Collection description: This project began with the Benzhu belief system of the Bai people and gradually developed into an exploration of Bai women, their relationship with faith, family, and the land. In many villages around Dali, Yunnan, Benzhu temples are deeply embedded in everyday life. Almost every village has its own temple, and throughout the year, rituals and festivals take place in close connection with the agricultural calendar and the rhythms of village life. For me, this belief is not confined to religious spaces. It exists within family relationships, daily labor, and the continuing relationship between people and the land. I became particularly interested in the older women who participate in the Lianchi Hui, a traditional religious community. They are not only participants in rituals, but also important figures within their families and communities. Moving between faith, domestic responsibilities, and agricultural work, they embody a way of life that remains deeply connected to the land and to nature. Through photographing them, I began to see these women not simply as individuals placed within a rural landscape, but as an integral part of it. Their bodies, labor, rituals, and everyday gestures are intertwined with the land and with a belief system passed down through generations. On one occasion, I returned to an old Benzhu temple that I had photographed before, only to find that its original wooden structure had been replaced by a new building. What disappeared was not simply a piece of architecture, but a trace of a way of life that had once connected people, ritual, and rural space. For me, this transformation has become an important part of the project: a reflection on how belief continues, how traditions change, and how the relationship between women, the land, and the spiritual world persists through time.