More than 500 such greenhouses dot the hillside that, not very long ago, was home to coal mines.
Yao, 69, grows one mu (0.067 hectares) of roses on a hillside in a village famous for its meigui — "rose" in English — which sits at the foot of Cuiping mountain.
Owing to the local topography, Yuliang villagers once faced difficulties cultivating hillside terraced fields.
The hillside homestay boasts a panoramic view of the ocean from its courtyard.
Located where the Yangtze and Jialing rivers converge, the site used for the new area was occupied 10 years ago by numerous hillside homes and large areas of farmland.
Li Zhenglin, a farmer in his 60s, gazed down from a hillside and watched the agricultural-use drones buzz through the air and spread seeds during the rice planting season.