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Explore the inspiring journey of young people who chose to return to rural life in this TEDx talk. Discover how over 60 youth from around the world came together in a small village near Chengdu to embark on a grand rural living experiment. Learn about their efforts to restore clean soil, water, and food, and how they built deep connections with local residents. Gain insights into the sustainable living community they created in Tieniu Village, centered on human-centric values and a return to nature. Understand the motivations behind their decision to leave city life, how their desire to reconnect with nature transformed into an ongoing ecological movement, and contemplate the relationship between a beautiful future and our own lives. Hear the authentic story of a group's seven-year exploration and how it aims to inspire change in rural areas. Speaker Gao Xiaoxin, Deputy Secretary of the Tieniu Village Party Committee, shares her personal transition from a creative professional in Guangzhou to a new villager in rural Chengdu, and her involvement in the sustainable living community of Maquenta.