Teenage girls of the Long Horn Miao ethnic-minority group wear headdresses as they gather for the Tiaohua Festival, part of the Lunar New Year, on February 6, 2017, in Longga village. The Long Horn Miao are recognized for their practice of wrapping a blend of linen, wool, and their ancestors' hair around animal horns or a wooden clip to make headdresses. Many young women say they now wear the headdresses only for special occasions and festivals. #

The 500-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, photographed in the hills of Pingtang County, in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, on September 17, 2016 #

Villagers play basketball on a court inside a karst cave in Xinchun Village, in Bijie, Guizhou province, on August 12, 2019. The court was built inside the cave to save arable land in 2018. #

The Temple of the Buddha and Maitreya Temple, photographed from above, atop the New Golden Summit on Mount Fanjing in May 2018. Mount Fanjing, or Fanjingshan, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is home to a conservation area, a nature reserve, and a number of Buddhist temples. Two of these temples sit atop a lonely spire called the New Golden Summit, or Red Clouds Golden Summit, which rises more than 330 feet (100 meters) above the surrounding mountaintop. #

Miao people wearing traditional costumes participate in the Lusheng Festival in Huangping County, in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou province, on November 15, 2017. Thousands of Miao people gathered to celebrate the traditional three-day Lusheng Festival in Guizhou. The festival features lusheng (a Miao musical instrument) contests, song and dance contests, horse races, bullfights, bird fights, silver ornaments, and embroidery competitions. #

Miao people carry a dog during a folk festival in Jiaobang Village, in Jianhe County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, on September 2, 2017. Miao people dress dogs with human clothes and carry them in wooden chairs during the festival to celebrate and show gratitude, honoring a dog that once helped desperate Miao ancestors find water, according to legend. #

A man from the Zhuang ethnic group dives to find a girlfriend standing on the opposite shore during a traditional diving festival of the Zhuang people in Congjiang County on July 26, 2018. #

Rooftops of Xijiang Miao Village, the largest ancient Miao architecture village in China, seen on July 11, 2020. Xijiang Miao Village is composed of 10 ancient natural villages built along a mountain, extending from the foot of the mountain to the ridge. #

A 53-meter-tall transformer stands at East Science Valley, a science-fiction theme park in Guiyang, on April 29, 2018. Tourists can bungee jump from the right arm of the robot. #