Cave People

An entire village of Maew (Miao) people in China is living in a cave which is about 700 feet deep. They have houses, a school where children study during day time. Their building don't have roofs because they don't need them. It's amazing how people are living there.

via Reuters

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Nov 20 2007 05:31 am

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Anonymous

Nov 20 2007 05:59 am

and i thought i have seen everything

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Points: 7

Nov 20 2007 08:12 am

that's very interesting

Anonymous

Nov 21 2007 03:06 pm

What I find most interesting is that some of the buildings still have the peaked framework - as if they were built with the knowledge that duisings have pointy tops, even if they don't actually need a roof

patricia

Points: 121

Nov 22 2007 09:19 am

I guess they don't build roofs so it would be brighter in the house. I think the house must have a room with a roof, so stuff from the ceiling won't fall on them

dude	Nov 22 2007 03:52 pm those guys live in china. they got an assembly kit for the houses from the state

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Frank

Dec 3 2007 04:32 pm

Why would a culture that is thousands of years old need crappy shit from the states? lol you guys are a bunch of losers who didnt do anything on their own, only got it handed to you on a plate from other cultures. dont say shit man

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Jesse

Dec 4 2007 01:56 am

I believe what the above comment meant by "state" was not the United States, but from the government.

In China.

They got the house kit from the Chinese Government. They did not finish the roof seeing as how they did not need to. since it was a kit-home, that was built into the frame.

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Justin

Dec 16 2007 02:50 am

Yeah, dude, "from the state" means "from the government." You can try to act superior to someone based on their nationality by screaming inane claims at them having things "handed to them" etc, etc, but at least understand the language spoken.

Sounds like you don't know what you're talking about. Please study history and English. Thanks.

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Hutsy

Jan 9 12:29 am

If you look at it from an architectural view point, the a-frame peaks don't just support the roof but the wholr house structure. The triangle is a stronger shape then a square, if you put four walls together to form a square or rectangle they can skew to form a diamond (or just generally collapse), the support of triangular a-frame stops this from happening.

hendo

Nov 22 2007 08:59 pm

really beautiful
just amazing
forget whatever mansion we could build, that is a truly breath-taking home

blinkreder

Nov 22 2007 09:08 pm

I've been to a school like that in north Veitnam when I was about 5 or 6... Don't remember much.

Really sweet pics

dude	Nov 22 2007 10:35 pm the population of france is less than the number of people living in caves in china. guess this goes to show why

ron	Nov 22 2007 10:38 pm I think the roof trusses are there to stabilize the walls from caving in or out. Or this is a hoax

Nic	Nov 23 2007 12:17 am Um, the village isn't in the cave, only the school is: http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?collectionId=1291

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perez

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Dec 4 2007 03:07 am

judging from the pictures, there are many huts there. Looks like there's more than a school there

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Peter

Jan 6 02:39 am

It's interesting. The Reuters articles explains the cave was naturally formed, but from the pictures, the indentations in the cave ceiling almost make it look people have been carving out chunks to enlarge the cavern. Just different from the cave ceilings I've seen, but then again, I haven't seen many.

bldrkid

Nov 23 2007 08:15 pm

Those kids eyes are gonna be shot by the time they're twenty. Look at them trying to study virtually in the dark (no, this is not a pun about communism

Tina	Nov 24 2007 04:44 pm that is extremely cool! im proud of those little maew people

Anonymous

Nov 24 2007 09:52 pm

This is crazy---commune like---kids eyes are going to be shot---talk about isolationism--- just crazy--- then again, who would want to live in any Chinese city

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hamjachok

Points: 97

Nov 27 2007 06:10 am

you're right, it's too unhealthy to study with so little light. can't imagine reading anything in those conditions. However maybe they are used to it.

Anonymous

Nov 29 2007 04:17 am

mole people?

N. I. N. G.

Dec 9 2007 02:27 pm

guess what, those kids would rather have short eye sight than live that kind of life forever, getting educated is their only hope.
i'm from china by the way, and i'm ashamed that my governement don't do even close to enough for the poor, while pouring billions into fancy stadiums and skyscrapers

Rob L.

Dec 19 2007 04:40 pm

Im sure at certain times of the year water could seep thought the roof of the cave or perhaps the consolidation of condensation on the cave roof would create a cause for the need of a house roof. They obviously need the light more than the protection from the elements when these photos were taken. I would love to go to china!! from what i keep seeing its a very special place on this planet

someone

Dec 22 2007 11:50 am

I think its amazing that even could build something like that. Of course, not all of China is like that, so anyone who says they wouldn't want to live in any Chinese city... I have a penpal from China, of course he doesn't like somethings but he believes that they have change a lot in the past ten years

Anne Grgich

Dec 23 2007 11:19 am

Amazing place, it is intriguing, I would like to see this in person to really grasp what it is

scott

Jan 26 04:08 am

great pictures and hard to believe something like this still exists

Anonymous

Feb 21 03:15 pm

I've seen this in a history movie (hmong history movie). cool. Hmoob!!!

Anonymous

Feb 21 03:37 pm

They are aka Hmong in the western side (america, europe, Alustriaand others). In china they are called miao.In south east asia they are called maew.