Lantern that lit the way for Long March

Riding on a red motorcycle from the county seat, 73-year-old veteran Yang Zhengyi, who just had a brush cut there, looked fresh and cool in gray.

The senior was in a good mood as his son and daughter-in-law, who work in town, were planning to bring his 6-month-old grandson to visit, and would also spend the weekend with him. Yang's home is an excellent summer resort as the dog days draw near.

With streams running in the front and back, Yang's old three-story wooden house in the Yutou village of the Dong ethnic group gets cool in the summers and warm in the winters. The village, located in Tongdao county of Central China's Hunan province, has a history of more than 600 years.