Tom Hutchinson with a group of women on the steps to Lingyin Temple, Hangzhou

Tom Hutchinson with a group outside a temple, Hangzhou

Grand Hall, Lingyin Temple, Hangzhou

Tom Hutchinson with a group of women on the steps to Lingyin Temple, Hangzhou

Pedlars and tourists near a pagoda, Lingyin Temple, Hangzhou

Funeral procession with palanquin, Shanghai

Funeral procession with effigy, Shanghai

Funeral procession, with mourners in ceremonial clothing on horseback, Shanghai

Funeral procession, with an effigy holding an axe, Shanghai

Longhua Pagoda and rickshaws, Shanghai

Female Lion (with cub) (tongshi 銅獅), Yonghe Temple (雍和宮) ‘The Lama Temple’, Beijing

Bronze censer, Yonghe Temple (雍和宮) ‘The Lama Temple’, Beijing

Printing block for a Buddhist charm at Lin ji si

Street vendor hawking 佛珠 (Buddhist prayer beads) at New Year's

Fangguanyan temple (方广岩寺), Geling Mountain, near Fuzhou (福州)

Rope used as water conduit, by a waterfall, at Fangguanyan temple (方广岩寺), Geling Mountain, near Fuzhou (福州)

Buddhist island of Pootoo

Lotus pond and bridge at a temple, Putuoshan (Mount Putuo)

Pootoo, an island full of Buddhist temples

Temple on sacred Buddhist island of Pootoo