Shi Yan brings the joy of music to students in far-flung schools without the resources for a music room

Shi Yan has the knack of firing up her students' imaginations. The 36-year-old is always full of enthusiasm whether she is teaching music at a primary school in Dalian, Liaoning province, or volunteering to support rural schools.

On Sept 17, Shi was teaching a class at the Guribanhua Central School as a member of a charity team that donated musical instruments to five rural schools in Tongliao, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.