It is difficult to travel in Cliff Village. Why do villagers live here?

There is a place that is gradually becoming familiar to everyone. Commonly known as Atulier Village, Zhiermo Township, Zhaojue County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. It is located on a mountain in the Meigu River Grand Canyon, which is almost steep from the foot of the mountain to the village. Cliff village is located at an altitude of 1400 meters, sandwiched between two cliffs, and villagers have to go up and down the mountain along the steel ladder built by the cliff. The steps of the steel ladder are composed of two thin steel pipes, the gap between the steps is about 20 to 30 cm, and the abyss is hundreds of meters at the foot.

Cliff village is more than 0/400 meters above sea level/kloc, and the vertical distance from the ground is about 800 meters. There are steel ladders with handrails on both sides, which is the only way for villagers to go up and down the mountain. "Cliff Village" has inconvenient transportation, but the villagers still live here. Some villagers explained that solving the problem of food and clothing in the village is basically not a problem. However, the inconvenient transportation has seriously restricted the development of the village. Due to the traditional concept of moving to another place, the villagers are reluctant to move out. At present, there are 17 1 households in Cliff Village, with nearly 700 people, 45 of whom are poor households.

It is understood that "Cliff Village" attracts as many as 80 tourists every weekend to experience the excitement of climbing ladders. In addition to tourism, the local government has also made efforts to develop the characteristic industries of "Cliff Village", including encouraging villagers to plant cash crops with higher yield and price, such as walnuts, peppers and olives. At present, the annual output of potatoes, corn and other crops planted by villagers is not high.

Although the villagers are in this difficult place, they still hope that their children will study hard and go out of the village to change their lives.