A villager uses an excavator to kill a pig in Bazhong City, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Photo/Chinanews.com)
(ECNS) -- With most young people having gone to work in big cities, elderly residents of a village in Southwest China's Sichuan Province had to use an excavator to help slaughter pigs to prepare for the upcoming Spring Festival.
A group of photos on a forum taken in Bazhong City show several elderly people lifting a pig with an excavator. The images have gone viral on the Internet.
A villager in his 80s said they were unable to find a capable young man to help in the process.
"We went to several villages nearby but failed to find a man strong enough to help," he explained.
About 20 million people leave Sichuan province every year to work in more economically developed regions. Residents in many villages in the province, especially mountainous regions, are now mostly aged people or children.
