PCD has been supporting Liufang Village in Liping County, Guizhou Province to revive traditional ways of farming and to protect local ecology and culture, which includes the traditional ecological practice of duck-fish-rice farming. After a few years of such practices, villagers now see more life in the field. They are particularly happy to hear frogs croak again in spring and summer. Frogs are the guardians of crops because they eat pests. (Pan Yong-rong, PCD)
A farmer from Liufang Village of Liping County from Guizhou Province is harvesting a traditional crop of sticky rice. (Zhan Wei/PCD)
PCD supports the ecological restoration of the soil-denuded areas in Mashan, Guizhou, by helping villagers to understand the effectiveness of growing bamboo for ecological restoration. Bamboo is also an important resource for producing tools for daily use. These are the back-baskets made of bamboo used by the Mashan villagers. (Yang Cheng)
In Liufang Village at Liping County in Guizhou, the village women pour domestic detergent into their organic farming field which raises ducks and fish, causing death of a large amount of fish fry.
Villagers from Liufang Village at Liping County in Guizhou are trained about the hazards of domestic chemical products and are encouraged to use traditional methods for personal hygiene, such as burning glutinous rice grass to ash which in turn is used to make alkaline water for washing heads and clothes.
Drawing upon traditional knowledge, villagers of Baixianglin in Guizhou managed to restore the previously destroyed ecological environment by growing trees on rocks.
In traditional ecological farming in Liufang Village of Liping County in Guizhou, fish and ducks are reared in paddy fields to control pests and to fertilise the fields. The rearing method is the core culture of the Dong people there. PCD supports the village to revive such farming tradition.
In traditional ecological farming in Liufang Village of Liping County in Guizhou, fish and ducks are reared in paddy fields to control pests and to fertilise the fields. The rearing method is the core culture of the Dong people there. Curious children watch ducks eating crop pests in fields at Liping Village.
Miao women hold a contest on embroidery as an activity for cultural and historical heritage.
With PCD's support to a survey, it is found that traditional methods in keeping Chinese honeybees is the lifeline for the ecological restoration of the soil-denuded areas of Guizhou. A beekeeper hangs a traditional wooden beehive outside his house and honeybees are kept inside it.
With PCD's support to a survey, it is found that traditional methods in keeping Chinese honeybees is the lifeline for the ecological restoration of the soil-denuded areas of Guizhou. One traditional method for beekeeping there is to use beehives made from tree trunks to catch wild bees.
Miao youngsters, with paper and pens in their hands, interview their elders about the Miao's migration history.
PCD supports Miao youngsters to learn about their traditional culture and traditional architecture is part of the learning.
Women villagers singing folk songs while harvesting crop of preserved variety in Liping, Guizhou.
PCD works with local partner to revive vines & plants adaptable to the karst areas in Mashan to reduce corn planting which erodes the top soil.
Dong singers in Congjiang County, Guizhou Province, held workshop on ways to revive their songs culture.
People from the project group in Wayao County, Guizhou Province inspect the harvest of a farmland where natural farming methods are adopted.
Women from Kongbai County, Guizhou Province learn traditional embroidery from the elderly.