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Dashan (“Great Mercy”) Pagoda, Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, China.
The She people living in the mountainous regions of southern Zhejiang traditionally practice wet-rice cultivation. Specifically, they grow paddy rice in terraces constructed on hillslopes. This labor-intensive agricultural work is performed by both men and women.12