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High Mountain Flowing Water

The Miao celebrate a New Year separate from the Chinese New Year. Activities are replete with singing, dancing, music playing and feasting. At an all female banquet, ladies play “High Mountain Flowing Water”, pouring rice wine along stacked wine bowls down to a guest until the song ends.

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Color Photography Contest

2025

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Travel

Non Professional

High Mountain Flowing Water

The Miao celebrate a New Year separate from the Chinese New Year. Activities are replete with singing, dancing, music playing and feasting. At an all female banquet, ladies play “High Mountain Flowing Water”, pouring rice wine along stacked wine bowls down to a guest until the song ends.

About Artist

Eric Seidner

Eric Seidner is an award-winning American photographer based in China, specializing in travel and documentary photography. Over nearly two decades in Asia, his work has earned accolades from numerous international competitions and publications such as Smithsonian Magazine and National Geographic, and has been exhibited at Christie’s London. Eric’s distinctive style blends cultural storytelling with thoughtful composition, capturing vivid photographs of landscapes, architecture, and the shared experiences of humanity.

Eric Seidner

Photographic Areas of Focus

Aerial, Architecture, Landscapes, Nature, People, Travel

Location

China

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