Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 An hot afternoon – finding some refreshment in the Gangou river, after heavy rains which have carried mud form the mountains.

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 Villages work on the installation of water pipes for providing one section of the village with water. The work is directed by a French Jesuit working in Taiwan, Jacques ...

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 Young people from the village register for a workshop organized by volunteers from Chengdu. The workshop is destined to prepare them to better adapt to life in the cities ...

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 An old woman from the village gathers wood for the winter months.

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 A villager comes back from the pasture with his sheep.

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 Harvesting the Sichuanese pepper in midsummer. Sichuanese pepper is a recent crop that gives the villager a much-needed extra income.

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 Chatting nearby the Gangou river.  

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 Interior of a house.

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 Two children nearby the school.

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 Mgebbu Vuho Ashy is the most respected elder in Yangjuan village.  ...

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 A smile in Yangjuan.  ...

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 Washing potatoes.

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 In the private dispensary of the adjacent Baiwu township, a child from Yangjuan receives an injection.  ...

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 In summer, heavy rains are often falling, and the slopes are slippery.

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 Bringing back a full basket of potatoes.

Photo by Liangzhun - Summer 2005 Benoit and an old woman, hand in hand.

by Liang Zhun  I have traveled many times to Lianghsan prefecture, home of the Sichuan Yi minority. Reporting on festivals in Zhaojue, Puge or Meigu counties, I have taken an innumerable number of photographs ...