Young men are training to be Naxi dongbas and Yi bimaws (traditional shamans). Young women are reviving handicraft skills like embroidery. Minority languages are in constant use and even, in Ninglang County, taught in the schools.
新生代永遠走在前端，年輕人被訓練成為納西族的東巴〔譯注一〕與彞族的畢摩〔譯注二〕，少女們重拾刺繡等古老手工，少數民族的語言普遍通行，寧蒗縣的學校甚至將之納入課程。