A kidnapped man reunited with his family after 33 years apart by drawing a map of his village from his memory at the age of 4.

Video filmed in Lankao County in Henan Province on December 28, 2021 shows a map of a village drawn by a man named Li Jingwei from his memory.

Another clip shows Li kneeling down in front of his biological mother and then hugging her when they reunited at Lankao Police Station after 33 years.

According to reports, Li was abducted from his home village in China’s Yunnan province by his neighbour in 1989 and was sold to a family in Lankao County.

Li was inspired to look for his biological family after seeing two other abduction cases ended in reunion in media.

Although Li was unable to recall the name of his home village, he drew a map of the village with key features including a school, a bamboo forest and a pond from his memories at the age of 4 and shared it on Douyin, or Chinese TikTok.

On 24 December, 2021, Li's map was matched by police to a Yunnan village where there was a woman whose son had disappeared. After taking the DNA tests, Li was identified as the son.

Li planned to celebrate Chinese New Year (February 1) with his biological family at his home village in Yunnan.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

2021年12月24日，一名幼年被拐到河南兰考县的男子李景伟，凭记忆手绘家乡地图寻亲。他依据4岁时的记忆，手绘出被拐之前家里附近的地图，画中绘有家里的房屋，水牛，邻居，竹林，周边的学校、公路以及小山路。李景伟记不起家乡的名字，通过手绘地图发布寻亲视频，希望用这种方式获得一些家乡的信息，找到亲人。
2021年12月28日，河南警方告诉李景伟，一位名叫杨惠兰的人自称看到他所画的地图和自己记忆中一模一样，经DNA比对后确认为李景伟的母亲。
2022年1月1日10时许，双方在河南兰考刑警大队相认，李景伟和母亲拥抱哭泣。李景伟的妈妈说，她很高兴，谢谢公安部门，她还记得李景伟身上的疤痕，永远都不会忘记他（李景伟）。“33年了，终于找到我的小宝贝了。”
李景伟自小便知道自己的身世。他记得大概4岁时，一个光头邻居叔叔把他带走，交给其他人坐上车后，送到了兰考县。那年，他还不识一字，说不清家在哪，只知道离开时村里的样貌。他有意不断强化这些零碎的记忆，“就在脑子想，每天经常拿个棍子在地上画，这样时间久了就记得了。”
今年春节，李景伟计划和全家人，到云南昭通的家乡度过，他还要带着一双儿女去祭拜生父。寻亲的心结困了他33年，“现在终于完全放松了。”
（视频由河南台提供）