Ethnic Lisu men play a game of billiards in Daxindi township of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan province, China, March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song
LUSHUI, China (Reuters) - Deep inside mountains along the China-Myanmar border, a 26-year-old ethnic Lisu villager, surnamed Zhang, sharpens his crossbow arrows to prepare for a hunt.
For Zhang and many other Lisu, a mostly Christian minority who inhabit the border region, the crossbow is an indispensable part of their culture dating back to 200 BC.
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