China News Service, Beijing, March 13th: 2 minutes 06 seconds, 39 days and two years of volunteers from Beijing Winter Olympics to Winter Paralympics in Taiqingcheng
Author Zhu He
"It's 3:57 pm now. We have the last 2 minutes and 06 seconds left in the service of our Winter Olympic and Winter Paralympic city volunteers. I am very reluctant to say goodbye to everyone." On the 13th, Taiwanese youth Xiao Jiayao stood at the Zizhuyuan in Haidian, Beijing. The east gate of the park bids farewell to the citizens in the countdown.
With his hometown in Miaoli, Taiwan, he and nine Taiwanese youths from Taipei, Kaohsiung, Changhua and other places formed the only Taiqing Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic City Volunteer Service Team in Beijing. Doors offer volunteering services.
Among them are university teachers who have lived and worked in Beijing for more than ten years, as well as exchange students who have just completed a year in Beijing universities. Since their employment for 39 days, the young people have witnessed the same wonderful "two Winter Olympics".
They have been preparing for this moment for more than two years.
2 minutes 06 seconds: The moment of farewell, full of reluctance and nostalgia
"Thank you for your participation and support, and I am very moved to witness this wonderful Winter Olympics and Paralympics with you." After 2 minutes and 06 seconds, Xiao Jiayao thanked the citizens at 4:00 p.m. Stop to watch and give applause to this group of young friends.
When saying goodbye, Xiao Jiayao couldn't hide his excitement. He felt that "there seems to be a very important thing missing" in his heart.
However, the enthusiasm of the citizens did not diminish, and many people continued to participate in the on-site Winter Olympics knowledge quiz and joined the volunteers' dance "Towards the Future Together", which did not gradually disappear until 4:17.
Volunteering has become a glorious moment in Xiao Jiayao's life in Beijing for more than four years. "Everyone agrees with what we have done from the bottom of our hearts, sends blessings, and cheers for us." Every smiling face gained from the service has been deeply imprinted in his mind. middle.
In the process of providing services for the Winter Paralympics, Lin Jiaxuan, a graduate student of the School of Dance of Minzu University of China, has gained a different strength.
She was moved by the outstanding performance of the disabled in the Olympic Games, "they love life more than we do".
39 days: Make the four characters "Taiwan Youth" three-dimensional
Since their official appointment on January 25, this group of young friends has launched a series of special activities integrating cross-strait elements during the 39-day service time, attracting citizens to participate in check-in and help the Winter Olympics.
In the opinion of Su Xianglan, Secretary of the Youth League Working Committee of Zizhuyuan Street, the urban volunteer service station located at the east gate of Zizhuyuan Park was the "most unremarkable" among the nine service stations in the area, and the participation of Taiqing It has made this small site "extremely popular", and it has also become a window and platform for cross-strait exchanges.
During the Spring Festival, Taiwanese youth initiated the teaching of Hokkien dialect for the Beijing Winter Olympics; during the Lantern Festival, they invited citizens to guess lantern riddles, win lanterns, and share reunion with their mainland compatriots; during the Winter Paralympics, they introduced the Paralympics to the hearing-impaired in sign language will know.
This is also a "two-way trip", and Cai Yiling, an exchange student from the Department of Information Management of Peking University, was deeply moved by the enthusiastic feedback from Beijing citizens.
She recalled that after being attracted by the event, a citizen friend called on friends around him to participate. "He told his friend that he was a young friend from Taiwan, and he must support them." Cai Yiling said, this is "everyone does something for everyone." I, I am everyone."
"They made the words 'Taiwan youth' three-dimensional," Su Xianglan said. In the past, citizens' understanding and understanding of the Taiwanese people was limited to news reports or film and television dramas. Through these young friends, citizens can feel the original Taiwan Youth is such a group, "as energetic, infectious and enthusiastic as mainland youth".
Two years and the future: do not say goodbye, start the "post-Winter Olympics era"
The story of 39 days started two years ago.
In December 2019, the Beijing Winter Olympics recruited volunteers for the competition, and Chen Wencheng, a teacher from the Physical Education and Research Department of Peking University, who had an "Olympic dream", completed the registration as soon as possible.
Although he was not selected later, he turned this enthusiasm into the preparation of the Taiqing City Volunteer Team.
At the 2021 Cross-Strait Youth Exchange and Cooperation Beijing Summit, the Winter Olympics Haidian Taiqing City Volunteer Post was officially established, and Chen Wencheng served as the captain of the service team.
With the support of Haidian District Youth Federation and Zizhuyuan Sub-district Office, ten young people received systematic volunteer service training and learned about the Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
Two years later, this volunteer service experience "planted a seed" in Chen Wencheng's heart. He looks forward to carrying forward this force in the future and contributing to the integrated development of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
As a participant, witness, and witness of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, as well as a promoter of cross-strait integration and development in the future, Chen Wencheng hopes to participate in more cross-strait volunteer exchange activities, ice and snow themed winter Olympics in the "post-Winter Olympics era". Exchange activities, so that more young people from both sides of the strait can join in and share the fun.
Speaking of future plans, Xiao Jiayao wants to make this "Frozen" into a documentary. He is engaged in sports rehabilitation in Beijing. He also wants to popularize professional knowledge to the public and encourage everyone to "move" healthily.
In April, Cai Yiling will return to Taiwan after a one-year exchange student at Peking University.
Her alma mater, Nanhua University in Taiwan, has invited her to share her stories of volunteering at the Winter Olympics in mainland China and her experience as an exchange student.
At 4:30 pm, the shutter door of the small station slowly fell, which means that the service of the volunteers in Taiqing City came to an end.
Before leaving, the young people left the last group photo in front of the service station. They shouted loudly: "There is no end to the service, and the two sides of the strait will look forward to the future together. We will not say goodbye!" (End)