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HARBIN, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) — The Hezhes are one of the smallest ethnic minority groups in China. They live mainly by hunting and fishing in the plains in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

Shang Meihan is a young woman from the Hezhe ethnic group. While working as a public servant at the Wusu Township government, the 25-year-old is also a part-time "cultural ambassador." In her spare time, she volunteers as a folk exhibition guide and a folk art performer in a Hezhe ethnic village.

Meanwhile, Shang embraces a dream of inheriting the Hezhe ethnic culture. She not only teaches Hezhe songs and dances to children, but also learns traditional fish-skin handicraft from experienced artisans.

"We Hezhe people don't have a written language so we count on non-verbal inheritance of the culture," says Shang Meihan. "My dream is to contribute as much as I can to the preservation of my own culture."

Shang Meihan (2nd R) spends time with local children at a flower field in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. [Xinhua/Lan Hongguang]

Shang Meihan (4th L) attends a figure training with other performers at a folk exhibition hall in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. [Xinhua/Lan Hongguang]

Shang Meihan (R) attends a figure training at a folk exhibition hall in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. [Xinhua/Lan Hongguang]

Shang Meihan (1st R) performs a dance with other performers at a folk exhibition hall in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. [Xinhua/Lan Hongguang]

Shang Meihan (R) performs a Hezhe dance at a folk exhibition hall in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. [Xinhua/Lan Hongguang]

Shang Meihan, dressed in folk costume, poses for photos in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. [Xinhua/Lan Hongguang]

Shang Meihan (R) takes a rest during a rehearsal in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. [Xinhua/Lan Hongguang]

Shang Meihan (1st R) performs a dance with other performers at a folk exhibition hall in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. [Xinhua/Lan Hongguang]

Shang Meihan (2nd R) rehearses a dance with other performers in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. [Xinhua/Lan Hongguang]

Shang Meihan (L) makes a handicraft together with an experienced artisan in Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 7, 2022. [Xinhua/Wang Jianwei]

Shang Meihan instructs children to make handicrafts in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 7, 2022. [Xinhua/Wang Jianwei]

Shang Meihan (2nd R) rehearses a dance with other performers in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 4, 2022. [Xinhua/Wang Jianwei]

Shang Meihan (L) learns to make a traditional fish-skin handicraft from an experienced artisan in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 7, 2022. [Xinhua/Zhang Tao]

Shang Meihan displays a fish-skin handicraft to children in the Hezhe ethnic village of Zhuaji in Wusu Township of Fuyuan City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 7, 2022. [Xinhua/Zhang Tao]

(Source: Xinhua)