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Efforts to save ancient villages in China

2015-08-18

During a tour of Hubei Province, central China, in 2013, President Xi Jinping said ancient villages should be better protected, and restoration should be an integral part of rural development.

Old stone village braces for new visitors

2015-08-14

The village, located in deep mountains and unknown to many for approximately 1000 years, is attracting an increasingly number of tourists, especially painters, photographers, and architects.

An ancient village's modern story

2015-08-13

Nearly 8,000 people swarmed into Xucun village, in Shanxi’s Heshun county, during the third Heshun International Art Festival starting on August 2.

A province packed with treasures

2015-08-13

The temple is the only one in China that combines the religions of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Visitors can walk through the monastery and see the humble cells where monks lived and the intricately decorated halls where they prayed to their gods.

Villages become just a memory as modernization gathers pace

2015-08-05

Due to inconvenient transportation and out-of-date infrastructure, ancient villages seem to be left behind by modern life. This makes protection work a challenge and tourism may be the best choice for protecting them.

300 villages to alleviate poverty by tourism development

2015-03-26

Shanxi province plans to alleviate rural poverty through developing tourism in those areas.

Ancient dwellings to rise again with renovation order

2015-02-07

The government of Jincheng, Shanxi province, has launched an investigation into the demolition of an ancient village that was torn down to make way for coal mining, and it has ordered an immediate renovation of the remains.

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