For many Chinese people, the story of the Golden fishing hook is one of the most vivid and touching memories of the Long March.
A village whose name was once a byword for poverty has changed its destiny thanks to targeted poverty alleviation through the introduction of cash crops.
Dongjin, or the Dong brocade, has recorded the history of the Dong ethnic group for thousands of years. Now it is helping them move out of poverty.
Nine months ago, 56-year-old farmer Yang Lanying's family was earning no more than 2000 yuan a year - the equivalent of just $300.
Flanked by his ever-watchful nurse and carer, 101-year-old Red Army veteran Wang Chengdeng slowly but surely made his way towards an applauding Chinese media pack.
On June 25, the Red Army’s Joint Forces Tower in Huining county of Baiyin, Northwest China’s Gansu province, greeted a special tourist. He is Eli, a young Uygur man who retraced the Long March.
When the Red Army trekked through some of China's most remote and treacherous areas during their Long March, they could never have imagined the same route would become part of the travel itinerary for travelers 70 years later.
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