Zheng Wenjun: a portrait of rural Zhejiang
Zheng Wenjun’s first-prize rural photography feature looks at the landscape, production and traditions of his home region. The portfolio connects mist-covered villages, cultivated slopes, tea markets, river life and community celebrations through images taken over several years.
Chinese and English profiles were published on 3 and 4 June 2025. This is a multi-year portfolio; capture places and dates are taken from source image metadata.
Explore the imagesRural life, shared through culture.
A former finance professional, Zheng began photographing in 2015 and continued after retirement. His competition work explored the beauty of rural environments, daily life, agricultural production and folk traditions.
The accompanying portfolio includes Songyang and Qingtian villages, bayberry cultivation, a tea market, Suichang tea fields, a river scene in Wuyi and Yunhe’s dragon celebration. The captions follow individual image metadata rather than treating every photograph as the same location or event.
The complete collection.
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Mist over cultivated terraces in Zheng Wenjun’s portfolio.
Zheng Wenjun · via WFAVillage scenery in Songyang, Zhejiang, 17 March 2024.
Zheng Wenjun · via WFAA mountain village in Qingtian, Zhejiang, 29 March 2023.
Zheng Wenjun · via WFABayberry cultivation in Qingtian, Zhejiang, 26 May 2024.
Zheng Wenjun · via WFAAerial view of a fresh-tea market, Songyang, 19 March 2022.
Zheng Wenjun · via WFAMorning light over tea fields, Suichang, 15 April 2023.
Zheng Wenjun · via WFARiver scene in Wuyi, Zhejiang, 18 July 2023.
Zheng Wenjun · via WFADragon celebration in Yunhe, Zhejiang, 4 February 2023.
Zheng Wenjun · via WFAContinue with the source.
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