Photo of the day: Side Alley Buddha

This week’s photo takeover is “RIP Laoximen” — a collection of photos by Shanghai street photographer Qian Yang capturing life in the rapidly-disappearing neighborhood.

I saw this figure of the Buddha in an old alley, the first time I visited Laoximen. It really shocked me when I first saw it. It seemed quite mysterious in the moonlight.

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Photos: Inside the Disappearing Alleyways of Shanghai’s Laoximen