Cave Houses Across the Steps

This image was taken the day before the snow came, you can see there are many old cave houses here, some abandoned and some still lived in. Image taken in the MEN village Shaanxi Province China.

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5 thoughts on “Cave Houses Across the Steps”

Karolyn Cooper on May 18, 2014 at 3:30 pm said:

I enjoy your pictures from Shaanxi, but I have a question. What does “MEN Village” mean? Is MEN your acronym for the name of the village, or something else?

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- throughenglisheyesmark on May 19, 2014 at 9:49 am said:
  
  Hi Karolyn, MEN 门 is the Chinese name of the village, this means all the families in this village have the family name MEN, this is very traditional in China especially in the more remote areas. BTW theChinese character for MEN 门 means open door 🙂
  
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  - Karolyn Cooper on May 19, 2014 at 2:38 pm said:
    
    Thank you!
dianaed2013 on May 18, 2014 at 6:01 pm said:

Like the light here – interesting to see this as a community?

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- throughenglisheyesmark on May 19, 2014 at 9:50 am said:
  
  Thanks Diana, the community is lovely, people are so friendly and welcoming. I have so many pictures of this village and its people 🙂
  
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