xincun. Hainandao Province. 1984. Shaving with twine, an old woman using thread to remove hair from the face of a woman who seemed to be a young bride. S
CHINA. Dongshan. Jiangxi. 1981. This is one of the few places that the yellow rape flowers bloom as profusely as in Jiangnan, south of Yangtze.
CHINA. Guilin. Huangshan Mountains. 1979. Fisherman crossing Li river, Guanxi.
CHINA. Guilin. Huangshan Mountains. 1979. Cormorant fishing in the drizzle lite by kerosene lamps. A short string is tied loosely around the neck of the cormora...
CHINA. Hui'an. Fujian. 1983. Hui'an lies 40km northeast of Quanzhou. The women in this vicinity of this town wear hats painted yellow and short shirts exposing
CHINA. Lhasa. Tibet. 1981. Pilgrims in the main hall of Jokhang Temple in the great hall in the inner recesses is extremely dark. One man rotates a Mani wheel i
CHINA. Kashgar. 1980. At bazaars in Kashgar there are many barbers. The Uygur men have their heads shaved roughly with a razor but special care is taken with th
CHINA. Turfan. Xinjiang. 1979. Gaochang ancient city ruins which flourished from the fifth to middle of the seventh centuries. Having finished a day's work in t
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