But, the people soon learned that the black stone was the sturdiest and so made their homes from it. Wu T'ai is set on a hillside where the stone houses are huddled together like so many pieces of coal against the green background. Some of the walls are one solid piece of rock.
它們一棟棟矗立在山坡，有的以整片的石板為牆；有的用碎石堆砌而成；此外，路面、階梯、田埂… … 也幾乎全是黑石板鋪的。