North China's millennium-old village sees thriving homestay industry

STORY: North China's millennium-old village sees thriving homestay industry SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:32 LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Taidu Village 2. various of homestays in Taidu Village STORYLINE: From a millennium-old village to a well-known rural tourism destination, Taidu Village in north China's Shanxi has achieved a beautiful transformation via homestay industry in just a number of years. In the past, Taidu Village, a small village with a population of less than a thousand, was an ordinary small village. The residents made their living on agriculture for generations. Since 2016, rural tourism has been developed, and changes have quietly occurred within the village. In 2021, led by the local government, a professional operation and management company was introduced to carry out a major renovation of the entire village, deeply explore the folk culture of the village, and carry out professional design while retaining t