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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Every day since he arrived in Wutai Shan, this monk has prostrated himself before each of the hundreds of steps to the top of Dailuo Ding Temple.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Serious thoughts seem to single out this Buddhist novice. Each year there are new nitiates to Wutai Shan's many orders.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. A palaquin fit for royalty awaits customers at the bottom of Pusa Ding Temple's 108 stone stairs. Emperors Qianlong and Kangxi once stayed in this magnificent temple in the center of Wutai Shan.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. One of the valley's entrepreneurial residents welcomed visitors to town, acting as a liaison and guide to the numerous sights of Wutai Shan.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Taihuai town, around which Wutai Shan's many temples are built, is too big to be a village, and too small to shed its country roots.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Spring blesses a stone and mortar house on the outskirts of Taihuai town, the center of the valley and of the Wutai Shan community.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Undaunted by the freezing temperatures, a woman takes her time reciting prayers in the main courtyard of Wutai Shan's TayuanTemple.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Taihuai, in the center of Wutai Shan, balances traditional farm practices with a dedicated local industry. Somewhere in the valley, there is always temple construction or maintenance to be done.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. In Wutai Shan, isolation can also mean poverty, in the case of this lonely temple far from the summer crowds, who fund better known places with ticket sales and contributions.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. The full glory of spring hits the cherry trees planted years ago in the main courtyard of Tayuan Temple, one of Wutai's most influential.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Otherwordly in their ceremonial robes, an order of monks on their way to a festival crosses a creek under nominal guard by PLA soldiers.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Initiates to an order of female Buddhists stand immobile in the sun, their red cheeks testament to the freezing temperatures of March.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Consumed by flames, offerings from Buddhist visitors on a holy day fill the winter air in front of Tayuan Temple, centrally located in Taihuai town.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Over 50 meters high, the Tibetan-style pagoda of Tayuan Temple is the symbol of the valley. On a windy day, the 250 bells atop this Ming-dynasty structure can be heard from far away.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Some of Buddha's many incarnations line this lavishly decorated pagoda outside Zhenhai Temple, far above the twisting mountain roads below.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Framed by the Tibetan-style pagoda of Tayuan Temple, women prepare to receive new robes, symbol of spring before winter's chill has left the valley.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Hundreds of monks from all over China line up to pay their respects. Some will receive new robes and meet old friends at Tayuan Temple's annual lunar calendar celebration in April.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Nanshan Temple, in the foreground, straddles a ridge of Yangbai Mountain, one of the valley's most beautiful locations. In the background due south is one of Wutai's Five Peaks.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Discussing matters fine, two monks share the quiet of a country road to have a heart to heart talk.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Young boys of varying ages practice their concentration outside in the warmth of midday. Wutai's many Buddhist orders attract devotees of all types.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Suspended as if in the air, a pair of pilgrims shut out the world and concentrate on their thoughts in the main courtyard of Tayuan Temple.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Female monks maintain a steady rhythm as they walk and chant together. Buddhist practitioners are welcomed into this community.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Ablaze with strong winter sunlight, a golden dragon atop Xiantong Temple's roof seems to roar its warning to intruders.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. A tiny decorative bell graces this peeling column along a walkway of Xiantong Temple, a vast Wutai monastery with over four hundred rooms.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. An elaborate Buddhist ritual designed to promote meditative powers. Novices and monks alike walk a precisely outlined rectangle.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. A detail of the Tibetan script and elaborate painting that ornaments the pagoda at Longquan Temple south of Taihuai town.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Multi-colored silk scarves, given as a mark of respect, adorn an ancient pine tree outside the main gate of Zhenhai Temple.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. A monk takes in the February sun. Wutai is at a significant altitude, which makes it frequently inaccessible and subject to unpredictable weather.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2008. Undaunted by the freezing temperatures, a woman takes her time reciting prayers in the main courtyard of Wutai Shan's TayuanTemple.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2003. An afternoon football match between monks, some sharing shoes or not wearing them at all.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2003. In public or in private, rituals of bathing and washing are an essential part of daily life in Burma. Rainy season is the only time of year relief from the heat comes during the day.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Wan Tha and Ma Ko listen quietly to readings from the holy book of the Palaung tribe. Both 17 years old, their marriage was blessed by everyone in the village.
