It is the April day in the world, and a group of distant guests are ushered in in the scenic scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, who come across the mountains and seas, just for relatives and friends who are thousands of miles away.
Yuanke is from Aksu City, Xinjiang, and their relatives and friends in Hangzhou all enjoy the same honor - "the most beautiful family".
On the one hand, it is a paradise on earth with beautiful mountains and rivers, good weather and strange rain, and on the other hand, it is the Saiwai Jiangnan with abundant vegetation and fragrant melons and fruits. Similarities breed understanding, and differences breed friendship.
As soon as they got off the plane, they exchanged gifts, talked about family life, hugged each other tightly like pomegranate seeds, and continued to write a good story of mutual help and brotherhood between Hangzhou and Afghanistan.
Group photo of Hang'a "The Most Beautiful Family".
What makes "the most beautiful" meet the "most beautiful"?
Love and gratitude make up the cycle of goodness
It has been said that happy families are all alike. This point, the "most beautiful family" in Hangzhou and Afghanistan quickly felt - "Obviously, it was the first time we met, but I found that we have a lot in common, such as we both like to do public welfare, and we both think that being a person is more important than success." The Gulpiyemu Abra family and Zhou Yajun's family are one of the "most beautiful families" newly paired this year. This is the first time they have met offline, and the location is the Cheung Kei Agricultural Base run by Mr. and Mrs. Chu Weixiang and Zhou Yajun.
This base covers an area of more than 400 acres, which is the largest modern agricultural base integrating fruits and vegetables in Hezhuang Street, Qiantang District, and is also one of the "vegetable basket" bases in Hangzhou. From an agricultural "little white" who doesn't know anything to the current family business, in addition to being diligent and studious, Zhou Yajun also attributes it to the good fruits planted with gratitude.
This good fruit originated from an important decision made by Zhou Yajun's family after the new crown epidemic hit - to take the initiative to sign up to "deliver food" to the families of front-line medical workers in the fight against the epidemic. For Zhou Yajun's family, this is not only a tribute to the "retrograde" hero, but also a sublimation of goodwill. Do small kindness in ordinary times, and do big things at critical moments.
"They charged in front to protect our lives, and we supported ourselves in the back and did what we could. My daughter also said that since she wants to do it, she will do it seriously and spare no effort. "The vegetables are the freshest in the field, and the distribution is carried out by Leak Weixiang himself," We sent 30 tons of vegetables on the most important day, and they were still being delivered at 10 o'clock in the evening. Leak Weixiang recalled that later their orders continued to flow and developed better and better, probably because they did good things regardless of returns at that time.
Gulpiyemu Abra also said that there is a saying in their hometown that "the right hand should not let the left hand know about the almsgiving", to the effect that people should not be fame or fame for doing good deeds, and should not covet the rewards of others.
In Gulpiyemu's memory, her father was such a philanthropic and considerate person. During the festive season, families will call their poor neighbors to share the joy of food and harvest with everyone. When he was a child, if something was missing from his home, he would ask his father, and he would tell him that it had been given to someone in need, so he would stop asking.
This has a deep impact on the values of Gulpi Yemu. When she grew up, she was down-to-earth and diligent in entrepreneurship, running a restaurant with her husband, and never took the initiative to promote the good things she had done, but people who had been helped often came to her door to express her gratitude. As the reputation spreads more and more, the couple's catering business is also thriving. In addition to opening a restaurant and a farmhouse, it has also set up a spice distribution supermarket to wholesale various spices and catering supplies.
However, they have not forgotten their original intention of doing good, and while expanding the scale of their business, they will give priority to recruiting people with employment difficulties in the town, and have also set up a charity fund, stipulating that each store must save 100 yuan a day for charity.
Since 2013, this small treasury has donated more than 70 yuan and helped more than 5,000 people.
Also in 2013, Aksu Senior High School, a public high school in Aksu City built with the assistance of Hangzhou, was completed, injecting educational resources into the local area. Now, Guli Piyemu's eldest son is studying at Aksu City Senior High School, and he is excellent in character and learning, and he never worries about it. Gulpi Yemu himself became the vice president of the Aksu Regional Charity Association to help more people in need.
