Rows of pickle vats at a pickle factory in Baoding

Food stand showing vendor, inscribed metal containers, ceramic serving bowl, food, and teapot

Food vendor selling shao bing (烧饼 sesame cakes) and soup at his stand

Four men at a workbench in cloisonné workshop

Man making a cloisonné bowl

Man stirring the contents of a vat in a tofu-making shop

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing a man smoothing away air bubbles with a soft brush called a shui shua

Man at work in a brush-making shop

Kitchen interior showing a man lengthening pieces of dough to make oil cakes

Kitchen interior showing a man shaping dough to make ma bing

Restaurant interior showing a chef dishing food into bowls from a wok

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

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

Restaurant interior showing a chef cooking noodles

Kitchen of Niu Rou Wan, a Muslim grilled-beef restaurant, showing a worker using an abacus

Kitchen of Niu Rou Wan, a Muslim grilled-beef restaurant, showing a chef working at a grill

Kitchen of Niu Rou Wan, a Muslim grilled-beef restaurant, showing two men chopping food

Kitchen of Niu Rou Wan, a Muslim grilled-beef restaurant, showing a man chopping food

Kitchen of Niu Rou Wan, a Muslim grilled-beef restaurant, showing a chef mixing ingredients

Kitchen of Niu Rou Wan, a Muslim grilled-beef restaurant, showing a chef putting food on a grill