China: Two men by an incense burner in a temple in Beijing. Photo by Herbert Ponting (21 March 1870 - 7 February 1935), c. 1907. Of this scene Ponting notes: "The Chinese are not a religious people. Confucianism, which dominates the Chinaman's life, being, properly speaking, a code of ethics. Yet many religions exist in China, among which are Buddhism, Mahommedanism (Islam) and Taoism." Herbert George Ponting was a photographer from England. He was best known for being the photographer and cinematographer for Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition to the Ross Sea and South Pole.

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