Lakeside pailou at a former temporary imperial residence or detached palace (前清行宫) on Solitary Hill Island, West Lake (西湖), Hangzhou (杭州)

Pailou and entrance, Baihai Park, Beijing

Pailou at the entrance to the Lama Temple (雍和宮 Yonghegong), Beijing

Avenue with gongshi and shishi, at base of Wanshou Shan (Longevity Hill), Beijing

Gateway of the Winter Palace, Beijing, with Thomas Crellin

Stone lion (shishi 石獅) outside a temple, Szemao, Yunnan Province

A young man by a stone guardian lion (shishi 石獅)

Guardian lion (shishi 石獅) in front of the Treasury, East Street, Guangzhou

East Mountain Temple, near Soochow, with two joss paper receptacles

Guardian lions (shishi 石獅), Summer Palace, Beijing

Crowd and butcher's stall

Wall with four large characters - and a guardian lion (shishi 石獅)

Entrance to an unidentified temple, south China

Stone guardian lion (shishi 石獅)

Female guardian lion and cub (shishi 石獅) at an entrance

Man Mo temple complex, Hollywood Road, Hong Kong

A blind beggar clanging a bell outside the Temple of the City Gods, Shanghai

Hawking food by the entrance to the Temple of the City Gods, Shanghai