Today's village is nestled within the mountains |
The survey teams walks along the Yellow River Plateau |
Lu Jie, Jin Zhilin, and vice county magistrate Yan
on the road |
The team enteres the village |
Lu Jie, Jin Zhilin, and vice magistrate Yan discuss
the details of the survey project |
The women come to participate in the survey |
Jin Zhilin on site |
For the most part, symbols of popular culture has
replaced paper-cuttings |
On the walls are still pasted propaganda materials
from the Revolution |
"I have faith in you" |
Paper-cuttings are a link between the home and the
world outside |
Newspaper for wallpaper is even more common than paper-cuttings |
The Long March symbol makes an appearance in all the
county's villages |
Long March photographer Wang Hongjin never stops filming |
The village has 40 women, only 15 know how to make
paper-cuttings |
A birthday present 3rd grader Li Fangfang gave to
her grandmother |
68 year old Li Wenqing married into this village from
Yangjiagete village when she was 14 |
Li Caihong's mother is from Yangjiagete village |
Fifth grader Li Xiaojing began learning paper-cuttings
from her sister when she was 7 |
Left hand grasps the paper, her right hand is very
dexterious |
The survey team's ability gets better and better |
Survey team member Gao Zhiqing's are calloused from
her paper-cutting experience |
The county officials visit creates great excitement
among the women |
The survey does not miss a district, a village, a
household, or a person |
Flowers are born in his mind, sprout from his hand,
and wither on the ground |
The women of this village once made shoes for the
Red Army fighting the Japanese |
81 year old Liu Zhengfu not only can make paper-cuttings,
but can also embroider, sew, and makes shoes |
The old man sings a folk song |
The village mayor's home becomes the survey team's
cafeteria |
The meal still is "hala" noodles |
Today, a total of 22 survey teams members had lunch
in the village |
The survey teams lunch |
