Person of the Year in the Category of Cultural Influence
Picture a young Chinese woman, (dress) in traditional clothing, picking flowers in a field to create make-up for her cheeks, making a sofa from bamboo and cooking up all sorts of delicious Chinese food by herself. It may sound unreal, such a person does exist in real life.
Li Ziqi, 30, has become one of China's most popular (celebrity) with 9 million followers on YouTube, 34 million on Douyin and 22 million on Weibo.
Li Ziqi's videos (feature) her cooking and creating DIY products greatly attract people living in big cities. To our (amaze), she does it all without using any modern technology or electricity.
dominate her videos are scenes of picking seasonal ingredients (原料) from her own garden and sometimes in the mountains and turning them into tasty dishes on her wood-fired pot. Li stresses the seasons in her cooking, China's traditional 24 Solar Terms (节气) also do, and makes food suitable for the particular climate.
There came an intense debate about the image of China and its culture she presented. She (accuse) of presenting outdated image of the country by some critics. Nevertheless, state broadcaster CCTV and Peoples Daily praised her for her initiative (首创) to help rural youth become rich.
Li ziqi, by telling an (inspire) China story, is promoting traditional Chinese culture to an international audience.
