Photographer Ma Hongjie has spent 11 years documenting families in various parts of China for his upcoming book The Family Belongings of Chinese People. Here: a family outside their home in the Xiaozhai Tiankeng sinkhole, Fengjie county. (Photo by Ma Hongjie)





A home in Beilantun, Wulajie Manchu town, Longtan district, Jilin city. (Photo by Ma Hongjie)





A home in Motuo county, Tibet Autonomous Region. (Photo by Ma Hongjie)





The belongings of a monkey trainer in Baowan village, Fanji township, Xinye county. (Photo by Ma Hongjie)





A family and their pigs in Manjiuxinzhai, Haidong village, Mangxin township, Menglian county. (Photo by Ma Hongjie)





The home of a soldier on Chigua Reef, Nansha Islands, Sansha city, Hainan province. (Photo by Ma Hongjie)





A couple who live on North Island, Seven Banks, Xisha Islands, Sansha city, Hainan province. (Photo by Ma Hongjie)





A couple with their belongings and vegetables in Hebei Huailai county. (Photo by Ma Hongjie)





A family in Leshou village, Gongying town, Harqin Left Wing Mongol Autonomous County. (Photo by Ma Hongjie)





A couple at Yaoqiucuo manor, Zhongshan village, Songkou town, Yongtai county. (Photo by Ma Hongjie)





A family outside their home in Simuhana village, Jigen township, Ulugqat county, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. (Photo by Ma Hongjie)