A precarious cliff-side road that stretchesthrough vast canyons became the unlikely scene of travel chaos when touristsdesperate to visit a remote Chinese village caused traffic jams.

The May Day holiday weekend saw hundreds ofpeople navigate the road, which was carved out of cliffs in t he 1970s and leadsto what has been dubbed 'China's most dangerous village'.

Perched on a 200m rock cliff and situated 1,700 metres above theground, the village, called Guo Liang Cu n, was connected with the outside worldonly by rock stairs prior to the tunnel being carved, the People's Daily Online reported.

The corridor iscarved out of canyons that are 119 metres high and is located in Henan Provincein central China. Named the 'Cliff Corridor', the vital traffic channel is1,250 metres long, five metres wide and four metres tall.

It has 35 'windows' that were originallycreated to dispose of rock debris and to let in light and air, but these arenow used as viewing posts for tourists.

Since it opened in 1972, it is knownlocally as the '13 Heroes' of Guo Liang Cun, as it was carved by 13 young menand villagers - taking five years to complete - with the hope ofconnecting with the outside world.