A pair of thick cables are strung between two high cliff faces with a steel cage suspended below to carry people and goods in and out of the village.
The ropeway, which is powered by a diesel engine, is 1,000 meters long and 400 meters above the valley floor.
Zhang Xinjian has been maintaining the ropeway for the past 15 years.
He comments: “I started to work at this spot since the rope was set up. No one would take the job.” More
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