A gallery of Zheng Yonghui’s series entitled “Fireworks”, capturing elderly people who live by themselves, on display at the Lishui International Photography Festival in China.

Liu Feng's series, “The Job Agents”, documents the lives of migrant workers.

Migrant workers looking for jobs. Picture: Liu Feng

"The Names of the Buddha” by Zheng Xiaochang, captures forgotten Buddhist and Taoist effigies.

A neglected statue. Picture: Zheng Xiaochang

Lu Huandong's photographs of abandoned power plants are both beautiful and haunting.

An image from Lu’s “To the Vanishing” collection. Picture: Lu Huandong

Taken by Zhu Yongchun, the “Wetland Village” series focuses on the last inhabitants of the Wenzhou marshlands, who will soon be forced out to make way for a wetland park.

Long-held traditions are being lost as Wenzhou modernises. Picture: Zhu Yongchun

Chen Jianrong’s series, “The Ancestral Temples”, examines how village shrines in Longwan are being incorporated into modern buildings like schools or supermarkets.

A photograph from “The Ancestral Temples”. Picture: Chen Jianrong

Zheng Gangfeng's “Wenzhou Private Enterprise” series documents the economic woes afflicting regional manufacturing as family-centric industries struggle to meet demands of the 21st century.

A textile factory in Wenzhou. Picture: Zheng Gangfeng

“The Park” documents a distinctly human habitat. Picture: Chen Jie