Boy in marketplace in Lhasa, Tibet' His orange

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Boy in marketplace in Lhasa, Tibet. His
orange robe indicates that he is in training to
become a Buddhist monk.
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Child in Lhasa, Tibet
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Mom and baby visit outdoor market in Lhasa.
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Women in marketplace in Lhasa. Those on each end
are holding prayer wheels, which they spin in a
clockwise direction.
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Pilgrims lower themselves to the ground to pray
in front of the 7th century Jokhang Temple
(Buddhist), in Lhasa, Tibet.
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The Potala Palace, a 1000-room building in Lhasa,
Tibet, is the former home of the Dalai Lama, who
is currently in exile in India. He was forced to
leave in 1959 during Communist rule of China.
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A colorful sitting room inside the Potala
Palace.
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This is actually part of a library in the Dalai
Lamas Summer Palace in Lhasa. The small books
are cloth-covered Buddhist scriptures, and are
stored behind glass for protection.
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High wall surrounds the Forbidden City in
Beijing, where Chinese emperors lived and ruled
for thousands of years.
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Tiananmen Gate is the main Entrance to the
Forbidden City. It faces Tiananmen Square, the
site of many gatherings including the 1989
pro- democracy demonstration by students. The
large portrait is Chairman Mao, the
first Communist leader of China.
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Open-air marketplace in Beijing sells delicacies
including scorpion and snake. Food labels are in
Chinese and English.
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The pink fruit is called dragonfruit. Inside,
it is white with small black seeds, and tastes
like a melon.
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City workers throughout China clean streets and
sidewalks with a long straw broom.
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The first emperor of China, Qin Shihuang, ordered
the building of the Great Wall around 221 B.C. He
wanted to keep out Mongol invaders from the North.
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Mrs. Smitt begins her steep climb on the Great
Wall. It stretches for 4,160 miles across
northern China, crossing mountains, deserts,
rivers and valleys. Fortunately, she only walked
about a half a mile to a small watch tower.
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Although many Chinese now own cars, others still
travel on bicycles or in buses.
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The Terra-Cotta warriors were discovered in 1974
by a farmer digging a well. They were buried near
the emperor Qin to protect him in the afterlife.
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Approximately 6,000 terra-cotta warriors have
been restored in the site where they were
discovered in 1974.
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In Chongqing, a large, modern city with
skyscrapers and shopping malls, young men still
carry large packages in the traditional manner,
using bamboo poles balanced on their shoulders.
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Panda enjoys a breakfast of bamboo leaves in the
Chongqing Zoo.
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Bridge across Yangtze River in the Three Gorges
region.
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The Xiling Gorge is the last and most scenic of
the famed Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.
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The Tang Dynasty Theater is a traditional
performance with colorful costumes, scenery,
song, and dance.
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High-flying acrobats perform incredible feats of
balance and agility at a Shanghai performance.
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Chinese artists make decorative objects of
cloisonne, a form of enamelwork using metal
filaments to make a design.
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Students learn calligraphy in the Childrens
Palace, a summer school arts program in Shanghai.
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Students learn to play a traditional Chinese
stringed instrument.
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Men cleaning the canal in Suzhou, a city that has
preserved many of its historic homes and gardens.
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Happy Buddha near North Temple Pagoda in Suzhou