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Elderly left-behind’s new journey (2)

(People's Daily Online) 08:56, January 02, 2014

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Elderly perform Henan Opera beside a construction site in Guangzhou. They were professional opera actors in the local troupe. After the troupe dissolved, they went back home for farming. Now they are getting old and they think there is yet time to travel out while earning money to keep them on the road. (Guangzhou Daily/ Qiao Junwei)

Nobody wishes for a lonely life in old age, but with more young people in rural region heading to big cities for jobs, it has become a common sight that elderly are left behind and stay alone at home.

There is a group of elders who don't want to stay home alone. They gather together to take a journey for a new life.

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