On Wednesday, curious pedestrians witnessed a rare sight at a public square in east China's Anhui Province: a group of Chinese middle-aged women sunbathing on cobblestones while chatting away./People's Daily Photo
As a heat wave has swept across many regions in China, these innovative aunties decided to take advantage of the nature's force and enjoy a new way of staying healthy:lying on sun-kissed cobblestones for an outdoor "hot stone therapy"./People's Daily Photo
"The stones can force out dampness within the body."One auntie claimed that scorched cobblestones possess medical efficacy according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) beliefs./People's Daily Photo
In TCM,it is believed that summer is the ideal time to cure illness caused by severe weather in winter./People's Daily Photo
