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Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, southwest China - March 17-18, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shots of village, farmland
2. Farmers picking tea leaves
3. Various of villagers laughing
FILE: Bijie City, Guizhou Province, southwest China - Feb 3, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of villagers dancing, playing instruments
5. Various of villagers making Miao embroidery
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese president (overlaid with shot 5):
"What's traditional is also fashionable. [The Miao embroidery] is a part of the ethnic culture and also a local industry. It can promote the ethnic culture and traditional culture; it, as an industry, can also make greater contribution to the poverty eradication and rural revitalization."
Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, southwest China - March 17, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Aerial shots of cityscape, village
7. Village building
8. Various of locals, tourists
Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, southwest China - March 17, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of villagers in ethnic clothing singing, dancing; Chinese President Xi Jinping arriving, watching performance, greeting performers
10. Aerial shot of village
11. Various of Xi visiting exhibition center, exhibits
12. Plaque of local base of special industry on building
13. Various of woman showcasing dyed cloth
14. Various of Xi visiting base, exhibits
15. Crowd cheering, waving
16. Xi waving towards people
17. Various of Xi visiting local restaurant, chatting with others
18. Various of village scenery, buildings
19. Various of Xi talking with local officials, villagers
20. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese president (starting with shot 19/partially overlaid with shot 21):
"You all spoke very well. From your descriptions and the expressions on your faces, I can see that this township and this village are flourishing. Tourism has become a major industry, and rural tourism is thriving. Ethnic minority regions must preserve their unique characteristics and let them shine through tourism. I wish you all prosperity in the days ahead."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
21. Various of Xi speaking, villagers listening
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22. Villagers applauding
23. Drum tower
24. Various of locals applauding
25. Various of Xi giving speech, people listening
26. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese president (starting with shot 25):
"I wish you good health, happy family, and all the best."
27. Villagers applauding
28. Various of villagers clapping hands, singing, seeing Xi off; Xi greeting villagers, waving hand
FILE: Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, southwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
29. Aerial shots of village, people dancing
30. Aerial shot of tourists
31. Farmland, birds flying
Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed that areas with large ethnic minority populations should preserve their distinctive culture and let it shine through integrated development of culture and tourism.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the statement on Monday when inspecting the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province.
This was not the first time Xi stressing the importance of ethnic culture development in Guizhou.
While inspecting Huawu Village in Guizhou's Bijie City in February 2021, Xi spoke highly of the Miao ethnic embroidery for passing down the ethnic traditional culture and driving rural vitalization.
"What's traditional is also fashionable. [The Miao embroidery] is a part of the ethnic culture and also a local industry. It can promote the ethnic culture and traditional culture; it, as an industry, can also make greater contribution to the poverty eradication and rural revitalization," Xi told villagers.
Visiting the Zhaoxing Dong Village in Liping County on Monday afternoon, Xi was warmly greeted by local villagers with a performance of the grand song of the Dong ethnic group, a form of a folk chorus inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
He talked with villagers and tourists to learn more about the distinctive local features, visited a Dong culture exhibition center, and was shown around a local base of special industry featuring weaving, dyeing and embroidery.
Noting that ethnic minority cultures are an indispensable part of Chinese civilization, Xi stressed the importance to protect the tangible villages and residential houses with distinctive architectural styles, and to retain the intangible cultural heritage.
He also urged efforts to promote creative transformation and innovative development of the cultures, allowing the ethnic features to shine through practical use.
During the inspection, Xi had cordial conversations with local villagers at a drum tower, a unique architecture for the Dong ethnic group that serves as a communal gathering spot.
The villagers shared with him the gratifying changes their village has taken place in recent years.
"You all spoke very well. From your descriptions and the expressions on your faces, I can see that this township and this village are flourishing. Tourism has become a major industry, and rural tourism is thriving. Ethnic minority regions must preserve their unique characteristics and let them shine through tourism. I wish you all prosperity in the days ahead," Xi said.
He expressed the hope that the villagers could further advance rural revitalization, and contribute to the progress of Chinese modernization.