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2007. This tiny temple decoration marks one of Wutai Shan's many Buddhist shrines. "Five-Terrace Mountain," as it is known, is one of China's four major monastic communities..
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2007. A bronze incense burner in the morning light at one of Wutai's many Buddhist temples. "Five-Terrace Mountain," as it is known, is one of China's four major monastic communities..
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2007. A monk prays in forbidding conditions during his daily winter ritual.  "Five-Terrace Mountain," as it is known, is one of China's four major monastic communities..
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2007. Dai Luo Ding has over eight hundred carved stone steps, each one of which has been blessed by this monk's daily climb to the top. "Five-Terrace Mountain," as it is known, is one of China's four major monastic communities..
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  • China, Wutai Shan, 2007. Displaying the discipline Buddhist monks are known for, a man meditates atop a rock far above the valley. "Five-Terrace Mountain," as it is known, is one of China's four major monastic communities..
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State,Kalaw, 2006. A proud Pa-O mother shows off her child during a break in the January Sesame harvest. The hill country around Kalaw includes many Pa-O, Palaung and Danu tribespeople.
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  • China, Sichuan, 2007. A Taoist priest concentrates on daily rituals. His tiny shrine is halfway up Emei Shan, a mountain range famous for its cloud forest atmosphere..
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  • China, Sichuan, 2007. A life spent in spiritual reflection is mirrored in this scene inside a Taoist shrine on Emei Shan, a mountain range famous for its cloud forest atmosphere..
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  • BURMA / MYANMAR. Shan State, Kalaw, Peinnebin Village, 2003. Women in the lead, Wan Tha's wedding procession arrives in Peinnebin after a full day's journey, dressed in their finest "longyis," or traditional skirts.
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  • China, Sichuan, 2007. Chinese paintings come to life in the moody weather at Emei Shan, a mountain range famous for its cloud forest atmosphere..
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  • China, Sichuan, 2007. Light seems to take on magical qualities as it pours through an opening in the mist. Emei Shan is a mountain range famous for its cloud forest atmosphere..
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  • China, Sichuan, 2007. Morning mist envelops ancient bronze cauldrons at the summit of Emei Shan, a mountain range famous for its cloud forest atmosphere..
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  • China, Sichuan, 2007. Fire and water exists side by side in this rainy temple scene halfway up Emei Shan, a mountain range famous for its cloud forest atmosphere..
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Allowing herself some time to smile, Ma Ko is surrounded by assistants preparing her elaborate Palaung wedding headdress.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR),Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Early risers get a view of the food preparations. Most Palaung houses are built far off the ground to ensure their stability in the seasonal rains.
