A group of young Chinese artists are doing what they can to make art more accessible to children in underdeveloped areas. They've opened three charity libraries in small villages to bring culture and art to the people living there. CGTN's Hou Yun visited one of these libraries in Southwest China's Yunnan Province.

This is Xiansheng Shuyuan – the Teachers' Library. In Lianghe, a remote border county in Southwestern China's Yunnan Province, this is not an easy place to find.

Four years ago, Xin Wangjun, a young Chinese artist, convened a group of young artists and turned a once abandoned old courtyard here into a paradise of culture and art. Almost everything in the library has been donated. They say they want to bring art education to the most remote and undeveloped places in China.

Now children and adults, coming from near and far, gather here every day to read, paint, watch movies and listen to lectures given for free by artists, musicians, movie directors and writers from all over the country.

"I found the book 'Charlie IX & Dodomo' really interesting when I first read it. Sometimes, teachers here help us learn painting. They are very kind."

"My brother and I used to love coming here together. But he went to the city. I live near the Teachers' Library and I can come here by myself now."

"Four of the stones here are my works. This one, this one, this one and this one. And this is my favorite."

And regular visits to the Teachers' Library have proved to be an enlightening experience for many children.

YIN JIALING ARTIST & MANAGER OF TEACHERS' LIBRARY "I remember once I went to the supermarket, and the seller gave me food for free when he learned that I work for the Teachers’ Library. I asked him why. He said his kid used to play with his smart phone all night after school. But after he started going to the Teachers' Library, he changed. One day, he even asked for a book he saw there."

Yin is one of the founding members of the Teachers' Library. He gave up the chance to stay in the big city and came back to his hometown to help start the library. He says art means more to people in under-developed areas.

YIN JIALING ARTIST & MANAGER OF TEACHERS' LIBRARY "When we were re-furbishing the courtyard, workers hated it when we told them to follow our design, which is so different from the usual decoration styles here in Lianghe. And they didn't see the beauty in it. Now we've turned a once abandoned place into one of the most popular places in the county. We couldn't have done it if we were only good at solving math problems or reciting ancient poems."

Teachers and volunteers in the Library also visit schools in poor villages all over western China, teaching children there how to paint and playing games with them. Some of the kids' works have been exhibited in China and abroad.

Now two other Teachers' Libraries have opened in Qujing City in Yunnan Province and Shouguang County in East China's Shandong Province.

HOU YUN LIANGHE COUNTY, YUNNAN PROVINCE "Teachers here say they hope to bring the best culture and art to the most remote areas in China, in order to fundamentally change education in these places. But what they are doing may have far more profound meaning to the kids and locals - schools like this open up a world of color and literature, giving people in these remote areas a chance to discover new beauty in their daily lives. Hou Yun, CGTN, Lianghe County, Yunnan Province."