Red Net Moment January 20 (Editing Wu Sijing Intern Liu Haonan LiuyangRong Media Center reporter Zhang Ling) Tang Sui did not expect that one day she would join the team of "Learning from the West Heavens". This is the scene of the "Fuxing Children's Palace" shadow play DIY activity in Gongjiaqiao Community, Jili Street, Liuyang City, on January 18. But before she could play enough, there were already other children rubbing their hands next to her, excitedly urging "change me, change me."
Gongjiaqiao community "Fuxing Children's Palace" is located next to the office building of the neighborhood committee, opened in June 2021, more than 1500 square meters of space, not only for teenagers to create a platform for learning progress, leisure and entertainment outside the school, but also to help them find their own hobbies, growth direction.
The scene of the event. Peng Hongxia/Photo
Homemade shadow puppetry performs "Journey to the West"
On the morning of January 18, the "Revival of the Children's Palace" Time Handicraft Museum. The lights are dim, the shadows are shaking, and on a fluorescent white and transparent curtain, several shadow puppet characters of "Journey to the West" such as Tang Monk and Sun Wukong come alive, with cheerful music, interpreting the plot of the Western Heavens.
"It's so funny, I've never played this before." 13-year-old Yuho attended Michigo School, where she had only heard of the art of "shadow puppetry", but now she can hold a small wooden stick and make shadow puppet characters move and jump under the guidance of her teacher. On the other hand, Chen Zikun and Chen Jiaxing, who were responsible for manipulating tang monks and white dragon horses, overlapped the shadow puppet figures in their hands and cooperated to show "Tang monks riding horses". Huang Yuefeng flexibly turned the small wooden stick, making Sun Wukong on the screen more jumpy and cute.
The stage was full of fun, and the audience was full of excitement. After the performance, many children asked: "Teacher, how does it move, we also want to play." Liu Ying, a handicraft teacher, distributed dozens of sets of "tool kits", which not only had Tang monks and apprentices, but also characters such as the Seven Fairies and the Erlang God, and the children cheered and cheered and came forward to choose their favorite characters.
Make a shadow puppet. Peng Hongxia/Photo
"It's so nostalgic!" Ms. Lin, a parent, said that she had seen shadow puppet plays in the countryside when she was a child, and she did not expect that after so many years, she could still experience shadow puppet plays with her children, which made her very moved. Parent Ms. Hu has a windfall, her children were not interested in art, this time close contact with "shadow puppetry", so that children have a strong interest in art and shadow puppet culture.
"The purpose of these activities is to motivate children and make them learn." Chen Jingni, a community worker in Gongjiaqiao, said that the community had also held handicraft classes such as ancient book binding, ancient weaving, Peking Opera face DIY, and handmade oil-paper umbrella making, which were very popular.
Colorful activities Take turns in winter and summer
At the same time as the Shadow Puppet Diy Event is held at the Time Crafts Museum, the movie "Lake Chosin" is being screened at the Time Movie Bar next door. Chen Jingni introduced that the "Revival Children's Palace" has ten major sections such as reading workshops, fitness rooms, education pilot stations, psychological counseling stations, etc., and it is expected to carry out hundreds of activities from the opening to the end of the winter vacation.
"It's all self-made works that our teenagers are involved in." In the corner of the handicraft hall, there are handmade red boat models, handmade Forbidden City models, waste glass artworks, prints, nail paintings, homemade bookmarks, Peking Opera faces, etc. Each work is a microcosm of an activity.
At the same time, the "Revival Children's Palace" also attaches great importance to promoting intangible cultural heritage and inheriting red genes. Walking into the Liuyang Xiabu Cultural and Creative Center, experts will introduce the origin of xiabu in detail and guide students to experience weaving xiabu with old-fashioned looms. On the wall in another place, hangs a "Dang Yao Children's Heart" Long March Route Nail Winding Painting, which was made in October 2021, when students took a hammer and nailed it after listening to the red story told by the teacher, and then wrapped the thread between the nails.
"In this way of 'playing', we help children learn knowledge, and we hope to escort them to grow up healthily." Chen Jingni said. He Guojun, a student at Kuiwen Experimental Primary School, has participated in more than 20 activities since last year. He said that as long as there is an activity in the "Revival Children's Palace", his mother will help him "grab the order". During the event, he found that he loved architecture and wanted to become an architect in the future.
Build a platform and gather strength to help teenagers achieve life
Shadow puppetry is being taught. Peng Hongxia/Photo
"At the beginning, we wanted to build a children's palace and provide services for children for free, but to build a platform, there must be a place." Liu Juan, general secretary of the party branch of Gongjiaqiao Community and director of the neighborhood committee, said. Finding a place in the Gongjiaqiao community to accommodate children's activities is not an easy task. Fortunately, with the help of relevant government departments and society, the Children's Palace with an area of more than 1500 square meters was finally built.
Let young people learn happily and grow up healthily at the doorstep of their homes, "Rejuvenation Children's Palace" has created an off-campus growth platform for teenagers to help teenagers achieve the value of life. In fact, beyond this platform, there are many invisible forces converging.
In order to let young people master more practical skills, many caring enterprises and institutions and businesses have joined in to provide children with various career attempts, so that children can clarify their dreams and life directions in practice; handicraft teacher Liu Ying is a "580 volunteer" in Gongjiaqiao community, she uses her skills to teach children to create by hand for free; Zhou Kangyu, a resident of Jinfu Century Garden, loves paper-cutting, and he takes the initiative to teach children to cut out paper-cutting works with full charm...
"In addition, we will also organize children to participate in activities such as civilized persuasion and cleaning, and the community already has the energy of 'little volunteers'." Liu Juan said that there are thousands of volunteers in the Gongjiaqiao community today, among which the positive energy displayed by "big hands holding small hands" and "small hands holding big hands" is not only the wealth of children, but also the wealth of society.