Atulie'er
Village in Sichuan, People's Republic of China
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The Atulie'er village (Chinese: 阿土列尔村; pinyin: Ātǔliè ěr cūn), also transliterated as Atuleer, and Ado Ler, is located in the Zhi'ermo Township of Zhaojue County. The Atulie'er village was home to 72 families in 2016.[1] As of 2025 there were only 4 or 5 families living there.[2]
Atulie'er
阿土列尔村 | |
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 Interactive map of Atulie'er | |
| Coordinates: 28.0541437°N 103.2727933°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Sichuan |
| Autonomous prefecture | Liangshan |
| County | Zhaojue |
| Township | Zhi'ermo Township |
The village was the focus of a Chinese news video and photojournalism piece that became international news in May, 2016.[3] Due to the 200 year-old village's isolated location, perched like the seat of a chair with near-vertical cliffs both above and below, village children must use a series of handmade vine ladders to scale the 2,625 feet (800 m) cliff to reach a school in the river valley below.[1] Parents supervise their children during the crossing due to the potential hazards.[citation needed] Students travel between their school and their residences every two weeks, and for the school period reside in dormitories on campus due to the ladder situation.[4]
In 2015 Chen Jie of The Beijing News photographed the children on the ladder. The pictures went viral on the internet, prompting local authorities to announce that they would construct a staircase to serve the students.[5] In 2020, the Chinese government began relocating the majority of Atulie'er's residents to the county seat of Zhaojue and converting the remaining village to a tourist site.[6]
