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| Fanjingshan, Ghizhou, China (Public Domain) |
Stubborn has gotten a bad rap over time. Rather than eliciting praise for being dedicated, it’s been maligned for being “pigheaded” and “uncooperative.”
Yet there are certain things not worth cooperating with. When outside forces threaten to turn your ancestral village into a tourist trap, it might be wise to summon up a heaping helping of stubborn.
Which is exactly what Chen Tianming did when authorities came after his “family’s humble stone bungalow” within China’s beautiful Guizhou province… Amidst a “flurry of demolition notices,” Tianming not only remained in place, but also expanded upon his existing home.
Continuing onward and literally upward, Tianming painstakingly added one story after another to his original structure. Taipei Times reported: “He now presides over a bewildering 10-story, pyramid-shaped warren of rickety staircases, balconies and other add-ons,” all of which ironically attracts way more tourism than the surrounding bulldozed landscape.
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