Seven thousand Tanka People, named Gypsies of the Sea, live on floating homes and seafood farms, and refuse to conform to modern living.
The floating fishermen's village is located in Ningde City in southeast China’s Fujian province.
Their living habits date back to the Tang Dynasty, around 700AD, when fishermen in east Fujian settled on their boats to avoid the chaos caused by war.
Read more and see pictures - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2451023/Chinas-Tanka-boat-peoples-floating-homes.html
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