Becoming a celebrity is the dream of many, and Tian is getting closer to that dream.
成名是蕓蕓眾生的夢想，田距離這個夢更進一步了。
Tian, 30, is a white-collar worker in Beijing. On short video application Douyin, Tian has more than 2,000 fans. So far, she has received more than 50,000 likes on the Dubsmash-like app.
30歲的田)是在北京工作的白領。她在短視頻app抖音上有2000多粉絲。目前她已在這款對口型表演式app上收到50000+贊。
On her page on Douyin, Tian shares everything, from her son’s daily activities, to her pet dogs, to little skits created by her and her husband.
田在她的抖音主頁上分享一切，從兒子的日?；顒?，到她的寵物狗，再到由她和丈夫二人創作的幽默小短劇。
Making funny videos, and incorporating them with music is really interesting, Tian said. "Of course, I make the videos for fun because it is quite relaxing."
“制作好笑的視頻，再給它們配樂，真的太有意思了，”田說?！拔易鲆曨l純粹是為了找樂子，因為這樣真的讓人放松。”
China’s short video market has seen explosive growth, according to a report.
報道稱，中國短視頻市場呈爆發式增長。
The report, released Monday by data provider iResearch, said that China’s short video market was valued at 5.73 billion yuan (US$900 million) in 2017, an increase of 184 percent.
周一，據數據提供商艾瑞網發布的報告顯示，2017年，中國的短視頻產業市場價值為57.3億元(約合9億美元)，高達184%的增長率。
The industry value is predicted to surpass the 30 billion mark in 2020, the report said.
報告還稱，該產業價值有望在2020年超過300億元。
Companies like Tencent, Sohu and Iqiyi have all started providing short video content.
像騰訊、搜狐和愛奇藝等公司都開始提供短視頻內容。
Short videos are popular because they are complementary to traditional audio and video content on the Internet, said Sun Jiashan with the Chinese National Academy of Arts.
“短視頻之所以如此受歡迎，是因為它們對于傳統的互聯網音視頻內容是一個補充，”中國藝術研究院的孫家山說。
Fans say that the short videos help them "chill out" from a stressed-out lifestyle.
粉絲說短視頻讓他們從緊張的生活狀態中“冷靜下來”。
My favorite videos are all about pets, said Zhou Na, a nurse in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province. "After a whole day’s work, watching the 15-second videos makes me laugh, which relieves my pressure."
“我最喜歡的視頻都和寵物有關，”來自安徽合肥的護士周娜說，“結束一天的工作后，看些搞笑的15秒視頻，可以幫我舒緩壓力?！?/p>