Road and Houses Bring New Lives to Villagers in SW China's Sichuan

Villagers of Abuluoha Village arrange the bed at their new house in Butuo County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 29, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]

With a paved road and new houses, people in Abuluoha village embrace a new life they have never experienced before.

BUTUO, July 1 (Xinhua) — Abuluoha Village, located in Butuo County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, has been widely noticed for a road project connecting the village to the outside world.

Surrounded by mountains, the village of over 250 residents has sat in isolation and poverty for more than 50 years. In the past, people had to spend at least three hours climbing up and down steep mountainous roads to get to other places. A cable car service was launched here at the end of 2019 to provide free rides for villagers on a cliff.

With the completion of the building of a 3.8 km-long road connecting Abuluoha Village to the outside, villagers of Abuluoha Village have also moved into 33 light steel structure houses successively since June 29.

Villagers of Abuluoha Village dressed in traditional Yi costume walk on the road in Butuo County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 29, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]

Aerial photo taken on June 29, 2020 shows a relocation site in Abuluoha Village of Butuo County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]

Villagers of Abuluoha Village move into their new houses in Butuo County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 29, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]

A villager of Abuluoha Village chats with neighbors who have just moved into their new house in Butuo County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 29, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]

A family of Abuluoha Village pose for a photo in their new house in Butuo County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 29, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]

Villagers of Abuluoha Village dressed in traditional Yi costume dance at the relocation site in Butuo County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 29, 2020. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]

Aerial photo taken on June 29, 2020 shows the relocation site and the roads in Abuluoha Village of Butuo County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. [Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing]

(Source: Xinhua)