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Travel: An isolated village thrives on tourism

There are no roads or train tracks leading to Baodu village, which sits halfway up a 15-kilometer valley south of Taihang Mountain in Shanxi province. The only way to get there is a four-hour trek. The villagers have traditionally been stonemasons. So houses, mills and stoves are made from stones. The masonry is not only reflected in the area's architecture but also in the villagers' attitudes toward heavy road construction. They believe it would ruin the beauty of the area.

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