Raft builders keep craft afloat on Yellow River

Breathtaking view: The five-storey Yellow Crane Tower with the Yangtze River in the background currently receives about 11,000 visitors daily. — China Daily/ANN

YINCHUAN: Drifting down the Yellow River on a sheepskin raft while listening to traditional songs from northwestern China – it’s just a regular day out at the Shapotou Resort in the city of Zhongwei, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

For 2,000 years, sheepskin rafts have been used to transport goods on the river. Now they carry tourists, drawn to the novel sensation of flowing with the current aboard a vessel from a bygone age.