Yellow ribbons help the elderly call from empty nests in Yanji

Elderly residents of a Korean ethnic community in Northeast China's Jilin province attach yellow ribbons to their windows, a sign that they need assistance.

At the beginning of her day, Wang Shuqing, chief of the Danying community in Yanji, gets up at 5:30 am to walk around the area.

"I need to check if any ribbons are tied to windows and see what I can do to help," Wang said.