Capturing heritage

Many traditional customs in China are disappearing without traces. That has prompted one photographer couple to spend more than a decade recording the life in a remote Miao village, in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. They share their experiences with Yu Fei of China Features.

The 82-year-old hunchbacked shaman Liang Yongyu takes out his green gown, black headband and a sword from the bottom of a chest with trembling hands and puts them on with help from his wife.

He is dressing up for photographer Jiang Jianxiong and his wife.