At the athletes' entrance area of the 10th World Junior Wushu Championships in Tianjin, Hernando Dudamel, coach of the Venezuelan wushu team, gave last-minute instructions to his 14-year-old daughter, Valeria Dudamel, before she entered the competition area.
While reviewing documents with her right hand, 26-year-old Zhouzhou (pseudonym) from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, absently twists a small, colorful toy in her left hand.
Four years ago, Jiang Fuchun rarely wore makeup. Today, in her Shanghai photo studio, she stands beside a vintage piano in a pink wig and Rococo-style dress, her eyes framed by glittering makeup and layers of lace cascading from her skirt.
In the ancient fishing village of Xunpu, flowers don't just sprout in local gardens, but also atop the heads of the local women.
Wudang Mountain in Hubei's Shiyan rises as a legendary Taoist sanctuary and the ancestral seat of the Wudang school.
For veteran artist Zhou Shaohua, now 96, the Yangtze River has been a defining presence throughout his decades-long career.