Timeless beauty all set in stone

'Copper rock' homes of Xujiashan village help traditional way of life become top tourist draw

Xujiashan and Qiantong are two ancient mountainous villages with rich cultural heritage in Ninghai county, Zhejiang province.

Xujiashan village has been both lucky and unlucky. Located in a remote area in Ninghai, a mountainous county in East China's Zhejiang province, Xujiashan used to be one of the least developed villages in the area. While people in other villages had left their traditional stone houses and moved into concrete apartments, Xujiashan residents were too poor to make the change.