Left-behind elderly people and women weave birdcages, and a small village becomes a birdcage village

Original title: In Liujiang, Guangxi, a "birdcage village" where left-behind elderly people and women "weave" a big industry

March 8, at Xinxuchang in Baipeng Town, Liujiang County, Guangxi, a left-behind elderly person weaves a birdcage in a home workshop.

Xinxuchang in Baipeng Town, Liujiang County, Guangxi, is a locally famous "birdcage village," where more than a hundred households in the village are engaged in birdcage production or processing. It is understood that the home workshops responsible for weaving birdcages are mainly run by left-behind elderly people and left-behind women. The village produces more than 500,000 birdcages each year, selling them across the country, with an annual output value of more than 10 million yuan. The birdcage industry has become the villagers' magic weapon for becoming prosperous.

Released by Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Li Hanchi)

March 8, at Xinxuchang in Baipeng Town, Liujiang County, Guangxi, a left-behind elderly person weaves a birdcage in a home workshop.

March 8, at Xinxuchang in Baipeng Town, Liujiang County, Guangxi, a left-behind woman carries woven birdcages in a home workshop.

March 8, at Xinxuchang in Baipeng Town, Liujiang County, Guangxi, a villager carries woven birdcages in a home workshop.