Villagers move up from old 'machete'
By Gao Anming, Erik Nilsson and Yang Wanli in Tongren, Guizhou | China Daily | Updated: 2017-12-18 07:44
Yikoudao's villagers sing a traditional song about leaving for the nearest settlement at sunrise and arriving at sunset.
The song survives. But its lyrics no longer apply.
Yikoudao's name translates as "machete" because of the shape of the sheer karst cliff beneath the settlement in Yanhe Tujia autonomous county, Guizhou province.
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