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(230318) -- ENSHI, March 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take a sight-seeing train among cole flower fields in front of Diaojiaolou buildings (houses on stilts) in Xuanen County, central China's Hubei Province, March 18, 2023. (Photo by Xiong Yichao/Xinhua)

#CHINA-HUBEI-ENSHI-DIAOJIAOLOU (CN)

#CHINA-HUBEI-ENSHI-DIAOJIAOLOU (CN)

(230318) -- ENSHI, March 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children walk among cole flower fields in front of Diaojiaolou buildings (houses on stilts) in Xuanen County, central China's Hubei Province, March 18, 2023. (Photo by Chen Xukai/Xinhua)

#CHINA-HUBEI-ENSHI-DIAOJIAOLOU (CN)

#CHINA-HUBEI-ENSHI-DIAOJIAOLOU (CN)

(230318) -- ENSHI, March 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Residents chat on Diaojiaolou buildings (houses on stilts) in Xuanen County, central China's Hubei Province, March 18, 2023. (Photo by Song Wen/Xinhua)

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(230318) -- ENSHI, March 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on March 18, 2023 shows teachers lecturing children in cole flower fields in front of Diaojiaolou buildings (houses on stilts) in Xuanen County, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo by Xiong Yichao/Xinhua)

Traditional Chinese wood houses without a nail

STORY: Traditional Chinese wood houses without a nail DATELINE: Dec. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people building Diaojiaolou STORYLINE: Longsheng Guangxi, China The stilt house is a traditional wood building for people of various ethnic minority groups in southern China With good ventilation, they keep people warm in winter and cool in summer Each stilt house requires hundreds of wood components that are connected with mortise-and-tenon joints instead of nails and screws Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China. (XHTV)