It's a trip into rural China, past bamboo rafts, fishermen who use trained cormorant birds to make their catch, ... Li River cruise takes tourists through lesser-known China.

It’s a trip into rural China, past bamboo rafts, fishermen who use trained cormorant birds to make their catch, and farmers tending rice paddies with the help of water buffalo.

YANGSHUO, China — With both hands gripping a pole, Deng Hongyou rowed a bamboo raft carrying a couple and their 2-year-old daughter down the quiet Yulong River one morning. Hills of karst rock ...

It’s a trip into rural China, past bamboo rafts, fishermen who use trained cormorant birds to make their catch, and farmers tending rice paddies with the help of water buffalo.

Local rice farmers supplement their income by taking tourists on bamboo rafting trips down the river. Dai, 28, was nearing the end of her boat trip when she took her grand-prize award-winning photo.