The wedding of a Xingwang girl with a Xingwang man. No outsider is willing to risk and marry someone from Xingwang.

Dead fish frequently emerge in the Laolinchang River.

An elderly taking a morning walk along the still and filthy Laolinchang river.

A Hepatitis patient and her only child visit the village clinic in Xingwang.

The Laolinchang riverbank has become a dumping ground for villagers.

A villager is having his lunch alone infront of a potrait of Chairman Mao Zedong, whom the Xingwang villagers believe as good luck bearer.