Liang Mengxiang teaches Mandarin to local women during a Mandarin training class held in Wuying, a village of Miao ethnic group on the border of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 16, 2020. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
RONGSHUI, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Liang Mengxiang, a 21-year-old girl of Miao ethnic group born in Dangjiu Village, is a college student of south China's Guangxi Science and Technology Normal University.
Dangjiu is a remote, poverty-stricken village where women over 40 years old hardly ever attended any school. Language barrier used to be one of the major reasons causing local poverty.
Over the years, with a range of favorable rural education policies implemented, all the children here have the opportunity to receive a better education which benefited Liang Mengxiang.
Since February of this year, local authorities piloted a Mandarin training program at Wuying Miao Village as part of efforts in local poverty alleviation, employing college students to teach stay-at-home women Mandarin. Liang Mengxiang, who stayed at the village due to the COVID-19 outbreak, applied to be a Mandarin "teacher" to train the women from the village.
"I'm delighted that they can make progress each day. I hope more and more people like them can learn Mandarin," said Liang.
Liang Mengxiang teaches Mandarin to local women during a Mandarin training class held in Wuying, a village of Miao ethnic group on the border of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Aerial photo shows a view of Dangjiu Village in Gandong Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 15, 2020.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Photo shows certificates of merit awarded to Liang Mengxiang during her primary and middle schools at Dangjiu Village in Gandong Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Village party chief Liang Chengzhang (R) hands over a certificate of appointment as a Mandarin trainer to Liang Mengxiang at Dangjiu Village in Gandong Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 9, 2020.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Liang Mengxiang teaches Mandarin to local women during a Mandarin training class held in Wuying, a village of Miao ethnic group on the border of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 13, 2020.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Liang Mengxiang teaches Mandarin to local women during a Mandarin training class held in Wuying, a village of Miao ethnic group on the border of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 16, 2020.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Liang Mengxiang (1st L) teaches Mandarin to local women during a Mandarin training class held in Wuying, a village of Miao ethnic group on the border of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 16, 2020.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Liang Mengxiang takes an online class at home at Dangjiu Village in Gandong Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 9, 2020.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Local women listen to a Mandarin training class given by Liang Mengxiang in Wuying, a village of Miao ethnic group on the border of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Liang Mengxiang (R) embroiders clothing of Miao ethnic group with her mother at Dangjiu Village in Gandong Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 15, 2020.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Liang Mengxiang teaches Mandarin to local women during a Mandarin training class held in Wuying, a village of Miao ethnic group on the border of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 16, 2020.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Liang Mengxiang teaches Mandarin to local women during a Mandarin training class held in Wuying, a village of Miao ethnic group on the border of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 16, 2020.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Liang Mengxiang (R) prepares lessons for a Mandarin training class with a partner in Wuying, a village of Miao ethnic group on the border of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 16, 2020.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)■
