Li Tieliang, 69, has his lunch before returning to work as an extra in a TV drama being shot in Beishanyun Village in Yushe County, North China’s Shanxi Province, Jan. 24, 2019. The village has more than 30 well-preserved buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, making it a good location to shoot historical film and TV dramas. In recent years, many locals have migrated to other places, while some remaining farmers have found work as extras. Li and his wife survive by farming, while their children work in other cities. Li now works part-time as an extra and earns about 100 yuan ($14) a day. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Junjie)
Li Tieliang, 69, and other farmers work as extras in a TV drama being shot in Beishanyun Village in Yushe County, North China’s Shanxi Province, Jan. 24, 2019. The village has more than 30 well-preserved buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, making it a good location to shoot historical film and TV dramas. In recent years, many locals have migrated to other places, while some remaining farmers have found work as extras. Li and his wife survive by farming, while their children work in other cities. Li now works part-time as an extra and earns about 100 yuan ($14) a day. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Junjie)
Li Tieliang, 69, feeds hens before returning to work as an extra in a TV drama being shot in Beishanyun Village in Yushe County, North China’s Shanxi Province, Jan. 24, 2019. The village has more than 30 well-preserved buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, making it a good location to shoot historical film and TV dramas. In recent years, many locals have migrated to other places, while some remaining farmers have found work as extras. Li and his wife survive by farming, while their children work in other cities. Li now works part-time as an extra and earns about 100 yuan ($14) a day. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Junjie)
Li Tieliang, 69, works as extra in a TV drama being shot in Beishanyun Village in Yushe County, North China’s Shanxi Province, Jan. 24, 2019. The village has more than 30 well-preserved buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, making it a good location to shoot historical film and TV dramas. In recent years, many locals have migrated to other places, while some remaining farmers have found work as extras. Li and his wife survive by farming, while their children work in other cities. Li now works part-time as an extra and earns about 100 yuan ($14) a day. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Junjie)
Li Tieliang, 69, and other farmers work as extras in a TV drama being shot in Beishanyun Village in Yushe County, North China’s Shanxi Province, Jan. 24, 2019. The village has more than 30 well-preserved buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, making it a good location to shoot historical film and TV dramas. In recent years, many locals have migrated to other places, while some remaining farmers have found work as extras. Li and his wife survive by farming, while their children work in other cities. Li now works part-time as an extra and earns about 100 yuan ($14) a day. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Junjie)
Li Tieliang, 69, and other farmers work as extras in a TV drama being shot in Beishanyun Village in Yushe County, North China’s Shanxi Province, Jan. 24, 2019. The village has more than 30 well-preserved buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, making it a good location to shoot historical film and TV dramas. In recent years, many locals have migrated to other places, while some remaining farmers have found work as extras. Li and his wife survive by farming, while their children work in other cities. Li now works part-time as an extra and earns about 100 yuan ($14) a day. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Junjie)
Li Tieliang's son works as extra in a TV drama being shot in Beishanyun Village in Yushe County, North China’s Shanxi Province, Jan. 24, 2019. The village has more than 30 well-preserved buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, making it a good location to shoot historical film and TV dramas. In recent years, many locals have migrated to other places, while some remaining farmers have found work as extras. Li and his wife survive by farming, while their children work in other cities. Li now works part-time as an extra and earns about 100 yuan ($14) a day. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Junjie)
Li Tieliang, 69, and other farmers work as extras in a TV drama being shot in Beishanyun Village in Yushe County, North China’s Shanxi Province, Jan. 24, 2019. The village has more than 30 well-preserved buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, making it a good location to shoot historical film and TV dramas. In recent years, many locals have migrated to other places, while some remaining farmers have found work as extras. Li and his wife survive by farming, while their children work in other cities. Li now works part-time as an extra and earns about 100 yuan ($14) a day. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Junjie)
Li Tieliang, 69, works as extra in a TV drama being shot in Beishanyun Village in Yushe County, North China’s Shanxi Province, Jan. 24, 2019. The village has more than 30 well-preserved buildings from the Ming and Qing dynasties, making it a good location to shoot historical film and TV dramas. In recent years, many locals have migrated to other places, while some remaining farmers have found work as extras. Li and his wife survive by farming, while their children work in other cities. Li now works part-time as an extra and earns about 100 yuan ($14) a day. (Photo: China News Service/Wu Junjie)
