The video stories of a 21-year-old woman who works as a shepherd in northwestern China, including one in which she slaughters and skins a sheep in eight minutes, have won her millions of fans on mainland social media.

The woman, named Huiran, but who is known to her fans as the "gentle desert butcher", lives in China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region from where she shares videos showcasing her life as a shepherd to her followers on Chinese TikTok, the Henan Economic News reported.