Rural Village (2010)
Photography

This photograph shows a row of old shop houses in front of the central pond of a rural village. An old man is pulling a cart along the pavement in front of these shop houses. It was taken at Hongcun Village in Huangshan city, China.

This photograph shows the humble ways of the villagers in this village, which has now become one of the countries’ cultural heritage sites. It depicts the traditional Chinese houses in the background as well as the central pond in the foreground, which is used by the villagers for their daily activities. The man pulling the cart is also a good example of how the villagers still retain their traditional practices that were used in the past by their ancestors despite the rapidly changing world around them. Till today, no cars are allowed to drive into the village and the villagers depend on horses or very often only their own two feet to ferry them around.