Yagpe, 82, a practitioner of divination demonstrates an ancient ritual in her kitchen in Chab Nag village, Mainling county, in July. The Lhoba ethnic group believed these fortune tellers represented a divine link between the gods and humanity and could heal the sick. She is one of just two such practitioners in the region as modern medicine has became more popular.

The Photographer's Paradise -- Dan Ba Zhonglu Tibetan Village

A river flows through it: the Yellow River in Shanxi

Recreation of water town