Chants in the hills

Members of the Miao community are striving to keep a folk tradition - verses in praise of King Yalu - alive in the face of China's rapid modernization, Chen Nan and Yang Jun report.

Yang Xiaodong's main inspiration is his uncle, Yang Changrong, a folk singer from Guoshiguan, a remote mountainous village in Ziyun county, Guizhou province.

This area, where Yang Xiaodong, a 28-year-old singer, grew up, is also home to the Miao people.