On August 17th, a public welfare event called "Dialogue in the Dark" was held in Chengdu Hongxing Road Plaza (next to IFS).
At the scene of the event, a huge black box stood in the middle of the square, attracting passers-by to stop and watch.
"What is this conversation in the dark doing?" "What kind of experience is this?" Passers-by are constantly asking about the staff. The staff told reporters that the "black box" is a dark experience interactive place specially set up for ordinary people, the interaction will be carried out in a completely dark environment, and in the 10-minute journey, the "guide" will lead a team of 8 people to immerse themselves in the daily life of the visually impaired group.
This novel experience attracted many passers-by to join the experience team. Following the crowd, the reporter also entered the "black box" and experienced it.
Live experience through the darkness feel long ten minutes
The reporter and the other seven formed a group and lined up shoulder to shoulder to enter the "black box". The entire interactive venue is dark and can only follow the guidance of the staff.
In the dark, participants walk along the blind path, under the guidance of the staff, carry out the relay of object transfer, touch and perceive with their hands. In the face of a dark world, the only feeling a reporter feels is fear.
In the darkness, more is the fear of the unknown, every step forward, every time you extend your hand, you don't know what awaits you in front of you, so you need to do a more powerful psychological construction.
A series of experiences that last only ten minutes, but because of being in the dark, the time has become longer.
Before the end, the staff asked the participants to write down the feelings of the dark experience, and then the team slowly moved to the exit, and the ten-minute experience ended.
"I didn't know much about visually impaired people before, but because of my poor eyesight, there are many inconveniences in my life." Xiao Chen, who participated in the experience together, told reporters that he was a myopic patient himself, and when he did not wear glasses, his eyes were blurry, which had a great impact on daily life. "This experience made me really feel what it means to be in the dark. When the eyes are dark, the biggest feeling is that there is no sense of security, and they will subconsciously cling to the people in front of them. ”
Xiao Chen said that in the dark, he also felt different feelings of opening his eyes and closing his eyes. "Although whether you open your eyes or close your eyes, it is pitch black in front of you, but the feeling is still different. When you open your eyes and can't see everything, it's even more frightening. ”
Another couple who participated in the experience activities told reporters that during the whole experience, they could not see anything, felt that they had nothing, and could only cling to each other under strong fear.
The reporter noticed that a sticky note in the hand of a girl had the word "touched".
"I've never felt such complete darkness before, even at night, I can feel the stars." I didn't expect the real darkness to be like this, I felt that they were very hard, and after experiencing it myself, I felt sad and moved. "She told reporters that at the end of the experience, she stood by the door and watched the light penetrate through the gap little by little, and at that moment she could strongly feel her yearning for the light." Never had such a special experience. ”
"Conversations in the Dark" is a special journey into darkness
Today's "dialogue in the dark" is just a special dark journey for ordinary people, but for the visually impaired, it is their daily routine.
Visually impaired people, referred to as visually impaired people, visually impaired people can be divided into total blindness and amblyopia, of which amblyopia is the majority.
Can you imagine yourself in the dark every day?
If one day, your eyes are a blur,
Do you still have the courage to face the world?
If one day, you will eventually fall into darkness,
Can you still move forward and be fearless?
In China, 18.21 million visually impaired people live in the "black world". For them, black is not a color, but a state of life. It is hard to imagine that such a frightening black is their daily routine.
Today's "Dialogue in the Dark" public welfare activity is to allow more ordinary people to understand and feel the world of visually impaired people.
The "Dialogue in the Dark" public welfare project was jointly created by Aoyuan Real Estate, a support organization for the visually impaired, "Dialogue in the Dark" and the Jinjiang District Disabled Persons' Federation.
Since its inception in 1988, Dialogue in the Dark is a social enterprise based in Germany, which has been committed to building social inclusion for people with disabilities and the elderly around the world, and stimulating social attention and awareness of the different abilities of vulnerable people. By creating unique and innovative dark environments, such as experience halls and workshops, it enables the public to better understand and understand the visually impaired.
At present, the "Dialogue in the Dark" experience hall in China is distributed in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Chengdu, and by closing the vision of the visually impaired, experiencing the "survival" in the dark under the leadership of the visually impaired, thus changing the discrimination and prejudice of the visually impaired in society.
Aoyuan in action, do not forget the original heart, let love move forward
As the organizer of this public welfare activity, on the road of public welfare, the footsteps of Aoyuan Real Estate have never stopped.
As the creator of China's composite real estate and the pioneer of China's theme real estate innovation concept, Aoyuan Real Estate has been committed to providing customers with high-quality living environment, creating a healthy, harmonious and beautiful living experience and cultural value. While developing steadily in diversified businesses, Aoyuan Real Estate has also actively practiced social responsibility, established the Aoyuan Charity Foundation, and personally implemented the public welfare action, and has donated about 900 million yuan to public welfare charity over the years.
In 2017, Aoyuan Real Estate launched the "2017 'Benefit + 1' Public Welfare Plan", followed by the "Small Partner Plan", "Old Friend Plan", "Star Plan" and "Listening Plan" successively, bringing warmth to the vulnerable groups. Nowadays, the multi-dimensional public welfare "ecosystem" of Aoyuan Real Estate has taken shape, and the public welfare undertakings that continue to heat up have become a model in the industry.
It is reported that this "dialogue in the dark" public welfare activity began on August 17 and lasted until the 23rd. During this period, members of the public can visit the experience.
17-23 August
Chunxi Road Hongxing Road Plaza (next to IFS)
Aoyuan Real Estate joins hands
Visually Impaired Persons Support Agency "Dialogue in the Dark"
and the Jinjiang District Disabled Persons' Federation
Create something that ordinary people don't experience
But now we can be in a world where we are
"Beyond the Boundless Darkness to the Other Shore of Light"
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Learn more about Conversations in the Dark
On the road of public welfare, determined to move forward, Aoyuan Real Estate has not forgotten its original intention, and will also practice it in the next few days to actively promote the development of social welfare undertakings.
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Reporter Xie Wen
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