Paia

Paia means old grandmother in Duan dialect of Zhuang language I know that the Paya in the film was at a lecture about leftbehind children at Pudao Caotang Bookstore in Nanluogu Lane Beijing The small hall of the bookstore is full of people I can only squeeze in a corner where I cannot see the presenter and the screen After listening to the lecture and Q A for nearly two hours The presenter Dr Zhao Junchao is an associate researcher at the Development Research Center of the State Council He conducted a survey in Duan Guangxi for five years and published the book A Survey of Leftbehind Children in China I was originally interested in leftbehind children but in his story an old lady attracted me she lost six of her seven sons and she supported the orphans left by the six or seven sons