Yang Zhaoyu quit his job in a big Chinese city nine months ago and moved to a small community that preaches sustainable living and mindful consumption.
Left: Yang Junhao pulls a bamboo stem down after chopping it off with a sickle. Right: Yang plays a harmonica during a AnotherCommunity dinner party.
Chinese media is full of stories about people seeking alternative lifestyles in the countryside.
A newspaper reported in 2018 that a young woman had moved into the Zhongnan Mountains in Shanxi province seeking a hermit life. Her story went viral on social media after she was forcibly evicted.
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Those mountains have since attracted young people from all over China. At one point, the community had over 600 residents, many former city dwellers, according to media reports.
The regional government, irked by what they saw as an incursion, tore down the illegal structures.
PHOTO EDITING GABRIELLE FONSECA JOHNSON; TEXT EDITING; Stephen Coates and Karishma Singh; Layout Julia Dalrymple