A finely decorated

porch

An enbroidering

girls in a

souvenir shop

Playing cards on the pages of a local paper

An overweight

load

A detail of a

column top

Peking: the imposing memorial to the People's Heroes

Guilin:

Pagodas in the Shàn Hù Lake

Tibet:

Prayers' pennants near Ganden Temple

Stone engraving

on a temple roof

in Shanghai

Yang Shuo village:

a local

peasant's gaze

GuiLin :

A Thai Cì

morning lesson

Xi'An:

The

Great Goose Pagoda

Lhasa:

A finely decorated column at the entrance of the Tibet capital

Shanghai:

JinMao

Skyscraper made

of cristal and

steele

A rowing boat

flows up a tributary of the Yangtze

The ancient rite of the preparation of tea

Gold engravings on Emperor Yongle's sword

Porcelain Statues decorated with gold represent moments of a Buddhist's life

Lit lanterns on a drizzly night

A pilgrim praying

in front

of a Buddha

Suzhou: Artistic corridors leading to the many sectots of the Blue Wave Pavillon

A pious

young man

Suzhou:

A silk-spinning

machine

Peking:

The Lama's

Temple roofs

Lots of white water liliesin full bloom decorate the watergreen ponds

Tibet:

Wide valleys spotted with Yaks

The

Yangtze

river

Lang Shì,

a village on the River Li' in

Guangxi region

Garden

vegetables

on stalls

Peking:

The Door of the

Five Offers

A bronze bell with events occurring during the Ming Dynasty

A peasant's

resting moment

A red terracotta funerary dispenser

Shanghai: a panoramic vista

onto the

Pudong Quarter

Back home after buying fruit and vegetables at the greengracer's

A means of transport for goods and ... passengers

Yichang:

One of the eight watertight compartment in the Great Dam

Tibet:

a big "stupa" used as a reliquary containing important Lama's ashes

Lhasa:

Praying pennants in front of

Yokhang Temple

Ming Tombs: a severely looking "Xiezhi" - a rird of winged lion

A snapshot of

silence and faith

Hangzhou:

the Pagoda of the

Six Harmonies

Serving

tea.

Pking: Tiànànmen

Square and Mao Zedong's Mausoleum

Suzhou: Lanters close to the Spring Villa, the Maestro's study-place

Lhasa:

the North side of the luxurious Potala Palace

Rice fields around old buildings used now as shed of agricultural tools

Xi'An:

A detail of the Terracotta

Warriors

Shi Baozhai

Temple seen while cruising the along the Yangtze

Hand-pulled cab waiting to start a

... near by destination!

Xì An:

Bell Tower rebuilt in 1739 during the Ming Dynasty

Five kms north of GuiLin: the

Cave of the Cane Flute

Choosing the quantity of nuts to be cooked in a pot containing hot boiling sand

Lhasa:

Pilgrims with children coming from the distant countryside to pray in Jokhang Temple

Chongqing:

Roof gardeens on ten-metre-storey buildings

Bamboo Canes, bushes, local

coloured stones:

a variety of green!

The Holy Silk burner - used to burn holy silk and memorial inscriptions

Hieroglypic on a

bell.

It was rung

during

ceremonies

Xi'An: Muslim quarter - the entrance to a public place

Detail of a shrine

in a little village

on the bank of

the Yangtze

A fisherman going

to throw his

fishing nets

Artistically

decorated

porcelain dolls

Xi'An:

night show with water jets and coloured lights

Tibet:

Hand-woven

carpets on sale

Faenza ''offers'' Chinese top quality

sanitary fittings

Decorated vases

with bonsai all

around some buildings

New hoop nets ready for fishing fresh fish

A detail of the top

of a column at the

entrance of the

Ming Tombs

Tibet:

Worshippers going along the Pilgrims' ritual track called "Kora"

Windows finely decorated with inlays of coloured glass pieces

One of the three towers standing in the water near the Minor Island of Yingzhoù

Gods

looking

over coming

pilgrims

Xi'An:Lights spotting one of the four defensive tower on an

Autumn night

Lhasa:

a sacred image in Jokhang Temple

Shanghai:

devotion fruits left by devout people before a Jade Buddha

Copper vase decorators

in a big

Chinese workshop

Tibet:

carts, tractors and other agricultural tools standing on one side of a road

A Temple of the Tang

Dynasty

Shanghai:

the Old Town - the Zig-Zag Bridge

Lhasa:

Potala

Palace

Bags of rice

carried to the

local market

Brushes,

ceramics, bowls made in China!

Lhasa:

the prayer's

walk

with the

prayers' rolls

The Yangtze:

Coal

carrying

barges

Hangzhou:

entrance to Feilaì Féng also called

"Flying there from Afar"

Xi'An:

Tiles left in the Temple close by the Great Mosque

The detail of a pennant with prayers on it

GuiLin:

One of the many boats you can cross on the Li' River

A characteristic

attire of a Tibetan woman coming to Lhasa on a

religions walk

Suzhou:

Yu Hua Hall or Study Hall near the Pan Yun Duan garden

Houses above

water decorated with flowers and pots of flowers

Lhasa:

entrance to the Potala Palace, former seat of government headed by Dalai lama

Near this temple origina frames

made out of the partition walls

Sight of "new"

Shanghai

Lhasa:

Vista of

decorations on the roof of Jokhang Temple

Tibet:

Chinese pennants flying all over the place even in the remotest parts of the country

Thousands of

bonsai plants

in the garden

beyond the wall

Tibetan pleasants

meet

outside

Sera Temple

Tongli village:

Humanity's patromony since

1998

Tibet:

Interior of as

Hall in Ganden Monastery. Lit candles: an extraordinary view

Xi'An:

Accurate details

of a bronze horse

Sheeps and children near Tibetan

houses built with dried mud

Lhasa:

Potala Palace

seen from

Changpo Ri

Lhase:

Potala Palace - the

coloured walls of the Palace are lit by sunbeams

Lhasa:

a lift to a

Tibetan

Monk