I was born in a remote village in Sichuan Province of China. There are several coal mines in our nearby village. In the 1980s, China’s rural areas were very poor, and many farmers must hand over more than 50% of their food to the state. The rest of the food was not enough for the whole family for a year, so the children’s fathers went to work as miners, which was a very hard and dangerous job.

40 years ago, chinese small coal mines did not have the technology and equipment for safe production that there were several gas explosion accidents every year. Whenever such a sad accident occurs, many children lose their fathers.

These photos are AI pictures by midjourney. Dedicated to the fathers （ miners ） who Contributed his life to the development of China!