The ruins of a coal mining village / 废弃的煤矿村庄

Posted on 2016-05-182017-04-20 by Jude

I currently conduct research in the mining district in Datong. Yesterday, as I was coming back from a day of fieldwork in a coal mine area in the mountain, I decided to go down the hill by foot. I followed the main road along the ruins of a major village and there were two interesting […]

The ruins of a coal mine / 废弃的煤矿

Posted on 2016-02-242016-09-15 by Jude

Not far from the hauntingly beautiful buddhist caves of Yungang, the industrial landscape around Datong is also very noticeable. I went to the Coal Mine Park but the place where you are allowed to go down into the mine was closed for renovation so I decided to walk around the area. After going through an […]