A Xiangxi frontier town on the Tuo River — stilted houses perched tier upon tier on both sides of the steep valley, the collision zone of Miao and Tujia cultures with the Han frontier wall.

Fenghuang Ancient Town Hunan

Traditional wooden stilt houses clinging to the banks of the Tuojiang River in Fenghuang, a narrow stone bridge crossing the clear flowing water under rising mountain mist