SHOTLIST : 1. Pan down of village from hill 2. Wide of two villagers walking up dirt road with a donkey 3. Wide of new church building 4. Cross on top of church 5. Various of ladies singing religious songs with hymn book 6. Various close up of hymn book in Miao language 7. Picture of Jesus Christ on wall 8. Various of Miao women and men singing religious songs 9. Wide of people in church 10. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xie Zhengshu, Leader of the Village Christian Association: "Their tombs are just up on the hill from here - I don't know if you have seen them? Christianity came from them and these two tombs were left by them. The religion has been spread to more and more places and there are more and more believers and followers. That's how it happened." 11. Two tombs behind the church 12. Close up of Pollard's gravestone 13. Picture of young Samuel Pollard 14. Words in Miao and Chinese on gravestone 15. Words in English and Chinese on gravestone 16. Cross on top of gravestone 17. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xie Zhengshu, Leader of the Village Christian Association: "100 years ago, when the English missionary Samuel Pollard came here, he took the new testament and translated it into the Miao language. He helped the Miao people by translating the book into the Miao language and giving it to everyone." 18. Wide of children going to class 19. Various of classroom with teacher and young students UPSOUND (Mandarin) students: "100 years ago there was an Englishman..."(Note: the students are talking about Charles Darwin, not Samuel Pollard) 20. Various close up of students reading Chinese book 21. Teacher in class 22. Close up of boys reading book 23. Wide of children playing outside 24. Wide of children sweeping playground 25. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Zhu Kaixue, retired teacher: "Many materials and scholars have shown, I believe, that Samuel made great contributions to the ethnic minorities and the remote rural areas." 26. Pan of school building being renovated for the upcoming centenary anniversary 27. English teacher writing on blackboard 28. Wide of students reading English books 29. Boy standing and answering question 30. Girls writing in workbooks 31. Close of English workbook with lesson on 2008 Olympics 32. Wide of class standing to be dismissed 33. Pan of Pollard tomb to path behind church 34. Cross thru the trees 35. Women singing in church 36. Two women singing STORYLINE: In a remote corner of Guizhou Province, one of the poorest and least developed provinces in China, there is a small village called 'Shimen' or Stone Gate village. The two dirt roads leading into and out of the village are rutted and frequently impassable, so most of the villagers walk or carry supplies by donkey. In the middle of the village is the Shimen Christian church. The unassuming brick building is hugely important to the Miao people who live in Shimen and other parts of South East Asia. The Miao people are also known as the Hmong. There are now about 5.5 million Miao living in this part of China and nearby Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar (also known as Burma). Many others have moved to western countries, including the United States, Australia, France and Canada. Although they live in China, which is historically Buddhist and more recently non-religious, a large percentage of the Miao hill people are Christians. Many of them can trace their religious beliefs to a single man. Samuel Pollard came to this village as a young missionary just over 100 years ago, in 1905, looking to convert the Miao. He died here in 1915 of Typhoid. He not only influenced the religious beliefs of the Miao, but also gave a written language to the tribal group. Xie Zhengshu says Pollard was first to write down their language. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/906bb0f61907dc5085ab157cebe53b9b Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

• published: 23 Jul 2015
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