Art of everyday life

Over more than a decade, a photographer captures the essence of living by focusing on people's possessions, Xing Yi reports.

In a recently published photo album The Family Belongings of Chinese People, social documentary photographer Ma Hongjie tries to capture the life of Chinese people through a different angle - their daily objects.

From 2003 to 2014, Ma visited 45 families of different ethnicities and income levels, and took photos of them with their family belongings displayed together.