Xu Longsheng, a 21-year-old from Beijing Normal University, and four of his fellow students worked as projectionists. Although the story is set against a complex backdrop containing many historical figures, most of the children still showed intense interest, asking the college students a slew of questions.

The event is part of a project, "Taking Movies to the Countryside", which was recently launched by Beijing Normal University and the China Film Archive.

The university is scheduled to send 12 teams of students and teachers to around 50 rural areas, with Zunyi being the first stop and Ganzhou in Jiangxi province as the next destination. The project aims to improve aesthetic education in rural primary and secondary schools, as well as providing the students majoring in education an opportunity to get a taste of their future career.