High hills and deep ravines criss-cross this land of bald yellow earth, making communication with the outside world difficult. Many of the older people have hardly travelled from the vicinity of their homes. It's not merely that they haven't visited the flourishing cities of China's seaboard--they have never even seen the paved roads and western-style buildings and factories of the county town.
寸草不生的黃土地山高谷深，對外交通困難，很多老年人沒踏出過大山一步，別說觀光沿海的繁華都市，就連縣裡的柏油大馬路、幾層樓的洋房和工廠，都沒機會見識。