Hole Is Where the Heart Is For Chinese Cave Dwellers

High in the misty hills of southwestern China, an hour’s hike from any road, the lowing of livestock echoes through Zhongdong village, where a group of 18 families live inside an enormous natural cave. The final hold-outs of the country’s “last cave-dwelling” village have had modern conveniences, like electricity, for years. But their only access … Read more

Hole Is Where the Heart Is For Chinese Cave Dwellers

High in the misty hills of southwestern China, an hour’s hike from any road, the lowing of livestock echoes through Zhongdong village, where a group of 18 families live inside an enormous natural cave. The final hold-outs of the country’s “last cave-dwelling” village have had modern conveniences, like electricity, for years. But their only access … Read more