1 Mosque in Yanqi County, Xinjiang. Credit: Xuegang Ma 3
2 Three churches in Yishan, Cangnan County, Zhejiang. Credit: Shidang Ou 3
3 The inaugural transmission of second-tier ordinations at Famen Monastery in the fall of 2014. Credit: Zhenchan Shi 16
4 A lecture at the Labrang Monastery, Gansu. Credit: Weijian Deng 18
5 Imam Yiping Ma delivers a sermon at Huajuexiang Mosque, Xi’an. Credit: Xin Cui 23
6 An October 2012 celebration to commemorate the completion of the Panshi Church, Hangzhou. Credit: Simon Gao 31
7 Daoist acolytes gathering for the morning ritual at Tongbai Temple, Mount Tiantai. Credit: Xiang Fang 36
8 The spring tea ceremony at Pinggu in Beijing’s Lehe Town. Credit: Zheng Zeng 37
9 A procession during a liturgical feast honoring the Virgin Mary in Zhangzhuang, Xingtai. Credit: Yang Lu 42
10 Sending off the royal boat during a ceremony at Shuimei Temple in Zhongshan Village, Haicang District of Xiamen. Credit: Henry Liu 52
11 The nine challenges presented during the Khorchi shaman’s ordination, Tongning City, Inner Mongolia. Credit: Baigula Dai 53
12 A statue of Mao Zedong at Taiqing Temple, Lanzhou, Gansu. Credit: Naila Althagafi 58
13 A woman praying at Fayuan Temple, Beijing. Credit: Akshay Mehta 78
14 A church at Xiwanzi, one of the sites of the 2022 Winter Olympics. Credit: Xiaoxiong Zhou 87
15 Khorchin Mongols worship aobao to keep the grassland and its people safe. Credit: Baigula Dai 97
16 Muslims celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, Shenyang’s South Mosque. Credit: Lei Yang 102
17 A 79-year-old calligrapher copies his Bible at night, Xuzhou, Jiangsu. Credit: Ling Wang 121
18 A Daoist procession at Huangdaxian Temple, Jinhua, Zhejiang. Credit: Hu Zhang 126
19 A Christian ordination ceremony, Cangnan County, Zhejiang. Credit: Shidang Ou 127
20 An older church stands amid a significant urban transformation, Fuzhou, Fujian. Credit: Michel Chambon 137
21 Qingni Church in Boyang County, Jiangxi. Credit: Shidang Ou 142
22 Yangtai Temple in Jiyuan City, Henan. Credit: Linji Wei 152
23 A village feast at Wulong Temple in Yangletian, Yingjiang Township, Dao County, Hunan. Credit: Chengwei Zhou 161
24 A public sacrifice in Yongxing Town, Haikou City, Hainan. Credit: Yiwen Ji 172
25 An entryway to a Chairman Mao shrine, Xiushan Ethnic Autonomous County, Chongqing. Credit: Huangjunyan Xu 178
26 Wuming Buddhist Academy, Garze Tibet Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan. Credit: Peng Liang 183
27 Nuns from Wushun Catholic Church assist after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008. Credit: Xiaoxiong Zhou 184
28 Monk on Mount Fanjing, Guizhou. Credit: Chaoqing He 188
29 A ceremony performed by members of the Jingpo ethnic group, Kachang Town, Yingjiang County, Yunnan. Credit: Peng Li 193
30 A Buddhist member of the Nakhi ethnic group in Yanjing, Mangkang, Tibet. Credit: Yinan Wang 197
31 Offerings on Eid al-Adha, Huajuexiang Mosque in Xi’an. Credit: Xin Cui 203
32 Thousands of lamas and followers pray before a Buddhist thangka painting at the Rongwo Monastery (Longwu si 隆务寺), Tongren County, Qinghai. Credit: Weijian Deng 209
33 Family members pay their respects at their ancestors’ tomb, Tongxin County, Ningxia. Credit: Wei Feng 215