Meng Xuanyou (1st L) and his friends set up the stage for a spring festival celebration gala in Nongding Village of Bansheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 19, 2015. Nongding and Nongchao Villages are located in Bansheng County, a rural area of uninhabitable karst topography in Guangxi, according to the conclusion of some officials of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Local residents, most of whom belong to the Yao ethnic group, has a frisky tradition boasting colorful festive costumes, bronze drum and dance performance. However, this tradition is fading away from local people's life as young people have more and more opportunities to see the outside world. In the recent Spring Festival, some young migrant workers and college students from Nongding and Nongchao decided to do something about it--they organize a grass-root celebration gala. It took them a few days to set up and decorate the stage. They prepared performance costumes, snacks and beverages themselves. The gala had no sponsor, no advertisement and no SMS voting for the most popular performer. All actors came from Bansheng County. In the opinion of the 21-year-old gala organizer Meng Xuanyou, who came back from the neighboring Guangdong Province for the spring festival family reunion, there are great changes in his hometown over the past few years. However, culture activities of local people are still humdrum. He and his friends hope this gala could become the initial effort to bring back their traditional culture. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)