Exploration of the World: China

Show & Culture

Film presented by Patrick Mathé. Immerse yourself in millennial traditions, in the region known as the "country of women", the land of the Naxi, in search of past splendor now facing the country's rapid modernization. Follow in the footsteps of Joseph Rock, an explorer who lived in China between 1920 and 1949, whose photos and writings captivated Americans and Westerners, and who spent his final years in Lijiang, among the Naxi.