A walk in the clouds

Shi Yanqin, a villager from Shibadong, notes that her embroidery work, along with that of many other local women, is increasingly in demand among tourists.

Wang Shouyong, who runs a travel business in the Dehang canyon area, has witnessed the transformation firsthand.

"It is a living example of turning a natural chasm into a thoroughfare, and then turning that thoroughfare into a catalyst for rural vitalization," he says.