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Liangshan Atuleer Cliff village in China

At the Zhiermo county of Zhaojue county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province which is located south west of China . Auleer village boasts an altitude of 4,600 feet.

Between the highest and lowest point of this village, there is 200meters fall. 72 families live he...

At the Zhiermo county of Zhaojue county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province which is located south west of China . Auleer village boasts an altitude of 4,600 feet.

Between the highest and lowest point of this village, there is 200meters fall. 72 families live here till . if you want to get into this village, y ou have to climb 17 vine cliff ladders on a vertical cliff. the length of two extremly vertical vine ladders is around 200 meters . the village is isolated on the mountain , it takes the local young and agile guys 1 hour to go down and 1.5h to go up between the foot and the top . and twice the time for the people from outside . that's why we call Atuleer village the cliff village . mobile signals are very weak or no signals in the village . 

there are 15 children (till 2016) who study in the primary school at the foot of the mountain. most of the time the students stay in the school , they go home twice a month during the middle and end of the month . the parents pick up the kids and try to protect them. 

to go up and down of the heaven ladders is not problem, you may lose your life if you are not careful enough. because of safty and poverty, some children in the village cannot receive education under the age for school . 

there was a ropeway between the top and the foot of the mountain , but running one time uesd a lot of electricity, the villagers cannot afford it at all. so it was removed only the heaven ladders are left.

the villagers grow corns and potatos , raise cows, sheep and pigs . as well as some peppercorns and walnuts . but because of the road conditions, it 's hard to sell out these products. 

after the report of the medias since 2016, the steel ladders were built in jun. 2017. freight ropeway was under operation since Nov. 2017. there are stong signal towers for mobiles . wifi. till now , one Chengdu travel enterprise has entered the village and aim to develop it for toursim. 

Qiaoqi Tibetan village

Under the Jiajin Mountain, there is a long-history minority town called Yaoji ( Qiaoqi in mandarin, local people call it Yaoji ), 5000 people in the town , 95% ae Tibetans . located on the upstream of the Qingyi River, the closest Tibetan town to Chengdu. people speak Jiarong T...

Under the Jiajin Mountain, there is a long-history minority town called Yaoji ( Qiaoqi in mandarin, local people call it Yaoji ), 5000 people in the town , 95% ae Tibetans . located on the upstream of the Qingyi River, the closest Tibetan town to Chengdu. people speak Jiarong Tibetan language, as well as Sichuan dialect. the altitude is between 2000-3000meters in this area.

In the process of historical evolution, Qiaoqi culture has been in a diversified and dynamic development. 

        The local Tibetan people love dancing , which is necessary in their wedding, parties and celebrations. the dancing is surrounding a fire, people dance in a circle. which is called in Guozhuang in Chinese. it's created from their daily life such as working : harvest wheat. washing clothes etc. very happy and entertaining . there is a saying : if the Tibetan people can speak, they can sing, if they can walk, they can dance.

    recently , UNESCO, One Foundation and some other orgnizations are trying to teach the local people to record their life by camera , to reflect their surrounding natural environment, daily life and traditional culture

by private car 

public bus from Chengdu-Ya'an-Baoxing-Qiaoqi( Yaoji) 

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