China News Service Linzhi Chayu May 14 Title: The "net red" life of Dillon, a "post-90s" man in Tibet deep in the mountains
China News Service reporter Jiang Feibo
"Please see, this is the traditional hand pilaf of the Tibetan Chayu people, and it is the authentic way to eat it with a chili sauce made of local chili peppers." The 30-year-old Dillon is good at using time effectively, recording a video with his mobile phone between meals, relying on this skill, and now he has more than 2 million fans on short video social platforms such as "Douyin" and "Kuaishou", becoming an "Internet celebrity".
On the evening of May 12, Dillon recorded a short video with his mobile phone in Shaqiong Village, Xiachayu Town, where the people live, to accumulate promotional materials. China News Service reporter Jiang Feibo photographed
Dilong is a "post-90s" with the net name Tibetan apo, and the village of Shaqiong in Chayu County, where he is located, is a village inhabited by people. The Yi people have a unique language, but due to the small population, lack of writing, etc., the ethnic affiliation has not been confirmed, and there are currently about 1700 Tibetan People.
"Every day, fans ask me in private messages about how to come to Chayu from the mainland and what to pay attention to. Yesterday, two fans from Guangdong and Guangxi drove to our village and said that they wanted to see the frontier of the motherland and the real life of the servants. On May 13, Dillon said in an interview with China News Agency.
In 2009, after graduating from Dilong Junior High School, he worked in Bayi District, Chayu County and other places in Nyingchi City, during which he bought a smart phone and began to contact the Internet. In December 2018, he encountered a snake in the primeval forest of Chayu and recorded a video with his mobile phone, which was subsequently posted on a short video social app.
"The previous ones were tepid, except for the one that reached 180,000 views, and the number of fans increased by more than 1,000 in one day." Dillon recalled that many netizens were particularly surprised that there were snakes in Tibet. And this video also inspired itself that the mysterious Tibet and Chayu have a strong appeal to mainland fans.
Dillon (right) photographs the elderly Jinxia in the new village of Xiachayu Town on May 13. China News Service reporter Jiang Feibo photographed
The reporter saw that Dillon released hundreds of short videos, the early main introduction of wild survival skills, chayu local strange products, etc., the later release covers the cultural customs of the people, border daily life, call for glacier protection and for Chayu to bring goods, promote local specialties, etc., single video views range from tens of thousands to millions.
The town of Xiachayu, where Dillon is located, is one of the few subtropical regions in Tibet, and his endless inspiration is the towering snow-capped mountains, canyons, lush virgin forests and special ethnic minority customs.
Dillon currently receives two or three invitations a week, in addition to bringing goods, the town's bars, specialty stores and so on are also involved.
Bian Ba Zhuoga, a promotion worker in Xiachayu Town, introduced that Dillon is now a household name in the local area. "Many farmers and herdsmen will pick wild gastrodia, cordyceps, ganoderma lucidum, etc. will ask him to bring goods and sell." Everyone's daily planting and planting work has become the Internet 'traffic', and the chayu in the depths of the mountains is letting the world know through the Internet. ”
A mobile phone and a stabilizer are Dillon's main equipment. Dillon said that he got up at eight or nine o'clock in the morning every day, and the first time was to look at his mobile phone, log in to various platforms, and reply to netizens' private message questions.
Dillon (left) photographs local farmers and herders making traditional chili sauce in Chayu, Tibet, on May 13. China News Service reporter Jiang Feibo photographed
He said that his style belongs to the real shooting category, and he does not plan the script, director, etc. in advance. "Authenticity has a special charm, and I think it's more attractive to fans when you think of it."
Dillon said that many people have lived in the mountains all their lives, and now that Tibet's economic and transportation conditions are better, he also wants to go to the outside world to see. On May 16, he will be invited to Beijing to participate in the promotion activities of Chayu County, "If I can, I would like to go to the coast to visit, hold a handful of seawater in my hand, and experience the world of the sea." (End)
Source: China News Network