go to the park! pick up underestimated "treasures"
2024-09-19
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children trade used items in the rain at beijing qingnian lake park. photo by tan sijing
on september 7, a sudden rainfall changed many people's travel plans, but beijing's qingnian lake park was crowded and extremely lively. a second-hand goods market was taking place there - the "underestimated 'treasure' small things" qingnian lake park's 11th children's used goods exchange event, with the main participants being students from primary schools around the park.
the rain did not affect the children's good mood. before the awning was built, in order to prevent the items from being soaked by the rain on the ground, the children turned their umbrellas upside down and used them as shelves. they had no concept of money, and this place was more like a market for exchanging their favorite things. old books, small cards, various small potted plants, various stationery, wax seals that can be experienced for one yuan each time, blind boxes with holes...
li zihan, who lives near qingnian lake park, sold all his old books at prices far below the market price. "these are the books i have read. there is no use keeping them at home. i might as well take them out and let them continue to 'drift'." ma yilan, a student at qingnian lake primary school affiliated to beijing no. 171 middle school, sold an entire card album he had collected to another stall owner. although his mother shouted "what a loss!" at the side, the children were still happy.
ma yilang's mother told the china youth daily and china youth network reporter, "in recent years, whenever qingnian lake park holds a second-hand goods market, i would bring my child to participate. first, i want to gradually cultivate his understanding of the basic purpose and value of money. second, it is rare for a child to be willing to share his favorite things. we have a lot of fun every time we participate in the event."
li jing, director of the qingnian lake park management office, said in an interview with reporters that qingnian lake park, as a base for moral education for young people, has been holding children's idle goods trading activities with the concept of green, low-carbon and environmental protection for many years. "we hope to build a communication platform for children in the park, so that children can experience and perceive social life in the activities and cultivate love and responsibility. while strengthening the communication and connection between the park, schools and surrounding residents, the activities also create a unique brand image."
there are more interesting and beneficial activities like this in qingnian lake park. ma yilang's mother told reporters that she and her child have spent a lot of time in the park over the years. as the child grows up, the things he does in the park are different at each stage.
when ma yilang was young, his mother would bring him to the park to play. "the water park here has been open for 30 years and is a project that many people have grown up with." when they grew up, they came to the park to observe plants, understand plant growth, and take notes on natural observations. "in autumn, we will come to the park to collect fallen leaves and make leaf paintings." ma yilang's mother said. now, ma yilang, who is in the fifth grade of elementary school, has begun to spontaneously organize with his classmates to conduct civilized park tours on weekends, reminding tourists not to climb and break branches, not to spit, and not to step on the lawn. "volunteer service can be exchanged for nature education courses." ma yilang told reporters.
ma yilang said: "the park has always been with me. it is my link with nature and my home in nature."
sociologist xiang biao once encouraged people in cities to rebuild "nearby" in an interview with the media. he said that "nearby" is not only the personal space where we live, but also the concrete and real connection between us and the surrounding environment. to rebuild "nearby" is to have a positive interaction with the current surrounding environment and make it a driving force and resource. "'nearby' is not a macro-theory of society. it is to develop an 'anthropology of life', which is about how you deal with your own life." family balcony, green home, life aesthetics, flower art and tea art, create a small world at home, in the park, and in the corner of the city to feel and observe the growth and changes of life.
at the beginning of 2024, the national forestry and grassland administration awarded beijing the title of "national forest city in the whole area". as the curtain of beijing's "garden city" construction slowly opens, "highlighting the characteristics of the capital and building ecological and cultural landscape corridors" has become an important part of the "garden city" construction. as one of the ecological systems serving the vast number of urban residents, parks are crucial to connecting the "last mile" between people and nature in the city.
"holding various public welfare activities to cultivate children's awareness of ecological and environmental protection is an indispensable step for the park to create a 'garden city'." li jing said, "qingnian lake park uses existing green spaces and open spaces as venues for exchange activities to popularize gardening knowledge and enrich children's understanding of nature. this is a road with no end. every small public welfare activity can warm the hearts of others and enrich your own world, allowing your own flowers to bloom in your heart and convey the fragrance of happiness."
influenced by various public welfare activities in qingnian lake park, ma yilang became more and more interested in nature. since the second grade of elementary school, he began to plant flowers and plants on the balcony of his home. how to cultivate soil, water and remove insects for seedlings, "every step hides the great knowledge of nature". at the beginning of the year, ma yilang's school set up planting boxes for each class, and the children voted on which plants to plant. ma yilang's class finally chose lettuce. in the harvest season, many classes held planting sharing conferences.
recently, hearing that qingnian lake park has launched the little forest ranger system, ma yilang and his classmates are eager to try it out.
"the little forester system is an activity that qingnian lake park combines with the internet + national voluntary tree planting base, takes advantage of the many schools around the park, cooperates with schools, and allows primary school students to participate in the management and maintenance of the park as masters." li jing introduced that it is not only the little forester system. since the launch of the creation of the "garden city", qingnian lake park has deeply explored local resources, built platforms, and promoted the linkage of "home-park", "community-park", and "surrounding units-park", and strived to promote the implementation of the "garden city" construction. "relying on the advantages of park plants, we use a variety of offline activities such as flower maintenance knowledge explanations, national voluntary tree planting, and visitor volunteer teams, combined with essays, paintings, short videos, etc., to do a good job in the online dissemination of the construction of the "garden city", attract residents of all ages to participate in the construction and management of the park, guide visitors to establish a sense of loving, planting, and protecting green, and educate the park's concept of "co-construction, sharing, and co-nurturing", attracting residents to participate in the construction of the "garden city", and creating a social atmosphere of "everyone is a gardener."
as the flea market was drawing to a close, li jing told reporters: "in my ideal, parks and people are interdependent and grow together. parks provide people with a multifunctional space that integrates health, social interaction, education, culture, and leisure; and people's participation in activities and care for the environment make parks more vibrant and full of energy."
china youth daily·china youth network intern reporter tan sijing reporter qi zheng source: china youth daily
source: china youth daily
