Guizhou Province
A Hmong laborer near Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province, People's
Republic of China (August, 2008).
A Hmong woman weaving cloth and on a loom, Guizhou Province,
People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
Hmong woman weeding a labor intensive rice field, near Xijiang Village,
Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
The steep karst topography and terraced fields of the Hmong Chinese,
near Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
Storing hay amidst the steep karst topography and
terraced fields of the Hmong Chinese, near Xijiang
Village, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
A young farmer, Xijiang Village, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
Processing clay for throwing into bowls before firing, Guizhou Province,
People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
Charcoal sellers, Kaili Market, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
Baskets of charcoal, Kaili Market, Guizhou Province, People's
Republic of China (August, 2008).
Making paper for artists, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of
China (August, 2008).
Making paper for artists, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of
China (August, 2008).
Sorting seeds in a small Hmong village, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
Pleating a dress in a small Hmong village, Guizhou Province, People's
Republic of China (August, 2008).
Xijiang Village, now conected to Kaili and Guiyang (the provincial
capital) by a paved road, is aggressively building in anticipation of
an influx of tourist trade, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of
China (August, 2008).
Hmong resident, Guizhou Province, People's
Republic of China (August, 2008).
Celebrating Hmong-style, at a long-table party in
Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province, People's Republic
of China (August, 2008).
New construction, a home goes up, Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province,
People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
Old and new homes in Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province, People's
Republic of China (August, 2008).
Hmong home with ongoing rennovations, Xijiang
Village, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of
China (August, 2008).
A sparrow nest in a Hmong home. The Hmong believe that sparrows
bring good luck and encourage them to nest in their homes, often in
their main rooms. This one is in a home near Xijiang Village, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
Hmong villager playing the lusheng, Xijiang Village,
Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
Team member Tifin Calcagni observes the process of
Hmong embroidery, Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province,
People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
A young farmer, Xijiang Village, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
Preparing for a Hmong long-table banquet, Xijiang
Village, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
Amanda Harris, Maureen Burke, and their host during a long-table
banquet in the Hmong village of Xijiang, Guizhou Province, People's
Republic of China (August, 2008).
Some of the Hmong dishes of our a long-table banquet, Xijiang,
Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
Team leader Bruce Garrow playing the popular Hmong
windpipe instrument the lusheng in his host's home,
Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of
China (August, 2008).
Brad's Hmong host mother, Xijiang Village, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
A Hmong bridge. In America, bridges are built to race across. But in
China, as team member Bruce Marshall observed, they "build bridges
to enjoy." Indeed, this bridge (like so many others in China) was
constructed to hang out on ... to be in. Xijiang Village, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
A bridge, a shelter, a space to enoy. Xijiang Village,
Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
One of our hosts (home visiting from medical school)
presenting team members with longevity eggs, Xijiang
Village, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
Brad's bed in a private home in Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province, People's
Republic of China (August, 2008).
A doctor (left), and one of our guides (right), in a traditional Chinese
medicine hospital where many things happened, Kaili City, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
The vanishing art of handmade noodles at a dao xiao
mian restaurant, Kaili, Guizhou Province, People's
Republic of China, July, 2008 (photo courtesy of
Bill Harrington).
All photographs, drawings and prose by Brad Houk unless otherwise noted.
Copyright © 2008 by Brad Houk, All Rights Reserved
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