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Bamboo raft making revived in Guizhou
Updated: 2017-08-21 09:10:21
( Xinhua )

Tourists enjoy a moment on a bamboo raft made by Yang Mingqing and Yang Mingquan in Fanzhao village of Nanshao town in Jianhe county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Aug 19, 2017. The brothers, makers of the bamboo raft for several decades, saw its vanish years ago as the new transportation took the lead in the daily life, but they are demanded now to revive the old crafts. In recent years, local tourism industry booms with more tourists curious about the traditional local life including the rafting as the old fashioned transport. [Photo/Xinhua]

Yang Mingquan, 68, checks a bamboo in Fanzhao village of Nanshao town in Jianhe county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Aug 19, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Yang Mingquan, 68, carries bamboo in Fanzhao village of Nanshao town in Jianhe county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Aug 19, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Yang Mingqing, 72, assembles a bamboo raft as his brother Yang Mingquan looks on in Fanzhao village of Nanshao town in Jianhe county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Aug 19, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Yang Mingqing, 72, assembles a bamboo raft in Fanzhao village of Nanshao town in Jianhe county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Aug 19, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Yang Mingqing(left), 72, heats a bamboo with his brother Yang Mingquan in preparation to make a raft in Fanzhao village of Nanshao town in Jianhe county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Aug 19, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Yang Mingqing, 72, makes a bamboo raft in Fanzhao village of Nanshao town in Jianhe county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Aug 19, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

Yang Mingqing(left), 72, assembles a bamboo raft as his brother Yang Mingquan helps in Fanzhao village of Nanshao town in Jianhe county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Aug 19, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]

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