Volume up! Experience the living heartbeat of Qingyan, a 600-year-old stone town in southwest China's Guizhou.

Listen to the chimes of Miao silver, feel the energy of Nuo Opera and taste the sizzling street food filling the alleys. Beyond its stone walls and centuries of history, it's the warmth of the townsfolk that keeps Qingyan alive.

(This story is produced by journalism students from Peking University: Ma Xuan, Jin Shuhan, Chen Siyang, Gao Heyashu, Wang Shuyi, Zhou Ruoyu and Guo Yuzhu.)