| This photo taken on Jan. 9, 2024 shows an ancient house at Bailong Village, Tumen City of northeast China’s Jilin Province. [Xinhua/Shao Meiqi] |
CHANGCHUN, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — As night gradually awakens, a rising wave of cooking smoke curls out of a tranquil folk village on the banks of the Tumen River in northeast China’s Jilin Province.
In the village, Jin Jingnan is preoccupied with heating up the stove inside a Korean ethnic house over 140 years old. “The tourists will soon arrive,” said the 71-year-old.
Much to his delightful surprise, his residence, the oldest one in Bailong Village, is now a popular sight. Facing south, the house was built in 1880 using the traditional mortise-and-tenon joints instead of using nails and screws to join pieces of wood, which experts acclaim as “a rare and well-preserved Korean-style house made with wood and shingles.”
The village is situated in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, the only…
