Born in the 14th century, Naxi ancient music is one of the world' s oldest music types. The Naxi ethnic group（纳西族）living in Yunnan created it with their own instruments. But today, few people can hear it or even know of it.
" One of my classmates is from the Naxi ethnic group," Liu Yunong told Teens. " When she talked about this endangered music, I thought we should do something right at once!"
The 15-year-old from Tianjin No. 1 Middle School is a music lover and guzheng player. Together with other classmates, she set up a project to spread the popularity of Naxi music among young people.
" How to attract（吸引）young people in a fun way is the most difficult job," said Liu. " So we came up with the idea of using comic strips（连环画）to introduce Naxi music. "
In the comics they created, the leading role is a girl named Su Xiaodu. Her name comes from sugudu, a musical instrument of Naxi culture. After a boy named Liu Nana visited a Naxi cultural museum, Su came into his life, and the story began.
" Many of our schoolmates loved this form of storytelling, and it successfully attracted 300 people to attend our online activity during the winter holiday, where we introduced some basics of Naxi music," Liu said.
" We also planned to invite Xuan Ke, a well-known Naxi musician to give us a lecture（讲座）. But it was a pity that Mr Xuan went to his rest at 93 in early January. His death made us all realize the importance of protecting traditional music," Liu added.
After the online activity, some young people recorded videos of themselves playing Naxi music pieces, such as Shan Po Yang, on piano or guzheng. " When we received the videos, we felt everything was worth it," said Liu.