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  • Burma (Myanmar), Shan State, Nyaungshwe, 2006. Outside an Intha artisan's workshop, handmade parasols dry in the sun, which can be unforgiving  most of the year.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Wan Tha and Ma Ko listen quietly to readings from the holy book of the Palaung tribe. Both 17 years old, their marriage was blessed by everyone in the village.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Wan Tha and Ma Ko are silent as they listen to the rules for Palaung marriages.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR),Shan State, Peinnebin, 2006. The village chief ensures everything is in place the night before the wedding. Palaung tradition allows separation if the marriage does not work out.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Palaung children watch the whole village gather outside their window after the wedding ceremony.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR),Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Just after herwedding ceremony in the longhouse, Ma Ko takes a moment for a portrait. She and Wan Tha will be back in the fields two days later for the Palaung sesame harvest.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR),Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Ma Ko gets final advice before the ceremony. Her traditional Palaung clothing and headdress took two hours to prepare.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. A Palaung tribal elder blesses Wan Tha and Ma Ko by sprinkling water on them from a consecrated bowl.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2006. An Intha villager tends to her plentiful produce, grown in ingenious gardens floating on the lake surface.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. A Danu woman harvests the beautiful flowers their tribe is known for. The fertile hill country around Kalaw supports crops thee times a year.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. : Friendly, curious and hard-working, these Pa-O students are on their way to school. A teacher in a village like this might make ten US dollars a month.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. In public or in private, rituals of bathing and washing are an essential part of daily life in Burma. Rainy season is the only time of year relief from the heat comes during the day.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2006. The tastefulness of these calendars on display at an Intha market gives a sense of an essential Burmese decency.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. This former hill station under the British is home to an ethnically diverse group of Burmese, including Pa-O, Palaung, and Danu tribespeople.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Just after sunrise, even on the wedding day, hard-working Palaung students can be heard singing their homework. A musical framework aids memory.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. January is sesame harvest for the Pa-O and Palaung tribes who work in the Kalaw area. Wan Tha and Ma Ko returned to their labors two days after their wedding.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. The Palaung rules of marriage are read to Wan Tha and Ma Ko by the village elder, a solemn moment in which both can reflect on what they have undertaken.
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  • BURMA / MYANMAR. Shan State, Kalaw- .Peinnebin Village. 2006. Women in the lead, Wan Tha?s wedding procession arrives in Peinnebin after a full day?s journey, dressed in their finest "longyis," or traditional skirts..
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2006. An afternoon football match between monks, some sharing shoes or not wearing them at all.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. In a variation on slash and burn agriculture, rural farmers in the hill country surrounding Kalaw rotate their plantings every season. This burned hillside is beginning to recover.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake, 2006. Trapping his catch between a conical net and the shallow lake bottom, this Intha fisherman?s hard work is not rewarded often enough.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Kalaw. 2006. Many communities like this Pa-O village in the hill country around Kalaw have one great tree like this in the center. They are worshipped as "nats," or guardian resident spirits.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State,Nyaungshwe. 2006. Three young friends return home. Most monks in Burma practice Theravada Buddhism, and as a whole, the Burmese people are unswerving in their belief.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR), Shan State, Peinnebin. 2006. Wan Tha and Ma Ko's parents exchange symbolic gifts before the ceremony. This is a ritual only, as there is no dowry custom among the Palaung.
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  • BURMA (MYANMAR) Shan State, Nyaungshwe, Inle Lake. 2006. A young Buddhist monk watches river boats ply by his temple, built half over the waters of Inle Lake.
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  • China, Shaanxi, Huang Shan, 2007. Twice a day, porters carrying tourist supplies climb the tortuous path to the summit of Huang Shan in Shaanxi. An cable car too expensive for poor vendors to use is on the far side of the mountain..
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  • China, Dengfeng, 2007. An ancient pagoda leans slightly toward Song Shan, a jagged mountain chain in Henan dotted with Buddhist temples and myriad small Taoist shrines..
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  • China, Xi'an, 2008. A Hua Shan street at twilight in the summertime. Chinese work hard, and enjoy their free time with just as much energy.
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  • China, Xi'an, 2008. A young girl stands in the doorway of a neighborhood women's health clinic at the base of scenic Hua Shan mountain.
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  • China, Taihuai, 2007. A clear twilight at 3,000 ft predicts a cold night in Taihuai, high in the Wutai Shan area of Shanxi Province. Coal is still used for heating in a great majority of lower-income homes..
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  • China, Taihuai, 2003. In a spring scene that has not changed much over the years, a farmer guides a rudimentary plow through the cold soil of his fields near Wutai Shan..
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  • China, Shaanxi, 2003. A porter on the grueling climb up to the summit of Huang Shan takes a simple lunch break in the sun..
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  • China, Emei Shan, 2007. Mountain-top temple maintenance is hard work for this stonemason, working in the cold and mist that envelops Emei Mountain in summer..
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