Yurt culture continues to stand the test of time

Brothers restore and manufacture nomadic structures to include modern updates, giving public a peek into history, Yang Feiyue reports.

Whenever Ban Fengbin has time, he visits a yurt he purchased from a local herdsman's family several years ago.

"They barely used it," says the man born and raised in Sonid Right Banner, Xiliin Gol League in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

With more than three decades of yurt-building experience, Ban estimates that this yurt has stood the test of time for over a century and housed at least three generations of herders.