Thursday, June 9, 2011

Stone Town


TianLong Town

This is a stone town – even the roofs are made of flagstone. In 1381 A.D., the first emperor of the Ming dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhan stationed his soldiers here and built the first stone barracks. It appears that time has sort of ‘stood still’ here – most of the older men and women still use the old fashion dress style and not just for the tourists. The doors are very short and people still live in these stone structures (you can hear the TVs behind the wooden doors). Women with no headbands are single, white head bands means they are married, black ones –not sure (widowed I would guess).