Tibetan Youth Tell the Story of Pingya with Song, Dance, and Short Videos

On September 24, in a report from Lanzhou, Gansu, several young people from Piya Tibetan Township in Pingya are introducing to the outside world the changes and local customs of their hometown, Piya Tibetan Township, Wudu District, Longnan City, Gansu Province, through music, stage performances, and short videos. The 29yearold Meng Jingguo once created and sang "Hometown Piya." In the song, he incorporated the new and old changes after his hometown's overall relocation, the resettlement area along the Bailong River, and his feelings of homesickness, hoping to help more people come to know Piyang. Wang Danmu, born in 1998, combines stage performances with grassroots work, promoting his hometown in a more accessible way and also incorporating content such as ethnic unity into cultural activities. Tian Junlian, who returned home to become a rural blogger, records life in the Tibetan village through his camera, drawing outside attention to the local daily life and culture. The report also mentioned that local young people are sorting out and documenting folk songs, striving to preserve traditional pieces such as "Jiuqu," "Namut," and "Laiyi." Grassroots cadres said that after studying elsewhere, these young people returned to their hometowns and, in their own ways, took part in cultural and tourism promotion, intangible cultural heritage documentation, and agricultural product promotion, becoming an important force in showcasing the image of Piya.