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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Puzhong's wife Wang Suying (2nd R) dresses her granddaughter with banana leaves in the forest near Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong people used to live

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 23, 2023 shows a view of a relocation site for Kucong people in Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong people used to live a primitive life in mountainous regions. A l

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Grandchildren of Zhang Puzhong have fun under a banana leaf shed built by Zhang in the forest near Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong people used to live a prim

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Puzhong (1st L), together with his wife Wang Suying and their grandchildren, is ready for a tour to the forest in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong peopl

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Puzhong (L) and his wife Wang Suying build a shed with banana leaves in the forest near Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong people used to live a primitive

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Puzhong does housekeeping in the sitting room of his residence before a tour to the forest in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong people used to live a pri

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Puzhong's wife Wang Suying (L) dresses her grandson with banana leaves in the forest near Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong people used to live a primiti

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Puzhong (L) and his wife Wang Suying build a shed with banana leaves in the forest near Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong people used to live a primitive

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Puzhong picks some wild berries for his grandchildren in the forest near Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong people used to live a primitive life in mounta

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 23, 2023 shows a view of Shangnami Village in Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong people used to live a primitive life in mountainous regions. A local poet describe

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Puzhong (2nd L) and his wife Wang Suying (1st L) build a shed with banana leaves as their grandchildren look on in the forest near Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties.

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Puzhong (1st L), his wife Wang Suying (1st R) and their grandchildren pose for a photo under a banana leaf shed in the forest near Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties.

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Puzhong (1st R) briefs his grandchildren on herbal medicines in the forest near Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong people used to live a primitive life in

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Puzhong clears vines and bushes as he travels in the forest near Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong people used to live a primitive life in mountainous re

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Puzhong (1st L) picks some wild berries for his grandchildren in the forest near Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 23, 2023. After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzhai Village, Zhemi Township of Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Kucong ethnic people means "people living on the mountains," an offshoot of the Lahu ethnic group. Yunnan now boasts 30,000 Kucong people, mainly living in the Ailao Mountain area in Zhenyuan and Jinping counties. Kucong people used to live a primitive life i

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CHINA-YUNNAN-JINPING-REVISIT TO KUCONG PEOPLE'S PRIMITIVE LIFE (CN)

(230726) -- JINPING, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows the changes in housing conditions of Kucong people: the banana leaf shed built by Zhang Puzhong based on his memory of Kucong people's primitive life in the forest taken on July 23, 2023 (top, Xinhua/Fei Maohua); the thatched huts at a Kucong village, Jinping County taken in 1984 (2nd from top, Xinhua/Min Fuquan); brand-new adobe houses covered in asbestos tiles in Xianami Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County, taken in November 2001 (3rd from top, Xinhua/Lin Yiguang); and a view of Xingfaling Village, Zhemi Township, Jinping County taken on July 23, 2023 (bottom, Xinhua/Chen Xinbo). After days of thinking, Zhang Puzhong decided to do something instructive to his grandchildren: bring them back to the forest he used to live as a child more than 60 years ago. "This is very important. I know how happy I am today because I never forget how bitter my life was in the past," Zhang said. Zhang is a 70-year-old Kucong resident in Xiaxinzha

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUCONG ETHNIC PEOPLE-NEW LIFE (CN)

(221025) -- KUNMING, Oct. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bai Longfa works in the fields in Anfu Village of Zhemi Lahu Ethnic Township, Jinping County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: Former deep mountains tribe embraces new life" (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUCONG ETHNIC PEOPLE-NEW LIFE (CN)

(221025) -- KUNMING, Oct. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shulin (R) watches a documentary about Kucong ethnic people on a mobile phone in Anfu Village of Zhemi Lahu Ethnic Township, Jinping County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: Former deep mountains tribe embraces new life" (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUCONG ETHNIC PEOPLE-NEW LIFE (CN)

(221025) -- KUNMING, Oct. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shulin points to a little boy in a black-and-white documentary and recognizes the boy as himself at the age of six in Anfu Village of Zhemi Lahu Ethnic Township, Jinping County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: Former deep mountains tribe embraces new life" (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUCONG ETHNIC PEOPLE-NEW LIFE (CN)

(221025) -- KUNMING, Oct. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bai Shulin works in the fields in Anfu Village of Zhemi Lahu Ethnic Township, Jinping County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, July 13, 2022. TO GO WITH "Across China: Former deep mountains tribe embraces new life" (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUCONG ETHNIC PEOPLE-NEW LIFE (CN)

(221025) -- KUNMING, Oct. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 13, 2022 shows a view of Anfu Village of Zhemi Lahu Ethnic Township, Jinping County, southwest China's Yunnan Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Former deep mountains tribe embraces new life" (Xinhua/Hu Chao)