[Picture Caption]
sounds of nature the song of the waterfall god a low chant reverberating in the mountains
the feathers of an immortal with an ornament that wasn't there originally oh well
hiding a smile with a snow-white silk handkerchief coy and sweet
pondering in the shrine by the sacred tree perplexed by the search
weaving baskets flustered by the tourists' stares
grandfather and grandchild their intersecting smiles remarkably alike
swaddling clothes conveying a joyous surprise and a lifetime of worries and cares
shouting give our lives self-respect and equality
a pair of eyes their innocence reflecting a rocky road ahead and a long one
sitting on her haunches a string of question marks about land and people
an ancestral jug he hugs his forebears never letting go
a wooden carving the thousand-year leap of assimilation is difficult
sounds of nature the song of the waterfall god a low chant reverberating in the mountains.
the feathers of an immortal with an ornament that wasn't there originally oh well.
hiding a smile with a snow-white silk handkerchief coy and sweet.
pondering in the shrine by the sacred tree perplexed by the search.
weaving baskets flustered by the tourists' stares.
grandfather and grandchild their intersecting smiles remarkably alike.
swaddling clothes conveying a joyous surprise and a lifetime of worries and cares.
shouting give our lives self-respect and equality.
a pair of eyes their innocence reflecting a rocky road ahead and a long one.
sitting on her haunches a string of question marks about land and people.
an ancestral jug he hugs his forebears never letting go.
a wooden carving the thousand-year leap of assimilation is difficult (photos and text by Arthur Cheng)