Xie Gangjun,a member of China Photographers Association, Global Photographic Union, Senior member of Chongqing Photographers Association, Vice Chairman of Youyang County Photographers Association, Chongqing, Master of Chinese Folklore Photography. He has been engaged in photography for 10 years, and more than 100 works have won gold, silver, bronze, first and second prizes, as well as the annual human contribution award among other awards. He is fond of documentary, people and culture, and landscape photography. He is particularly focused on people and culture in rural area, such as “Reading”, “Wind and Snow”, “Love in the Fire Shop”, ” Scenery in Apeng River”, “Night of Ancient Town”, ” Fog Locking Ancient Pagoda, “Picturesque home”, etc.

Description of the series:

Picturesque Homeland

This group of photos features human living environment such as cities, ancient towns, villages, rivers and natural ecology. It advocates establishing the concept of ecological civilization, constructing beautiful homes, and acting to build a beautiful planet, to improve the development of society in a healthier and more orderly way.

This series of photos was taken in Youyang County, Chongqing City, China, which is located in the heart of Wuling Mountain. The vegetation and the forest coverage rate are high. Rivers such as Wujiang River, Apeng River and Youshui River provide high quality water. With the improvement in the environment, people lives a better life and quite a few people even settled in this area.

Green is the background color of the earth. Clear waters and green mountains are as good as mountains of gold and silver. It is the ecological and civilized environment for production and life that people values. Together, let us protect the beautiful earth.