Last year, the Guli Piyemu family was rated as the "most beautiful family" for hard work and prosperity, laying the groundwork for this "most beautiful" encounter. She said that she is very grateful for Hangzhou's care and help to Aksu over the years, and she usually teaches her two sons to strive to become people who can help others.
The conversation gradually deepened, and they enthusiastically shared each other's growth experience and family education philosophy, and found that everything was traceable, and the source of "the most beautiful" turned out to be extremely simple. Love and gratitude go hand in hand, forming a cycle of goodness.
She used to do good deeds without leaving a name, she said that now she no longer resists the publicity of her own deeds, because gratitude is like a fire, and she hopes that this positive energy can be passed on and infect more people.
The family of Gulippiyemu Abra exchanged gifts with the family of Zhou Yajun
A pair for a lifetime
"No one can do without each other"
This time, there are also the "most beautiful families" in Hangzhou and Afghanistan, such as Zhu Shuhong and Abdikram Yimamuniyazi. During their stay in Hangzhou, they will go to Hangzhou's landmark locations such as the May Fourth Constitution Museum, the ruins of the ancient city of Liangzhu, the Asian Games venues, and the Zhijiang Pavilion of the Zhejiang Provincial Museum, to learn about the wonderful changes in Hangzhou over the years. In July this year, Hangzhou's "most beautiful" families will also set off for Aksu City for in-depth exchanges, enjoy different scenery and enhance mutual friendship.
"Now that we have distant relatives, we have a special affection for our respective cities. More and more I feel that we have a close relationship with each other, and no one can do without each other. When exchanging gifts, the representatives of the old and new pairs of families said that they would cherish this fate, continue the friendship between the two places, and practice to demonstrate and drive the surrounding people to respect virtue and goodness, forge a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation, and pursue their dreams on the new journey in the new era.
This year marks the 14th anniversary of Hangzhou's counterpart support to Aksu City, and it is also the fifth year that Hangzhou's "most beautiful family" has been paired and connected. Originally, this activity originated from the hand-in-hand and inheritance of two "spirits" - Aksu has the "Kekeya Spirit" of "self-reliance, unity and progress, hard work, and selfless dedication", which interprets the glorious past of several generations of Aksu people who have continuously planted trees and turned the Gobi Wasteland into a garden, and Hangzhou also has the spirit of "self-improvement and struggle to support half of the sky, innovation and entrepreneurship dare to be the first in the world, and loyalty and dedication to realize the dream of the family and country". In 2020, under the guidance of the Hangzhou Municipal Headquarters for Xinjiang Aid, the Hangzhou Women's Federation and the Aksu Women's Federation signed a framework agreement on Xinjiang aid work, and carried out a series of actions led by cultural revitalization of Xinjiang under the guidance of learning and inheriting the spirit of Qianhe women. One of the most important measures is the "most beautiful family" pairing activity in Hangzhou and Afghanistan.
Nowadays, the cultural revitalization of Xinjiang, the most beautiful aid to Xinjiang and the enrichment of the people and rejuvenation of Xinjiang are advancing simultaneously, injecting spiritual momentum and cultural power into the high-quality economic and social development of Aksu City, while also watering the flower of national unity that always blooms and flourishes——
The "100 Stores in 10 Cities" Aksu Agricultural Products Store set up in Hangzhou Civic Center and Hefang Street selects outstanding female entrepreneurs from Aksu City to operate stores in Hangzhou, bringing Xinjiang specialties such as rose naan, dried white mulberry and dried sea buckthorn fruit to the citizens......
"'Heaven' and 'Tianshan' are the most beautiful hand-holding, which is a vivid portrayal of 'national unity and family'. The relevant person in charge of the Hangzhou Women's Federation said. In the future, the Hangzhou Xinjiang Aid Headquarters and the Women's Federation system of Hangzhou and Afghanistan will further gather strength, promote virtues, help entrepreneurship, promote ethnic exchanges and integration, and let the deep friendship between Hangzhou and Afghanistan continue from generation to generation.
Source/Hangzhou News
Editor/Fan Yifei