laughingfits: . by GraemeNicol on Flickr.
nationalgeographicdaily: Terraced Rice Field, ChinaPhoto: Thierry Bornier Yunnan, China, is a beautiful place for shooting rice field terraces. 
nationalgeographicdaily: Pagoda Forest, China Photograph by Fritz Hoffman “Gained merit in battle” reads the epitaph of two of the 231 eminent Shaolin monks honored with shrines in the Pagoda Forest.  The number of layers in a shrine reflects a monk’s virtue; his bones, and often those of disciples, are buried below.
China    By: Josef Hoflehner