Zhang Xingli, a 60-year-old villager, sat on a stone in front of his house and struck a pose as painters quickly sketched him and his traditional house. At his age, Zhang 1  thought he could earn money working as a 2  in Sanhe, a poverty-stricken mountain village in Songxian County, Henan province. 

The village welcomes 3 who come to draw landscapes and 4 the beauty of its traditional houses. Villagers were recently preparing for the upcoming travel season and building an exhibition hall, a 5 of Sanhe's rapid development.

6  in the depths of Funiu Mountain, the village was once mired(陷入) in poverty and the surrounding rolling hills and deep gorges made it difficult to 7 . Most of the land was not 8 and there was no mineral wealth under the ground. One-third of the 415 village 9 lived in poverty. 

In 2016, changes began when Feng Yake, a college-trained artist, 10  to the village, who had taken his students to many spots to draw landscapes, making him realize the 11  of this remote village. Later, he 12  his parents to tear down their house and build the first agritainment(农家乐) 13  in the village to accommodate students who want to paint and draw landscapes. Six months after the resort opened, he and his family had 14  200, 000 yuan. 

Feng's success 15 other villagers. In a short time, the village was redesigned and rebuilt. Old houses and a bean curd workshop were repaired. The walls were painted white, to 16 with the gray roof tiles, and a pavilion was built. The village signed contracts with 17 70 art studios to receive artists and students.

In 2020, the village was completely lifted 18  . Over the past two years, 25 agritainment resorts have been built in the village, 19  more than 30, 000 tourists and generating an annual 20  of over 4 million yuan.