Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing a man working on the edge of a scroll painting

Man in a scroll-mounting shop removing a rebacked scroll painting from a drying board called a zhuang ban

Man in a scroll-mounting shop moving a scroll painting attached to a drying board called a zhuang ban

Man in a scroll-mounting shop moistening the back of a scroll painting with water using a brush called a shui shua

Man in a scroll-mounting shop repairing the silk backing of a painting

Man in a scroll-mounting shop using a brush to adhere a painting on silk onto a backing

Silversmith hammering designs into a piece of silver in a workshop

Man at work in a cloisonné workshop

Women burning incense outside Bai yun guan at New Year's

Men working in a cloisonné shop

Silversmith working on a piece of heated silver in a workshop

Man with long-handled shears working in a cloisonné shop

Man in wide-brimmed hat playing handchime and mu yu at New Year's

Man in hat and patched clothes at New Year's

Boy using a grinding wheel to polish jade in a workshop

Man collecting alms at New Year's

Crowd outside Bai yun guan at New Year's

Two men making enamel dishes in a workshop

Daoist priests lined up outside Bai yun guan at New Year's

Silversmith at a workbench in a workshop

Man working on a cloisonné box over a bucket of water

Silversmith at work in a workshop

Man making a cloisonné lid

Silversmiths at workbenches in a workshop

People, lantern, and burning incense outside Bai yun guan at New Year's

Street vendor selling opera masks at New Year's

Altar with shrine figures and inscriptions at a tile and brick factory near Mentougou Qu

Tile and brick factory near Mentougou Qu with terraced hills in background

Man adding texture to a ceramic roof ornament at a tile and brick factory near Mentougou Qu

Man molding a ceramic roof ornament in the form of an animal figure at a tile and brick factory near Mentougou Qu

Men glazing roof tiles over a vat at a tile and brick factory near Mentougou Qu

Man measuring a roof ornament at a tile and brick factory near Mentougou Qu

Tile and brick factory near Mentougou Qu with terraced hills in background

Puppeteer striking gongs called luo (larger) and tang luo (smaller) to attract an audience for a puppet show

Hand puppet

Ice-cutter with an ice pick

Street vendor selling kites at New Year's

Ice-cutter with an ice pick

Puppet show performance with hand puppets at a street theater

Ice-cutters attaching ropes to blocks of ice for hauling

Lantern shop at New Year's

Toy vendor making and displaying reed toys at his stand

People cutting ice from the city moat near Yongdingmen (永定门), Beijing

Facade of a lantern shop with shop signs at New Year's

Puppeteer seated with shadow puppets

Man making a shadow puppet

Fish-shaped lanterns outside a shop at New Year's

Girl with hair ornaments at New Year's

Puppeteer with a collection of shadow puppets hung on a string

Musician with drum, castanets, and stringed instrument accompanying a shadow-puppet performance

Man brushing wallpaper

Boys handpainting wallpaper

Musician with stringed instrument and drum accompanying a shadow-puppet performance

Man hawking paper birds at New Year's

Two women watching a shadow-puppet performance of two figures in a boat

Street vendor selling candied hawthorn berries (tanghulu 糖葫蘆), during Lunar New Year, Beijing

Puppeteer working shadow puppets behind a screen

Woman feeding a child at New Year's

Street vendor selling diabolo tops at New Year's

Boy standing on a tortoise stela and street vendor hawking toys at New Year's