The orchestra
with traditional instruments.
The Goddess of Spring
bringing the flowers.
Old boatman assisting young
maiden to cross the river.
The great Inner Mongolia Museum at Hohhot.
Exterior.
The great Inner Mongolia Museum at Hohhot.
Interior.
The great Inner Mongolia Museum at Hohhot.
Diorama: Chengiz Khan, ruler of all those who live in the felt tents.
Fabled Mongolian recurved bow with saddle holster.
The great Inner Mongolia Museum at Hohhot.
Mongol warrior's saddle.
Diorama: Kublai Khan, grandson of Chengiz Khan, Emperor of China, giving audience to Marco Polo and other european envoys.
A huge collection of fossil finds fill the entire lower level of the museum.
A flying fossil.
The Gansu Provincial Museum at Lanzhou.
Another great collection of fossil finds.
The beautiful bronze "flying horse" recovered from a tomb in Gansu Province.
Capitol of Gansu Provence.
Showing the first bridge to span the river, built in 1925 by a German company.
Part of the city framed by many bridges that now span the river.
#1. Taken from the window of the train.
#2. Taken from the window of the train.
#3. Taken from the window of the train.
#4. Taken from the window of the train.
Here, semi-nomadic Tibetans graze their herds of sheep and yaks.
Tibetan Family:
Matriarch aged 72
Patriarch aged 85
A married daughter.
A married son. One of seven children.
Three generations of Tibetans visit Labrang Monastery.
