Village which observes ancient birth custom has population growth rate around zero

Wu Bimian breastfeeds her son. (China.com.cn/Zhang Qi)

In Congjiang county, southwest China’s Guizhou province, there is a village of Dong minority. It is like an idyllic remote land with rich history and culture. The tools, clothes and customs in that village, especially its culture of birth, are primitive and mystical. Since 1949, the growth rate of population in this village has been around zero. No matter how the outside world changes, they always keep their law of life.