Ladies create a garden of their own

Two years ago, five dissatisfied workers decided to gather and create a new rural lifestyle for they pursued a happiness they could not get in the city.

Planting trees while I am alive

Yuan Keliang, 82, has lived on Muyun Mountain in the outskirts of Taiyuan, capital city of Shanxi Province, for 33 years. The mountains have become a deeper shade of green in recent years, and many different types of trees and fruit trees now grow there.

Lead a clean and simple life

Set in an orchard of persimmon trees, a sprawling, mansion called Villa Shizilin brings together two different approaches to architecture in a rapidly-changing world.