a revolutionary base of the Communist Party of China in North China's Shanxi province. When Shen was 17, she married a soldier from Xigou village, Pingshun county. It was a time when many women ...

Tourists visit Yungang Grottoes in Datong, north China's Shanxi Province, April 15, 2025. Yungang Grottoes was built during the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). It is considered a pinnacle of ...

For 50 years Shen Jilan has made an annual 600-km trek from her home in Xigou, a poverty-stricken mountainous village in Shanxi province, to attend the National People's Congress in Beijing. The ...

Shen married a soldier from the village of Xigou, Pingshun county, when she was 17 years old. It was a time when many women still had "lotus feet," the former custom of foot binding. Her mother-in ...