Usi g A tificial I tellige ce to Reimagi e Ta g Poet y a d Co ect You g People Ac oss Cultu es
Xia , Chi a, Oct. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — I Ja ua y 2026, the Global Youth Sho t Video Campaig “A T ue F ie d Remai s Close at Hea t, Though Miles Apa t: Me, Ta g Poet y, a d AI”, o ga ized by Ya ggua g News a d u de take by the educatio al ew media platfo m “Youth a d Homela d Lette s,” was officially lau ched i Xi’a .
The campaig has b ought togethe 31 co-o ga izi g i stitutio s a d eceived espo ses f om 126 u ive sities, p ima y schools a d seco da y schools. It i vites you g people f om a ou d the wo ld to submit sho t videos ce te ed o Ta g poet y, e cou agi g pa ticipa ts to use a tificial i tellige ce to explo e visual c eatio , a ative exp essio a d c oss-la guage commu icatio .
As a i itiative by Ya ggua g News to p omote the i ovative dissemi atio of Chi a’s outsta di g t aditio al cultu e, the campaig takes Ta g poet y as its co te t fou datio a d youth c eativity as its co e, while usi g sho t videos a d ove seas social media platfo ms to expa d its each. The campaig aims to lowe the ba ie s fo audie ces f om diffe e t cultu al backg ou ds to u de sta d Ta g poet y, allowi g classical poet y to take o a mo e di ect a d e gagi g fo m of exp essio th ough co tempo a y digital media.
Multiple Pa ticipa ts B i g Ta g Poet y i to Youth C eative Spaces
Si ce the campaig was lau ched, it has eceived mo e tha 100 sho t video submissio s. Pa ticipa ts have selected Ta g poems f om a va iety of pe spectives, i cludi g images of mou tai s a d ive s, f o tie poet y, homesick ess, a d themes co ce i g the cou t y a d society. With the help of a tificial i tellige ce, they have c eated visuals, co st ucted sce es, p oduced voice-ove s a d t a slatio s, t a sfo mi g w itte poet y i to audiovisual wo ks suitable fo dist ibutio o digital platfo ms.Zho g Yi, a G ade 10 stude t f om Class 8 at Xi’a Gaoxi No.1 Expe ime tal High School, chose Li Bai’s Ha d Is the Way to Shu as the basis fo his wo k. Usi g a tificial i tellige ce, he p ese ted the mag ifice t a d p ecipitous la dscapes of Shu desc ibed i the poem.
He said that he hoped to t a sfo m the se se of awe b ought by the poem i to images that audie ces could see, allowi g you g people ove seas to lea about Chi a’s atu al la dscapes a d cultu al imagi atio th ough Ta g poet y.
G ade 11 stude ts Xu Zihe a d Ya g Yifa f om the same school c eated wo ks based o Ce She ’s So g of the Ru i g Ho se Rive i Fa ewell to Ge e al Fe g o His Weste Expeditio . Th ough video, they p ese ted the f o tie e vi o me t a d the lives of soldie s statio ed the e.While developi g a e ewed u de sta di g of the poem’s mea i g, the stude ts also attempted to explai its emotio s a d values to ove seas audie ces i co tempo a y la guage.
Ove seas Dist ibutio Expa ds the Reach of Youth Wo ks
Ya ggua g News has simulta eously established a ove seas dist ibutio etwo k, publishi g a d p omoti g outsta di g wo ks th ough platfo ms i cludi g TikTok a d YouTube. As of Septembe 2026, mo e tha 20 wo ks had each eceived ove 100,000 views o ove seas platfo ms, while the elated co te t had accumulated ea ly 6 millio ove seas views i total.
The ove seas dist ibutio has ot o ly expa ded the each of the campaig , but has also p ovided ew ave ues fo you g people a ou d the wo ld to lea about Ta g poet y, espo d to it a d pa ticipate i its ei te p etatio a d ec eatio .
