After climbing for one and a half hours, teacher Yang Shaoshu and the students walk on a flat road to their school in Qianxi county, Bijie city, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
"When I see students, who are as young as seven years old, climbing the cliff to go to school, I am afraid that they may get hurt. So I carry almost all the students who are just beginning their studies at the school," Yang said.
"My children and my grandchildren were all carried by teacher Yang when they went to school," said Yang Sisheng.
Teacher Yang Shaoshu and the students take a break on their way to school in Qianxi county, Bijie city, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
Today Yang is 57 years old. He has to rest in the middle of climbing the mountain.
Thanks to the government policy of relocating people in poverty-stricken areas, Yang and the others in his village eventually will be relocated to live in urban areas. Students at his village will no longer need to climb the mountain and cliff to go to school.
Yang said he's never regretted being a teacher who carried students to school for 31 years.
Yang Shaoshu and his students arrive at the school after walking more than two hours in Qianxi county, Bijie city, Southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)