Village's CPC Secretary Wang Zhuhong plays a trick. /CGTN Photo
People in a Chinese village are attempting to strike it rich in a creative way amid government's efforts to revitalize rural population.
Liyu, a village in northern China's Shanxi Province, has risen to fame for its "magic". Nearly half of its residents can perform magic, and it has helped them increase incomes.
Wang Zhuhong, 50-year-old secretary of the Communist Party of China committee in the village started to learn tricks as a child and has been teaching villagers to learn the art for almost a decade.
"Liyu village used to be quite poor. Local villagers could only make a living by farming. So when I became the Branch Party Secretary here, I decided to teach them to perform magic to earn more," Wang said.
Hao Lanying, a 75-year-old student of Wang has been learning magic for more than seven years.
"I never thought I could learn magic. At first, I felt it was too hard. But Wang Zhuhong encouraged me to keep practicing. I was able to do it after a year," she said.