The o ga ize s hope that by co ti ui g to publish outsta di g wo ks, they ca obse ve how audie ces f om diffe e t cultu al backg ou ds u de sta d themes i Ta g poet y such as atu e, homesick ess, f ie dship, a d feeli gs towa d the cou t y a d society, a d use audie ce feedback to imp ove subseque t co te t. I this way, ove seas platfo ms a e ot simply cha els fo displayi g the wo ks, but also fo m pa t of the c oss-cultu al excha ge foste ed by the campaig .
F om Viewi g Ta g Poet y to C eati g Togethe
Buildi g o the sho t video campaig , the o ga ize s have fu the i t oduced the c eative theme “Whe Ta g Poet y Meets the Wo ld,” e cou agi g you g people to c eate imitatio s a d explo e c oss-cultu al exp essio s based o Ta g poet y.
Pa ticipa ts ca c eate vi tual cha acte s f om diffe e t cultu al backg ou ds a d imagi e how they might ead, u de sta d a d espo d to Ta g poet y i the co texts of thei ow lives. They ca also use a tificial i tellige ce to assist with visual ge e atio , t a slatio a d video p oductio .
This theme exte ds the c eative pe spective f om the ep oductio of classical texts to dialogue betwee diffe e t cultu es. Wo ks may etai the image y, hythm o emotio al th eads of Ta g poet y while i co po ati g cities, la dscapes, la guages a d life expe ie ces familia to the c eato s.
Th ough this app oach, the o ga ize s hope to demo st ate the dive se possibilities of Ta g poet y i co tempo a y co texts a d e able you g people ove seas to move f om bei g ecipie ts of cultu al co te t to pa ticipa ts i cultu al excha ge.
Xi’a P ovides the Cultu al Co text fo the P oject
Xi’a , k ow as Cha g’a i a cie t times, was a impo ta t city i the developme t of Ta g cultu e a d Ta g poet y. I August 2025, Xi’a p oposed buildi g itself i to a “City of Ta g Poet y,” p omoti g the c eative t a sfo matio a d i ovative developme t of Ta g poet y cultu e.
Sta ti g i Xi’a , the campaig b i gs togethe the city’s cultu al esou ces, school-based educatio al setti gs, a tificial i tellige ce tech ology a d i te atio al commu icatio cha els to explo e ew ways of dissemi ati g t aditio al cultu e to you g people.
The campaig was i itiated by Ya ggua g News i Ja ua y 2026 a d u de take by Youth a d Homela d Lette s. 31 pa t e i stitutio s, i cludi g Shaa xi People’s Publishi g House, Taibai Lite atu e a d A t Publishi g House, No thwest U ive sity of Political Scie ce a d Law, Shaa xi U ive sity of Tech ology, Xi’a I te atio al U ive sity, Shaa xi P ovi cial Xi’a P ima y School, Xi’a Gaoxi No.1 Expe ime tal High School, a e pa ticipati g as co-o ga ize s.
The judgi g p ocess i volves schola s f om Chi a a d ab oad, outsta di g teache s a d othe pa ticipa ts.
How to Pa ticipate
Wo ks must ce te o Ta g poet y. Fo wo ks i volvi g imitatio o adaptatio , pa ticipa ts must i dicate the sou ce of the o igi al poem. If a tificial i tellige ce is used to assist with the c eative p ocess, the ame of the AI tool must be i dicated.
Wo ks must be o igi al a d submitted i eithe la dscape o po t ait video fo mat.
Submissio deadli e: Septembe 20, 2026
Submissio email: [email protected]
Official platfo m: Youth a d Homela d Lette s WeChat Official Accou t
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Ya ggua g News said it will co ti ue to leve age its media co te t p oductio a d dist ibutio capabilities, wo k with schools, publishi g i stitutio s a d cultu al o ga izatio s, a d e cou age mo e you g people to u de sta d a d exp ess Ta g poet y th ough digital media.
Th ough ove seas platfo ms, the ewspape also aims to p omote commu icatio amo g you g people f om diffe e t cultu al backg ou ds.
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