Band manager Zhu Zhizhong and musicians Baiyinmenghe, Baoyin, and Boerzhijinfu of the group Ih Tsetsn from Inner Mongolia speak and perform in an empty lot near their studio in Beijing. All seven members of the full ensemble are participants at the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival program China: Tradition and the Art of Living.

Videography: Josh Eli Cogan
Editing: Max Lenik
Translation: Jing Li