China-Xi/Guizhou/Ethnic Culture
Dateline : March 17-18, 2025/File
Location : China
Duration : 4'13
Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, southwest China - March 17-18, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Aerial shots of village, farmland
2. Farmers picking tea leaves
3. Various of villagers laughing
FILE: Bijie City, Guizhou Province, southwest China - Feb 3, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of villagers dancing, playing instruments
5. Various of villagers making Miao embroidery
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese president (overlaid with shot 5):
"What's traditional is also fashionable. [The Miao embroidery] is a part of the ethnic culture and also a local industry. It can promote the ethnic culture and traditional culture; it, as an industry, can also make greater contribution to the poverty eradication and rural revitalization."
Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, southwest China - March 17, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Aerial shots of cityscape, village
7. Village building
8. Various of locals, tourists
Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, southwest China - March 17, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of villagers in ethnic clothing singing, dancing; Chinese President Xi Jinping arriving, watching performance, greeting performers
10. Aerial shot of village
11. Various of Xi visiting exhibition center, exhibits
12. Plaque of local base of special industry on building
13. Various of woman showcasing dyed cloth
14. Various of Xi visiting base, exhibits
15. Crowd cheering, waving
16. Xi waving towards people
17. Various of Xi visiting local restaurant, chatting with others
18. Various of village scenery, buildings
19. Various of Xi talking with local officials, villagers
20. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese president (starting with shot 19/partially overlaid with shot 21):
"You all spoke very well. From your descriptions and the expressions on your faces, I can see that this township and this village are flourishing. Tourism has become a major industry, and rural tourism is thriving. Ethnic minority regions must preserve their unique characteristics and let them shine through tourism. I wish you all prosperity in the days ahead."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
21. Various of Xi speaking, villagers listening
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
22. Villagers applauding
23. Drum tower
24. Various of locals applauding
25. Various of Xi giving speech, people listening
26. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Xi Jinping, Chinese president (starting with shot 25):
"I wish you good health, happy family, and all the best."
27. Villagers applauding
28. Various of villagers clapping hands, singing, seeing Xi off; Xi greeting villagers, waving hand
FILE: Liping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, southwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
29. Aerial shots of village, people dancing
30. Aerial shot of tourists
31. Farmland, birds flying
Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed that areas with large ethnic minority populations should preserve their distinctive culture and let it shine through integrated development of culture and tourism.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the statement on Monday when inspecting the Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province.
This was not the first time Xi stressing the importance of ethnic culture development in Guizhou.
While inspecting Huawu Village in Guizhou's Bijie City in February 2021, Xi spoke highly of the Miao ethnic embroidery for passing down the ethnic traditional culture and driving rural vitalization.
"What's traditional is also fashionable. [The Miao embroidery] is a part of the ethnic culture and also a local industry. It can promote the ethnic culture and traditional culture; it, as an industry, can also make greater contribution to the poverty eradication and rural revitalization," Xi told villagers.
Visiting the Zhaoxing Dong Village in Liping County on Monday afternoon, Xi was warmly greeted by local villagers with a performance of the grand song of the Dong ethnic group, a form of a folk chorus inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.
He talked with villagers and tourists to learn more about the distinctive local features, visited a Dong culture exhibition center, and was shown around a local base of special industry featuring weaving, dyeing and embroidery.
Noting that ethnic minority cultures are an indispensable part of Chinese civilization, Xi stressed the importance to protect the tangible villages and residential houses with distinctive architectural styles, and to retain the intangible cultural heritage.
He also urged efforts to promote creative transformation and innovative development of the cultures, allowing the ethnic features to shine through practical use.
During the inspection, Xi had cordial conversations with local villagers at a drum tower, a unique architecture for the Dong ethnic group that serves as a communal gathering spot.
The villagers shared with him the gratifying changes their village has taken place in recent years.
"You all spoke very well. From your descriptions and the expressions on your faces, I can see that this township and this village are flourishing. Tourism has become a major industry, and rural tourism is thriving. Ethnic minority regions must preserve their unique characteristics and let them shine through tourism. I wish you all prosperity in the days ahead," Xi said.
He expressed the hope that the villagers could further advance rural revitalization, and contribute to the progress of Chinese modernization.
ID : 8420519
Published : 2025-03-19 12:02
Last Modified : 2025-03-19 22:20:51
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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