The People Who Shape the Land
Hard-working Hmong Chinese instructing the team how to plow a rice
field, Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
A Hmong farmer near Xijiang Village, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
Hmong farmers, Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province, People's Republic
of China (August, 2008).
A Hmong elder near Xijiang Village, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
Children from Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province, People's Republic
of China (August, 2008).
A Hmong elder near Xijiang Village, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
Steep slopes, heavy loads, a Hmong woman fertilizing ricefields
with nightsoil, Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province, People's Republic
of China (August, 2008).
A Hmong farmer near Xijiang Village, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
Hmong women laboring to transform Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province,
People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
A Hmong elder near Xijiang Village, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
A welcoming ceremony by young Hmong women, Xijiang Village,
Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
Hanging out at a school, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of
China (August, 2008).
A Hmong farmer near Xijiang Village, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China
(August, 2008).
A Hmong boy, Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province,
People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
A resident gazing out his sawmill-home near Xijiang Village, Guizhou
Province, People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
Making paper, Guizhou Province, People's
Republic of China (August, 2008).
Xijiang Village, Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China (August, 2008).
One of Brad's hosts, a construction worker of long
hours, Huaishuwan Village, Luoyang City, Henan
Province, People's Republic of China (July, 2008).
A grandmother and grandson in a cave home in the
Loess Plateau. While parents work, many grandparents
share in raising the children. What was blatantly
noticeable across China was the way children were
openly loved, held, and cared for while the elderly were
valued. Near Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, People's
Republic of China (July, 2008).
The educated, the professionals, helping to progressively transform
their country, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of
China (July, 2008).
A retired architecture professor, Xi'an City, Shaanxi
Province, People's Republic of China (July, 2008).
A representation of a representative exumed from a
past transformative era, a terracotta warrior at the
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor (a UNESCO World
Heritage Site), near Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province,
People's Republic of China (July, 2008).
After lunch, a xiuxi. One of the many wonderful things about China is
that it is a napping culture. While living in China with his family, Brad
found this aspect of Chinese culture not only beneficial to his own
personal health but to his relationship with his wife. It seems to him
that people who nap together, stay together. A "family-values" sort
of thing. Beijing, People's Republic of China (July, 2008).
Father and son travelers, Beijing, People's Republic of China (July, 2008).
All photographs, drawings and prose by Brad Houk unless otherwise noted.
Copyright © 2008 by Brad Houk, All Rights Reserved
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