(GloriousGuizhou)CHINA-GUIZHOU-LIUPANSHUI-TIANMEN VILLAGE (CN)

(GloriousGuizhou)CHINA-GUIZHOU-LIUPANSHUI-TIANMEN VILLAGE (CN)

(240723) -- GUIYANG, July 23, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on July 17, 2024 shows stilted buildings in Tianmen Village, Shuicheng District of Liupanshui, southwest China's Guizhou Province. In the hinterland of Wumeng Mountain and by the Beipanjiang River, quaint stilted buildings scatter among the green mountains and waters, forming a pastoral picture, in Tianman Village. Tianmen Village is located in the northeast of Huajia Miao Buyi and Yi Township of Liupanshui City, which is a traditional Buyi ethnic village, divided into 6 hamlets with a population of more than 1,000. Surrounded by mountains on three sides and a river on the other, the remote village was once isolated. To get out of the village, people had to climb hundreds of stone stairs over the steep mountain and pass through cliffs in the canyon. Tianmen Village has a history of more than 600 years, and still retains 178 buildings made of wood shingles. The original landscape of the village and traditional fol

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