Project to record family history picking up steam with youth

A nonprofit is urging more Chinese to engage with their genealogies through a project, titled Family, Spring and Autumn.

The annual program asks college students to record their family histories orally and present short documentaries that are judged by a professional panel.

Founded in 2014 by Cui Yongyuan, formerly a popular TV anchor, the Beijing Yongyuan Foundation aims to back efforts by ordinary people to preserve family trees through interviews and video recordings.