guizhou

Pipes & Stuff

Bijie, Guizhou The sprawling weekend markets in Guizhou’s cities are still home to traditional crafts lost any many other parts of China.

Healing Pain

Bijie, Guizhou Walking through the old part of town, you see a sprawling market filled with a menagerie of things from medical care to pheasants to baskets to handcrafted tobacco pipes.

Rose Petals

Bijie, Guizhou Rose petals line the springtime markets of Bijie, they are used in tea and traditional Chinese medicine.

Sassy Ladies

Gaopo, Guizhou These women are dressed in their finest Miao attire for the Si Yue Ba festival.  I had such good time laughing with them that day.

Proud Bulls

Gaopo, Guizhou After the bull fights, we passed the bull holding area.  This proud bull and owner had a couple of winning rounds in the arena.