Houses built with red bricks stand out among stone complexes in the Taihang Mountains in Hongni Village of Pingshun County, north China's Shanxi Province, Aug. 11, 2015. According to the statistics of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the number of unincorporated villages in China decreased from 4.2 million in 1984 to 2.67 million in 2012, at a rate of 55, 000 per year. Protection of traditional villages is needed and ongoing through tapping cultural resources and developing tourism. (Photo: Xinhua/Zhan Yan)
