Farm spaces become tourist spots

Like many migrant workers, Yang Qiaoxing jumped on the bandwagon by leaving his rural bungalow for life in the city.

Little did he expect that the stinky cattle pen in his backyard could be turned into a book bar in East China's Fujian province.

In Shangping village in Xiyuan township, it is not just Yang's cattle pen that has been rehabbed into a wooden house, but also nearly every livestock enclosure, barn and rundown kitchen have been turned into such spaces to house shops and recreational areas as the impoverished village makes a concerted effort to spearhead rural transformation.