Family lives secluded life on mountain for generations

chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-12-19 16:31
Share
Share - WeChat
Wang Jinggui and her two sons, Liu Yanling (right) and Liu Yanqi (left), stand in front of a cypress tree next to their house on a mountain in Cuijiayu village of Rizhao, East China’s Shandong province, on Dec 16, 2017.  [Photo/VCG]

Wang Jinggui and her two sons, Liu Yanling and Liu Yanqi, are the only residents on a mountain north to Cuijiayu village in Rizhao, Shandong province. The family has been living there for seven generations.

Life on the remote mountain is tough. The family does not have access to electricity. They have to use firewood to cook and diesel oil lamps for light.

Liu Yanling, 59, is the oldest child. He went down the mountain at the age of 16 and spent 20 years earning a living, but returned at 47 because of cerebral thrombosis. He picked herbs on the mountain and cooked his own herbal soup to treat himself. A year later, the disease healed.

Liu Yanling stayed on the mountain to take care of his mother since then. 

The second oldest child Liu Yanqi is 58 years old. His wife died several years ago. Now he lives with his mother and brother and earns a living by raising cattle.

The family now lives a secluded and quiet life on the mountain. The most expensive thing in the house is a motorcycle.

1 2 3 4 5 Next   >>|
Photo
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US