Life in the Taihang Mountains

• 来源期刊: 今日中国：英文版
• 学科: 地球科学
• 年，卷（期）: 2004,（3）
• 页码范围: 72-73
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: K928.3

摘要

THE Taihang Mountain Range meanders for 500 kilometers across the territories of Henan, Shanxi and Hebei provinces. It is an important ecological screen for the North China Plain and source of water. In Hebei’s Shexian County sits Wangjinzhuang, a 300-year-old stone village nestled in the mountains.The village is a stone world-lanes, houses, court-yard walls, towers, pavilions, tables, benches and mills are all hewn fom ancient rock. Streets and lanes are paved in stones of various shapes and sizes whose sur-