Situated in the Wumeng Mountains in southwest China's Yunnan Province, Daguan County is at a high altitude with barren soil and frequent geological disasters. It was one of the poorest counties in the country.

Rainy and cloudy, Daguan is home to an endemic plant species: qiongzhu bamboo. The plantation of bamboo has changed the fate of the locals. Various bamboo products of the Qiongzhu brand sell well on the market, not only helping lift people there out of poverty, but also leading their children on better education out of the mountains.

To date, 31,600 people in the county have shaken off poverty. The mature qiongzhu bamboo forests cover nearly 14,000 hectares.

For more:

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 21: Home in Longwangba

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 22: Money trees

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 23: Village of happiness

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 24: Embrace the spring

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 25: Sandthorns in full bloom

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 26: Green and rich

Revival in the Mountains | Episode 29: Turnjujube king

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