HappyRESIDENTS have won a bid to change the name of their home town - called Dog S*** Village. town ... provincial public security bureau director Cui Yadong renames village Jinxin, meaning prosperous and happy
It was originally just a nickname established when locals noticed it was so inaccessible that only dogs would go there to relieve themselves.
So the Chinese settlement got stuck with it, police and local government officials started using it and the unattractive moniker even began appearing on MAPS.
One said: "Gradually it became what everyone called us."
After a road was built to link it to the outside world, disgruntled villagers were determined Goushi Zhai, in remote Guizhou province, no longer deserved its old reputation.
