This title might seem a bit shocking, but considering China’s
total population, 30 million really isn’t very much. Still,
millions of people living in caves in this modern era is kind of
strange, wouldn’t you say? According to a report by The Los
Angeles Times, millions of Chinese people have gone underground,
to live in caves. So I guess calling someone a caveman in China
really shouldn’t be taken as an insult, especially if you
consider many of these burrowed dwellings have all the
facilities of modern homes. Because they take advantage of the
existing landscape, China’s cave houses don’t require too many
other building materials, and since the hills and mountains they
are dug into act as natural insulation all year round, they are
more energy efficient than most conventional family homes. But
don’t imagine you can see this kind of cave dwellings all around
China. Most of them are found in the Shanxi province, where the
porous yellow soil is relatively easy to dig into. Called
“yaodong” these inhabited cave