The cliff corridor-Chinese village was built purely by hand
Welcome to the Cliff Corridor, a
spectacular mountain road cut through a 110m high cliff face that serves
as the only access link to a small Chinese Village.The 1250m-long road which runs through mountains in Huixian County in central China’s Henan Province, was chiseled and hammered out 40 years ago by 14 villagers from Guoliang village.The corridor is 5m high and 4m wide, and winds along the cliff at 110 meters high.
Take the high road: The 1,250m long 'cliff corridor' connects Guoliang village in Henan Province China to the outside world
The cliff corridor-Chinese village was built purely by hand
The stairs were very dangerous because they were steep, narrow and had no handrails.
Then in 1972 village head Shen Mingxin decided something had to be done and led 13 villagers in a mammoth effort to chisel and hammer a real road to the outside.
Without use of any machinery, they created the cliff corridor purely by hand.
It took the 14 villagers 5 years to complete the corridor, which is wide enough to be driven along, during which time they used up more than 10 tons of drill rods and 4,000 hammers.
The cliff corridor-Chinese village was built purely by hand
Careful driver: A car makes its way along the
cliff corridor which is the only access to the mountainous village in
central China
Almost 40 years ago, the only
connection between Guoliang village and the outside world was a
gruelling, almost vertical set of 720 mountain steps. The stairs were very dangerous because they were steep, narrow and had no handrails.
Then in 1972 village head Shen Mingxin decided something had to be done and led 13 villagers in a mammoth effort to chisel and hammer a real road to the outside.
Without use of any machinery, they created the cliff corridor purely by hand.
It took the 14 villagers 5 years to complete the corridor, which is wide enough to be driven along, during which time they used up more than 10 tons of drill rods and 4,000 hammers.
The cliff corridor-Chinese village was built purely by hand
Before the road was built in the mid 1970s the
only access to the village was an almost vertical set of 720 mountain
steps. The corridor is 5m high and 4m wide, and winds along the cliff at
110 meters high
The cliff corridor-Chinese village was built purely by hand
Feat: The 1250m-long corridor was chiseled and hammered out 40 years ago by just 14 villagers from Guoliang village
The cliff corridor-Chinese village was built purely by hand
Effort: It took the 14 villagers five years to complete the corridor, which is wide enough to be driven along
The cliff corridor-Chinese village was built purely by hand
Long way home: A pedestrian trudges up the 1,250m cliff corridor, one of the world's most spectacular roads
The cliff corridor-Chinese village was built purely by hand
Members of Guoliang village take part in an
outdoor art class. Their only link to the outside world is the cliff
corridor which was built purely by hand
The cliff corridor-Chinese village was built purely by hand
Journey's end: It took 14 villagers 5 years to
complete the corridor, which is wide enough to be driven along, during
which time they used up more than 10 tons of drill rods and 4,000
hammers
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