“Commercialization is not bad as long as we don’t vulgarize the traditions and as long as we keep the spirit without violating it,” said Tan Huwa, a historian at Yan’an University.

“Commercialization is not bad as long as we don't vulgarize the traditions and as long as we keep the spirit without violating it,” said Tan Huwa, a historian at Yan’an University.

People have been hoping for it for a long time," said Professor Tan Fang of South China Normal University, who has set up a foundation giving legal support to helpers who are wrongly accused of harm.