CHINA-AUTUMNAL EQUINOX-HARVEST FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-AUTUMNAL EQUINOX-HARVEST FESTIVAL (CN)

(230923) -- YOUXI, Sept. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child looks at corns being dried under the sun at Guifeng Village of Youxi County, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 23, 2023. Farming-themed activities are held across the country during the sixth Chinese farmers' harvest festival. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

CHINA-AUTUMNAL EQUINOX-HARVEST FESTIVAL (CN)

CHINA-AUTUMNAL EQUINOX-HARVEST FESTIVAL (CN)

(230923) -- YOUXI, Sept. 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 23, 2023 shows hot peppers and corns being dried under the sun at Guifeng Village of Youxi County, southeast China's Fujian Province. Farming-themed activities are held across the country during the sixth Chinese farmers' harvest festival. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

Hezhe people in NE China revive folk art to preserve culture

STORY: Hezhe people in NE China revive folk art to preserve culture DATELINE: May 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of ethnic Hezhe people dancing around a campfire 2. various of ethnic Hezhe people singing Yimakan 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU GUIFENG, Inheritor of Yimakan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG HAIZHOU, Inheritor of fish-skin handicraft STORYLINE: The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China with a population of over 5,000. Used to live mainly by hunting and fishing in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, they created folk arts and crafts such as Yimakan and fish-skin handicraft. Yimakan, a unique art of storytelling narrated in the Hezhen language, takes both verse and prose forms. Yimakan storytelling consists of many independent episodes depicting the fishing and hunting of the Hezhe people. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU GUIFENG, Inheritor of Yimakan "Whether it is 'Yimakan,' or painting, or the song 'Jialin