Photographer Cai Shanhai captures life and leisure of southwest China’s “cave dwellers”
In 2023, photographer Cai Shanhai began roaming around the countryside of southwest China. He traveled through Hunan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, traversing a vast and famous landscape of stunning peaks—China’s 20-yuan note features the karst mountains of Guilin, Guangxi. The parts that attracted him most, though, were the natural caves that are an essential part of locals’ daily lives and their spirituality.
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