As the Chinese New Year approaches, the feeling of spring grows stronger. On January 29, China Children and Teenagers’ Fund (CCTF), together with Toutiao, Himalaya FM, China Program Group and Mango TV, jointly launched the “Spring Festival Letter” public welfare activity, aiming to lead Chinese people to express their family thoughts in letters, pass on family motto and carry forward family traditions through the use of traditional festivals.

In the modern society with increasingly busy life, the most important element of Spring Festival is the reunion warmth. However, not every family can be reunited, nor all love can be worded. At that time, letters become an important form of family bond.

“This is a letter to my parents. I want to tell them that they have branded themselves on me. I am young, so they are not old”. This sincere confession comes from Meng Man, a famous historian and part-time vice president of the All-China Women’s Federation. She was one of the guests who shared the family letter on the Himalaya FM on January 29.

In her letter, Meng Man tells of the profound influence of her parents’ words and deeds on her. She speaks out that her parents have shaped her self-confidence and security with love, and her independence and self-esteem with reason and letting go.

Actress Ma Li was also on the Himalaya FM platform at that day. Entitled “I Know My Mother is Keeping a Little Secret from Me”, Ma Li told many sweet stories about getting along with her parents. When the daughter grew up, she saw her mother in a new way, “If we have another life, let’s change and you will be the little princess, okay?”

In the coming month, famous scholars Zhou Guoping, Qian Wenzhong, former UN deputy secretary general Sha Zukang, young actors Ouyang Nana, Ren Jiaxuan, Mei Ting, Ren Rongxuna and other guests will also participate in the activity and record the audio. They may write about their parents as children, or they may talk about the direction of their children’s lives.

According to organizers, in addition to inviting social celebrities, CCTF also invited the “Ankang Home” president Hu Yuanzhong, to write a letter to children in Wenchuan after the earthquake. He shared the memories of the children’s growth in the past 11 years, and placed the blessing to children. In addition, representatives of overseas students from the United States, Canada and Australia covered by the “Convoy Plan” of CCTF were also invited to participated in the activity. Students shared their harvest of studying abroad in letters, expressing their thoughts for their families and the motherland, while their parents expressed their ardent expectations for their children in the letters.

“From Singapore to England, from the age of 12 to 17, my height is changing, my voice is changing, he degree of my glasses is also changing, but the only constant is the homesick”, said Lin Birou in the letter to her mother.

Zhu Xisheng, secretary general of CCTF, said that the Spring Festival Letter activity was launched to implement the spirit of general secretary Xi Jinping’s instructions on “Focusing on family, family education and family traditions”. It is hoped that the letter can become the bond to maintain the affection and the bridge to shape the family style of more Chinese families. It is also hoped that the warm words can carry the beautiful and simple family virtues and gather the positive energy to be good for modern Chinese society.

During the Spring Festival, Himalaya FM launched home audio every day, Toutiao platform set up the topic of Spring Festival Home Letter, encouraging users to actively participate. In this activity, Chen Peng, director of Art Museum of China National Academy of Painting an secretary general of China National Academy of Painting, was invited to write the name of the activity.