Villagers perform a traditional battle scene for visitors in Danxi village of Tong'an district, Xiamen, Fujian province, on Dec 11, 2021. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

Several remote villages on the hills of Xiamen city, East China's Fujian province, have changed from backwater rural areas to thriving countryside thanks to the development of rural tourism and tea planting in recent years.

Villagers make local snacks at home in Baijiaoci village of Tong'an district, Xiamen, Fujian province, on Dec 11, 2021. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

Students wearing traditional Chinese hanfu recite classic works in Baijiaoci village of Tong'an district, Xiamen, Fujian province, on Dec 11, 2021. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

A bird's-eye view of Junying village in Tong'an district, Xiamen, Fujian province, on Dec 11, 2021. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

Villagers doing morning exercises in Junying village of Tong'an district, Xiamen, Fujian province, on Dec 11, 2021. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

Volunteers visit elderly people and play games with them at a nursing home in Xikeng village of Tong'an district, Xiamen, Fujian province, on Dec 11, 2021. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/China Daily]

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