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We will visit Zhejiang and Fujian province in Southeast China during this tour. 

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First, we will photograph two classic rural scenes at two locations in Zhejiang province: 

• Villagers crossing an acient stone bridge with the morning mist at the background

• Traditional fisherman and their sail boats on beautiful Ou river.

After visitng Zhejiang province, our next stop is the coastal area of Xiapu county, Fujian province, the most charming coastline of China, Xiapu is located at the northeast part of Fujian province. As a small region along the southeast China coastline, Xiapu nevertheless has the largest mudflat in the country, encompassing 40 square kilometers and more than 400 kilometers of coastline, which is known for its traditional way of life - Sea farming and fishing in coastal mudflats. The scenery is constantly changing with tidal movements. It provides abundant photography opportunities for beautiful coastal sunrise/sunset, as well as photographing people collecting seaweed, fish or other offerings by the sea, tendering their nets and cages, etc.

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The next stop will be the county of Hui'an, the hometown of famous Hui'an maidens(or Hui'an women). who are part of a distinct Han Chinese community residing in Hui'an County of Quanzhou, Fujian, China. They have a distinct dress and marital customs that have been the focus of both anthropologists and governmental censure. More than their appearance, Hui'an women is better known to outside is their industrious and virtuous qualities. Before 1990s almost all men in Hui'an women's town made a living as a fisherman. They went to sea far from their home land even for months one time, so Hui'an women had to shoulder all the responsibilities for raising children, taking care of aged parents, cultivating farmland, doing daily housework, and even arranging house building. This situation got improved as Hui'an grew into the most important stone products production base of China. Many of Hui'an men choose to work at a nearby factory, yet you can also find so many young Hui'an women cutting, polishing and carving rocks in every workshop.

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Our last leg of the tour will focus on so called "Tulou" in Yongding and Nanjing county, Fujian province. "Tulou" literally means earthen buildings. They are Chinese rural dwellings unique to the Hakka people in the mountainous areas in southeastern Fujian, China. They were mostly built between the 12th and the 20th centuries. A tulou is usually a large, enclosed and fortified earth building, most commonly rectangular or circular in configuration, with very thick load-bearing rammed earth walls between three and five stories high and housing up to 800 people. Smaller interior buildings are often enclosed by these huge peripheral walls which can contain halls, storehouses, wells and living areas, the whole structure resembling a small fortified city.

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A total of 46 Fujian tulou sites were inscribed in 2008 by UNESCO as World Heritage Site, as "exceptional examples of a building tradition and function exemplifying a particular type of communal living and defensive organization in a harmonious relationship with their environment".

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When: May 11 - 21, 2018
Where: Zhejiang and Fujian provinces
Group size: 12 maximum
Category: Photography Tour
Tour Leaders & Photography Instructors: William Yu
Language spoken: English 

Tour URL: www.williamyuphotoworkshops.com/southeastchina2018
Contact: william@williamyuphotography.com