Days are numbered for ancient villages
By He Na and Sun Ruisheng in Shanxi province and Lin Jinghua in Beijing | China Daily | Updated: 2013-11-19 07:00
A number of factors are to blame, report He Na and Sun Ruisheng in Shanxi province and Lin Jinghua in Beijing.
As part of humankind's historical heritage, traditional villages have high value in terms of research, architectural techniques and cultural continuity.
They can be seen as living fossils of China's agricultural and bureaucratic societies.
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