300 Chinese empty nesters get free portraits
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“Hurry up, check out your superb photos at the central plaza!” Mr. Zhang told his friends living in the same village in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Zhang is among 300 poor villagers, who received free portrait photos. /VCG Photo

“Hurry up, check out your superb photos at the central plaza!” Mr. Zhang told his friends living in the same village in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Zhang is among 300 poor villagers, who received free portrait photos. /VCG Photo

On Thursday, the elderly came to check out the photos that Shangluo Rainbow Volunteer staff had taken and mounted at the plaza in the Yecun Village in central China. /VCG Photo

On Thursday, the elderly came to check out the photos that Shangluo Rainbow Volunteer staff had taken and mounted at the plaza in the Yecun Village in central China. /VCG Photo

“After experiencing hard times, I have eventually entered a good era. The photos can be cherished as part of a memory by our children,” said a villager. /VCG Photo

“After experiencing hard times, I have eventually entered a good era. The photos can be cherished as part of a memory by our children,” said a villager. /VCG Photo

Yecun is one of the most impoverished villages in the country, where many people have not taken a single decent photo. However, under the aid-to-the-poor policy, more than 300 families have moved to new residences, allocated by the local government, from shabby houses in October last year. /VCG Photo

Yecun is one of the most impoverished villages in the country, where many people have not taken a single decent photo. However, under the aid-to-the-poor policy, more than 300 families have moved to new residences, allocated by the local government, from shabby houses in October last year. /VCG Photo