In the New Year, the spring is cold and steep, and a "Cloud Worship Year" spontaneously initiated by the people on both sides of the strait has crossed the strait and reached the softest place in the hearts of the people on both sides of the strait.
The initiator is 96-year-old mainland journalism giant Fang Hanqi, who recorded a video to promise his old friend Li Zhan on the other side of the river a beautiful vision of "meeting for tea". Four days later, Li Zhan, a 98-year-old Taiwanese news giant, replied, "We have both passed the age of zhenshou ... We hope that each other will continue to maintain good health and reunite in the past 100 years." Because of her advanced age and inconvenient to record, Mr. Li's daughter, wearing a begonia red cardigan and a round Chinese, sat in front of the camera and relayed her father's blessings one by one.
Fang Hanqi (left) and Li Zhan
Erudite and confucian, the two "century old men" showed the breadth and profundity of Chinese characters between the lines, and even used "tea in the phase" and "reunion at a hundred years" to show the seriousness and significance of the Chinese.
Soon, a fancy "cloud worship" spread through the Network, and the family affection on both sides of the strait flowed freely.
Bai Xianyong
When Bai Xianyong, a famous writer in Taiwan, and Yu Jiulin, a famous kunqu opera artist on the mainland, paid a heartfelt farewell to each other, a reporter stationed in Taiwan in the circle of friends fondly recalled: One year, when the Ministry of Culture's "Roots and Souls" activity entered the island for performance, I saw the original "Peony Pavilion" in Taipei, as well as the performances of various operas throughout the country, as well as the display of folk customs in various places... Hearty. I was in the best theater in Taipei, and I saw many old people who came to see "Peony Pavilion", full of tears, singing along with it, and deeply felt the strong cultural atmosphere of Taipei... Although it is impossible to go anymore today, the heart of missing Taipei is always teased between these details.
Wang Mingzong was in Dongshan
Wang Mingzong, the "Wind Lion Master" of Kinmen, and You Mingyuan, the president of the Dongshan Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, are friends, and the two have an unexpected reunion in a graffiti contest between "Wind Lion" and "Guan Diye" because of their paintings, but now they can only use social media to greet each other.
You Mingyuan (left) and Wang Mingzong
Kinmen and Xiamen originally only 20 minutes by boat, Kinmen villagers to Xiamen is particularly convenient, so every four Kinmen people, one household has a house in Xiamen, every 10 people have a RMB personal account, but in the past two years, due to the epidemic, Kinmen to Xiamen need to transit Taipei, time costs, economic costs doubled, making it difficult for Kinmen people to land friends and take care of the industry. The Golden Gate people's vision of restoring the "mini three links" is particularly urgent in this annual calendar New Year.
Yang Minzhong
Yang Minzhong, the initiator of Taiwan's "Bicycle Angel", and Chen Jiajia, a mainland volunteer, paid each other a New Year's greeting. In 10 years, Yang Minzhong took hundreds of single-parent children from disadvantaged families in Taiwan to the mainland of the motherland to carry out the "Shenzhou Dream" public welfare ride. In 2009, starting from Beijing at the Bird's Nest, in 10 years, they rode all over the mainland of the motherland in more than 40 provinces, even Daliangshan left their indomitable figures, world champions Wu Minxia and Wang Liqin helped the "angels", artists Zhang Junning and Peng Just added fuel to them, "unity upwards, self-reliance" is the creed of bicycle angels, but also the common belief of Chinese on both sides of the strait.
"Bicycle Angel" Realizes The Dream of Beijing "Bird's Nest"
The New Year's memories of 87-year-old Taiwanese veteran Gao Binghan are tear-jerking. He said: "Whenever the night is quiet, I am most afraid of the sound of dogs in the distance, because it will bring the wanderer into the moment of intestinal breakage." Every festive season, the veterans on the other side of the strait buried their bones elsewhere, and Gao Binghan sent their ashes back to their hometowns, but he also because of this strong homesickness, because of the sadness of not being able to return home, he wept wet pillow towels when he dreamed back in the middle of the night.
Gao Binghan
"Nostalgia is a shallow strait, I am here, the mainland is at that end."
The largest force on both sides of the strait comes from many Taiwan compatriots who are working the mainland and cannot go home for a reunion during the Spring Festival, Sister, I will take good care of my parents, Brother, you can rest assured, there is me at home, The Spring Festival did not grab dumplings with me... These simple words, savored in detail, are full of affection and touching.
There is love and righteousness, reunion and auspiciousness, red fire, longevity and health, Chinese symbols into the bones and blood, in this Chinese year, running in the blood of people on both sides of the strait, with our heartbeat, looking for the direction of home. (Straits Herald reporter Lin Jingdong)