Taiwan youths promote rural culture in Xiamen via new media

STORY: Taiwan youths promote rural culture in Xiamen via new media DATELINE: July 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of rural activitiesSOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LAI SHU JEN, Taiwan youthSOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WU PING CHANG, Taiwan youthSOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LAI SHU JEN, Taiwan youth STORYLINE: Lai Shu Jen, a young musician from Taiwan, has been promoting rural culture to aid rural vitalization in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, via new media. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LAI SHU JEN, Taiwan youth "The songs I wrote are all about the land, about rural revitalization. I hope to show the energy of the place through music. Through music exchanges between the youth across the Strait, we go into the countryside and write songs for the countryside. Then we hope to create an album of village songs through such communications." Lai is not alone. Wu Ping Chang, another Taiwanese interested in rural culture promotion in the mainland, came to Xiamen in 2018. In 202