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Photographs from a year in China 2008/2009 Edward Jung |
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Sichuan
The province of pandas, buddahs and earthquakes.
The tallest seated buddah in the world.
Arhat priest figures. Celestial beings that haven't reached enlightment yet.
Boatman in Leshan city.
Kangding. Townscape of this majority Tibetan town. Prayer flags line a trail to the monastery at the top of a hill.
Dapper Tibetans enjoy yak butter tea. Salty.
Tibetan prayer flags draped over the trees.
Waiting outside the Kangding hotel.
Tibetans arrive for the 'Walking around the mountain' festival. The giant Stupa are important marking points and frequently seen in Western Sichuan.
A toy car ride at a kids fairground. It only goes up and down.
At the panda nursery. Yes, the baby panda on the right is getting his/her bum wiped.
One of the best gig venues in China. The Little Bar in Chengdu. The alternative music scene is still mainly punk influenced.
Exquisite hand painted decorations of Kangding monastery.
Old Chinese film posters at Chengdu's antiques market. And of course Mao.
Probaby the biggest sculpture of a boy on an ox in China.
A helper at this bizarre Mao museum.
All things Mao occupy the front room of this Mao obsessive, seen sitting on the right.
This curvy world. A view from a pagoda in Chengdu park. Despite so much high rise development, the Chinese do have a lot of public parks as most people still don't have much personal space at home.