Chengzhong village scene.

Chengzhong village scene.

We are welcomed in Chengzhong by a Miao orchestra.

The musical welcome in front of the village health clinic in Chengzhong.

The welcome includes several saucers of local wine.

More saucers of local wine.

And still the saucers of local wine kept coming.

Two older residents of Chengzhong watch the arrival of the visiting students.

The welcome to Chengzhong continued for quite a long while!.

And the Miao orchestra kept playing in front of the clinic.

Chengzhong farming landscape.

A group photo with local residents in the middle of the street in Chengzhong.

We were invited to join the local people in a dance in front of the clinic.

Mixing with local residents of Chengzhong village.

Mixing with local residents of Chengzhong village.

Mixing with local residents of Chengzhong village.

Discussing health issues with the doctor in Chengzhong village.

The Chengzhong farming landscape is extremely picturesque.

The Chengzhong farming landscape is extremely picturesque.

The main (and only!) street through Chengzhong village.

Ducks swim through the rice fields in Chengzhong.

The Chengzhong farming landscape is extremely picturesque.

The Chengzhong farming landscape is extremely picturesque.

The Chengzhong farming landscape is extremely picturesque.

The Chengzhong farming landscape is extremely picturesque.

An elderly patient receives an intravenous drip - note the cardboard wall lining.

Local residents in front of the clinic in Chengzhong village.

Local residents welcome their guests with a dance.

Local residents welcome their guests with a dance.

Our students promote hygiene (in this case washing hair with shampoo).

Our students washing hands - if you can find running water!

Our students perform for the villagers in Chengzhong village.

The shy local women sing a song of welcome.

The shy local women sing a song of welcome.

The village doctor breast feeds a baby in front of the clinic.

Our students perform a Chinese song in Chengzhong.

Our students perform a Chinese song in Chengzhong.

The local children watch the visitors’ performance.

Our students perform a Chinese song in Chengzhong.

A local residents makes insect noises by blowing through a leaf.

Our students perform the Abba song “Mama Mia” to the delight of the villagers.

I think ‘Mama Mia’ was a new experience for the people in Chengzhong.

Performing ‘Mama Mia’.

Performing ‘Mama Mia’.

A local resident plays a Miao flute.

Two men perform the ‘fighting oxen’ dance while playing their flutes.

The children of the village watch the show.

Performing a song for local people in Chengzhong.

This little boy rushes forward to present our students with his drawings.

Two men perform the ‘fighting roosters’ dance while playing their flutes.

Our students perform a Latin American dance in Chengzhong village.

Our students perform a Latin American dance in Chengzhong village.

Our students perform a Latin American dance in Chengzhong village.

The conclusion of the Latin American dance in Chengzhong village.

Our students perform the Macarena for the villagers in Chengzhong.

Our students perform a Latin American dance in Chengzhong village.

The conclusion of the Latin American dance in Chengzhong village.

The performances conclude with villagers and visitors dancing together.

The performances conclude with villagers and visitors dancing together.

The performances conclude with villagers and visitors dancing together.

The performances conclude with villagers and visitors dancing together.

The performances conclude with villagers and visitors dancing together.

Some of students with local villagers in Chengzhong.

Chengzhong countryside.

Chengzhong countryside.

Lunch in Chengzhong.

Lunch in Chengzhong.

Lunch in Chengzhong.

The local villagers want to keep singing for the visitors.

The visitors respond with more songs, including ‘Old Macdonald had a farm’.

Miao women of Chengzhong village.

Our students and some of the residents in Chengzhong village.

Miao women of Chengzhong village.

Our group beside the Qingshui River near the bridge in Chengzhong village.

Local residents near the river in Chengzhong village.