TV drama weaves in Miao heritage

Livestreaming, catwalks on a T-shaped Paris stage, and high-end hotels might seem a world apart from a small village tucked deep in the Wumeng Mountains, once among the most impoverished regions of China.

However, Huawu village, meaning "a village at the foot of cliffs", in Southwest China's Guizhou province, has transformed into a popular tourist destination. It even inspired award-winning writer Ouyang Qiansen's novel titled Mo Dao Jun Xing Zao (Ahead, But Not Alone).

The novel was first published in Chinese Writers magazine in 2022 and has since been translated into Japanese and Spanish. It is also scheduled to be interpreted into more foreign languages, including French, English and Russian, according to the China Writers Association.