China is a unified country composed of 56 ethnic groups. With exponential growth of a social based economy and a dramatic increase in modern material civilization impact, it is possible that several years later our splendid and diversified national culture forms will vanish from our real living environment.
In August 2008, we began a special culture photography march. By travelling 95,000 kilometers in China, passing through 28 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, 554 cities and counties and climbing over the elevation of over 5,000 meters several times, the visiting team in charge of the 56 ethnic groups civilization photography expedition made an actual record on happy living situations of the 56 ethnic groups and maintained an eternal memory of them with 57,228 professional images, which have turned to become pieces of indelible national negative films, in 12 months.