Museum tells stories of dutiful sons and daughters
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CHINA’S first filial piety museum, a key virtue in Chinese culture, has opened in Qionglai City of southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
The museum was funded by more than 500 local residents and enterprises with an investment of more than eight million yuan (US$1.29 million). It shows the culture of filial piety, stories of dutiful sons and daughters in ancient and modern China through objects, photographs and video.
Some heroes and heroines of the stories visited the museum’s opening Saturday.
To realize their mother’s dream of seeing outside world, Wang Kai and Wang Rui from northeast China made a cart by themselves, travelled 18,000 kilometers with their mother, passing through 17 provinces.
“In order to encourage more people be good to their parents, we called on five families to embark on a new journey last April. We visited Shanghai, Beijing and Hainan Island. The oldest traveller was a 102-year-old grandma,” Wang Rui said.
A week ago, a couple were found dead in their apartment in Jiaxing City of east China’s Zhejiang Province by their migrant son who works in Shanghai, which ignited online debate in the country, Qianjiang Evening News said.
The man was thought to have died after an accident 10 days ago, while his wife, who had Alzheimer’s, was believed to have died of dehydration.
“I hope the museum can encourage the public to respect and take good care of elders. Time cannot wait for us to love our parents,” Wang Rui said.
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