China's rural areas are disappearing—houses empty, roads deserted. Where has everyone gone?

"China's rural areas are vanishing at a shocking speed of 123 per day. In just the last 30 seconds, five entire villages have disappeared from our sight. This is not an exaggeration. While society claims to be advancing, for those of us from the countryside, this feels like a full-scale retreat. No one lives here anymore; no one even walks here. Deep in the mountains and forests of Yuankang Town, Linzhou City, Henan Province, yet another abandoned village has been uncovered. Locals say it was called Xiaochang, once lined with dozens of homes clinging to the mountainside. A village that used to overflow with life now echoes with silence. Today, countless people have fallen into the same trap—abandoning their ancestral homes while drowning in mortgage debt. If there is a next life, would you still choose to be a farmer? If there is a next life, would anyone? You can't be a farmer in this life. It will break you. Farming is brutally hard, and there’s no money in it. Who wants this life?

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