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By Tom Qian |
April 30, 2013, Tuesday
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A Chinese chess tournament and a badminton contest were held in the activity rooms of Jiangqiao Town's Lv'er Community on March 20 with all the chess pieces, chessboard, table and benches hand-made by Han Hongxiang.
All the disposable cups and tea were also brought by Han and his neighbors. "This is the most lively place in the community!" residents said.
The community is newly set up, with its residents from all parts of China, and there were few cultural or sport activities at first.
Last October, 61-year-old Han and his friends asked the property management company to lend him an indoor venue and he made the wood benches, chess pieces and chessboard, and set up an indoor badminton court.
Now the activity venue has become so popular that it's full of people all day long. Han also takes the role of cleaner and administrator. Sometimes, when other residents offer to help with the cleaning, he says: "You can leave it to me. I will do it."
Help for the aged
In Malu Town's Dayu Village, Tao Guoliang enjoys a great reputation and everyone in the village gives him a thumb up when they see him. Tao, who is in his late 60s, volunteers to buy food, medicine and pay utility bills for the elderly in the village in the past five years. Tao said, "All the young people in the village live in town now, and only the aged live here, so when I go to the wet market I bring some food for them." Tao now buys food for six households.
When orphan Ye Chenli got married recently, all the guests were the people who had helped him after his parents died. Ye's father died of cancer in 1990, and 10 years later cancer claimed his mother's life too, leaving him an orphan at the age of 12.
Nanxiang Hanshan Soccer Club provided two-years' free board and lodging and, after that, the Nanxiang Welfare House provided a single room with daily necessities as well as three meals a day. In July 2011 he graduated from university and returned to the house where the family had lived, but it was no longer habitable. The local government spent 50,000 yuan (US$7,936) to repair and decorate it, and bought furniture for him. His neighbor volunteered to be his match-maker and introduced a woman surnamed Zhou from southwestern China's Yunnan Province.
All the disposable cups and tea were also brought by Han and his neighbors. "This is the most lively place in the community!" residents said.
The community is newly set up, with its residents from all parts of China, and there were few cultural or sport activities at first.
Last October, 61-year-old Han and his friends asked the property management company to lend him an indoor venue and he made the wood benches, chess pieces and chessboard, and set up an indoor badminton court.
Now the activity venue has become so popular that it's full of people all day long. Han also takes the role of cleaner and administrator. Sometimes, when other residents offer to help with the cleaning, he says: "You can leave it to me. I will do it."
Help for the aged
In Malu Town's Dayu Village, Tao Guoliang enjoys a great reputation and everyone in the village gives him a thumb up when they see him. Tao, who is in his late 60s, volunteers to buy food, medicine and pay utility bills for the elderly in the village in the past five years. Tao said, "All the young people in the village live in town now, and only the aged live here, so when I go to the wet market I bring some food for them." Tao now buys food for six households.
When orphan Ye Chenli got married recently, all the guests were the people who had helped him after his parents died. Ye's father died of cancer in 1990, and 10 years later cancer claimed his mother's life too, leaving him an orphan at the age of 12.
Nanxiang Hanshan Soccer Club provided two-years' free board and lodging and, after that, the Nanxiang Welfare House provided a single room with daily necessities as well as three meals a day. In July 2011 he graduated from university and returned to the house where the family had lived, but it was no longer habitable. The local government spent 50,000 yuan (US$7,936) to repair and decorate it, and bought furniture for him. His neighbor volunteered to be his match-maker and introduced a woman surnamed Zhou from southwestern China's Yunnan Province.
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