A scene from the sixth Finding the Most Beautiful and Filial Youth campaign in China. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Out of more than 1,000 candidates, 10 teenagers from across China were voted as the Most Beautiful Teenagers with Filial Piety at the awarding event on Nov 25.

This marks the sixth year of the Finding the Most Beautiful and Filial Youth campaign in China. Zhao Yingxin, the general director of the awards ceremony, said that several departments and units participated in this year's campaign, including the Central Civilization Office, the Ministry of Education, the Communist Youth League Central Committee and the All-China Women's Federation.

Li Xin, Gao Xiaoyuan, Li Xiaoyan, Zhou Yushan, Wu Yiyang, Qi Kexin, Huo Peixin, Li Yiyuan, Qi Yiyuan, Chen Kunyang and Chen Zongyang were selected from 1,258 candidates to win the title of the Most Beautiful Teenagers with Filial Piety. Each of them told a touching story filled with the virtues of Chinese tradition.

A scene from the sixth Finding the Most Beautiful and Filial Youth campaign in China. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Li Xinnian, from Qipan town, Shaanxi province, is only 13 years old, but he has taken on the burden of helping the family because his father got sick. At the age of 12, Wu Yuyang, who goes to a central elementary school in Haifeng town, Heilongjiang province, also became the "main pillar" of his family as his parents and grandparents lost the ability to work.

Gao Yiyuan, who was studying in Baotou No 6 Middle School in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, disinfects the house several times a day to help her mother, who suffers from leukemia, stay healthy.

Li Xiaoyan, a girl from Taoshan village, Sichuan province, carries her grandmother on her back, walking through the rugged mountain roads to the outside, just like what her grandma did for her when she was young.

Huo Peixin of Dongchangshou Village Primary School in Jinzhong, Shanxi province, was seriously ill, but he was optimistic, helping his mother to sell cakes while he was on crutches.

Sisters from Henan province Chen Kunyang, 12, and Chen Zongyang, 14, spent three years "waking up" and teaching their mother, who lost her memories, to speak and read.

The girls and boys are not afraid of life's difficulties and explain the meaning of filial piety with their practices. With optimistic attitudes and tender shoulders, they carry the hopes of their families, and were applauded at the award ceremony.

A scene from the sixth Finding the Most Beautiful and Filial Youth campaign in China. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The large-scale public welfare activity Finding the Most Beautiful and Filial Youth has been held once a year since 2013.

A number of activities, which have strongly resonated with young people, support the selection of the year's 10 Most Beautiful Teenagers with Filial Piety and 20 Teenagers with Special Attention to Filial Piety. These include the public welfare summer camp Please Come to My Home to Be a Guest; the New Era, New Filial Piety activities; as well as the We Are Together new media series live broadcasts.

A scene from the sixth Finding the Most Beautiful and Filial Youth campaign in China. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

At present, Finding the Most Beautiful and Filial Youth has become one of CCTV's Most Beautiful series, with a long duration, wide range of influence, great benefit to society and high viewership. The series also devotes itself to exploring the social influence of the cultivation of children's core values.

As the highlight of the event, the awards ceremony has attracted the attention of hundreds of millions of viewers across the country. The Finding the Most Beautiful and Filial Youth event was hosted by the China's Central Radio and Television General Station in cooperation with the Central Civilization Office, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, and the All-China Women's Federation.

A scene from the sixth Finding the Most Beautiful and Filial Youth campaign in China. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Since its launch in June this year -- after an open collection of candidates' personal stories from around China, which were published in a list on the official website -- the selection committee chose the year's 10 Most Beautiful Teenagers with Filial Piety.

Finding the Most Beautiful and Filial Youth is not only educational for every young person who respects and loves the elderly, but also a process of planting the virtues of filial piety and respect for seniors in society, Zhao said.