Migrant Worker's Song

As the world's population moves from the country to the city, many people worry that rural culture will be lost. However, there is a culture in China which is forming around this transition. Migrant workers who come into Chinese cities often leave homes that have been kept by their families for generations. They leave a more natural land and work they know well to find opportunity. To commemorate their loss, they write songs. This sort of tradition is seen all over the world. Now, Chinese migrant workers have begun to record it. They've created a new strain of folk song, and it appeals to Chinese city-dwellers, particularly youth (perhaps because of the feeling of wandering and alienation that is the feature of many of the songs). Even audiences outside of China are taking notice, and while they can't understand the lyrics, they can hear the emotion. We know these people and what they feel, and their culture is being preserved by the progress which has caused them to lose their way of life.