Children's shoes apliquéd with fish and tiger motifs

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing a man using a soft paste brush to apply paste to the backing of a scroll painting

Men making sesame cakes in a bakery

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing a man retouching a scroll hanging on a drying board called a quan

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing a man removing the old paper backing from a scroll painting

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing a man adhering paper strips to the edge of a scroll

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing a man burnishing the back of scroll with a polishing shell called a ya luo to facilitate the rolling and unrolling of the scroll

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing mounters attaching a backed scroll painting to a drying board called a zhuang ban

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing a man attaching the bottom roller bar called a zhou to a scroll painting

Bird vendor with caged birds at a bird market

Woman using wooden tweezers to place food in a bird cage at a bird market

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing a man adhering backing paper to a scroll by tapping with a stiff brush called a zong pi shua

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing a man trimming the edge of a scroll with a steel paper knife

Monk at work in the bindery of a Buddhist temple

Monks at work in the bindery of a Buddhist temple with altar and statue of Buddha in background

Restaurant interior showing a chef working with dough to make oil cakes

Restaurant interior showing a chef brushing water over dough to make shao bing

Restaurant interior showing a chef cooking noodles

Restaurant interior showing a man chopping food with a cleaver

Monks binding books in the bindery of a Buddhist temple