"Teacher! My dream is finally realized!" The day before coming to Beijing to participate in the 2019 Mayday Spring Bud Summer Camp, the children ran to Duan Yanxing, the team leader, to express their excitement and expectation. This night, several children were almost sleepless.

From August 22nd to 26th, 10 minority primary school students from Jinning Mountainous Area in Kunming, Yunnan Province, who were assisted by “Mayday Spring Bud Program” to go to the capital to carry out summer camp activities. During the five-day intense and enriching research activities, the girls jumped out of the sky of their own lives, and were able to feel the charm of modern technology, appreciate the fine traditional Chinese culture, receive vivid patriotic education, and harvest good friendships in the day and night.

"For these children living in the mountains, the square characters that originally appeared only on the textbooks have finally become true and 'seeing is believing'. The children's ideological cognition has opened a new world, which is the biggest harvest of summer camp activities."" said the teacher Duan.

Studying out the mountain village to make up for the shortcomings of education

Play is the nature of the child. When the boring scientific definitions and formulas were given to the form of the game, the small campers were deeply attracted.

During the summer vacation, the China Science and Technology Museum is a pilgrimage site for students of all ages. In the main exhibition hall of visitors, from basic knowledge of basic sciences such as genes, sound and optoelectronics to the latest application technology, various knowledge is carefully displayed in interactive form. The girls changed their shame and rushed to the interesting experience projects. Their national costumes also became a beautiful scene in the venue.

The Real-time heart rate measurement project attracted the attention of all campers. They took turns to step forward, clasped their hands with their hands, and stared at the heart-shaped screen to show their heart rate readings. After several "tests", the naughty girl even joked with the machine, and the two held one of the two handles, wondering if the machine would be "difficult".

"Too interesting! I have been in the first aid class at school, I have heard the concept of heartbeat, but for the first time I know that my heartbeat can be measured like this." The 11-year-old Hani girl Xiaoyan (a pseudonym) said. The 10-year-old Hmong girl (pseudonym) received the highest heart rate reading. "95! Definitely because I am so excited!" he said with a big laugh.

Although Tongtong is thin and weak, she is very generous. In the experience of the voiceprint recognition system that demonstrated acoustic artificial intelligence technology, Tongtong read a large section of designated text first, and obtained a unique voiceprint number, which was cheered by his peers.

Duan said that the campers are all in the top five of the class and have a strong desire for knowledge. At present, although the school has arranged science and nature courses, all the content is on paper, and it is difficult for students to have practical opportunities. “Especially the school is far from the city. It is very difficult to take the children to the science museums and museums,” she said.

In addition to the Science and Technology Museum, the summer camp tour includes visits to the Beijing World Horticultural Exposition, Old Summer Palace, Great Wall, Nest-type Beijing Olympic Stadium, and Museum of the War of Peoples Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

From Yunnan, known as the “plant kingdom”, children are very familiar with all kinds of flowers and vegetables. However, in the World Expo, the unique exhibitions in the foreign pavilions opened the eyes of the children. In the German Pavilion, the children surrounded a blond gardener and watched the woodworking work in his hands. "We should care about where our food comes from, care about agriculture, care about the environment..." The gardener's explanation made everyone think.

In the Old Summer Palace, in front of the statue of Hugo, the children read the work of the literary giants in unison - "The Letter between the British and French Allied Expeditions to Captain Butler": "The great achievements! The harvest is huge! They came back to Europe hand in hand, laughing. This is the story of these two robbers..." In the Museum of the War of Peoples Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the children were amazed at the row of badges left by the heroes of the Anti-Japanese War.

"The knowledge of this trip makes me know that our country is very difficult, step by step to today." "The badge represents the honor of the military, representing the military's military skills... I want to be an example to others as they grow up." "When I came to Beijing, what I want to do most is to climb the Great Wall... Although we climbed up to the hero slope today, I know that true heroes are reflected in life." Children record their thoughts and thoughts in their research diary.

The flower buds bloom at first, eager to care for them

In 2019, the May Day band donated another 3 million yuan. In the past four years, it has donated 12 million yuan to the China Children and Teenagers’ Fund for the "Spring Bud Program" student-assisted operation, talent-making action, protection bud action, employment action, and the voice of music. To go to school for 5 public welfare projects, and organize Beijing Summer Camp twice, the beneficiaries include children of all ages.

The 10 children participating in this summer camp have received May Day funding since 2018, and the standard is 1200 yuan for 3 years. "This subsidy will allow them to get more school supplies and books." Duan said. “Now the children in the mountains can read elementary school, but there are only one or two pens in the pen box of the children. It is said that the parents bought it once and never bought it.”

In her view, with the improvement of mountain life, children are in urgent need of spiritual care. Most of the children in the mountains live on campus, and they can go home to reunite with their parents on weekends. Their parents are mostly engaged in farming or working, lacking the energy and initiative to accompany their children.

The 11-year-old Kiki (a pseudonym) admitted that her father and mother were busy in the field all day long, seldom considered her feelings, and did not listen to her thoughts. “Every time I ask them to play with me, they will be impatient.” This lively and cheerful Dai girl said that she likes to read books in the school library. “It’s safe to find a corner.” And her favorite book is the author's "Girls' Heart Book".

Girls who are the same age as Kiki have just stepped into puberty, often causing confusion in terms of dating, parent-child relationship, etc. "Schools and families should pay more attention to their mental health." Duan said.

The girls' deep-seated troubles were released on the night of the 23rd.

On the same day, the children were invited to Mayday the 2019 Just Rock It “Blue | BLUE” concern, and received gifts from the organizers for the May Day T-shirts, backpacks, notebooks and other gifts. This is the first time they watched a big show and was deeply shocked. In the strong rhythm of songs such as "Crazy World", "Party Animals", and "Leaving the Earth's Surface", the children sat in a restrained manner, followed by melody and waving a light stick, and even tried to sing and quickly integrated into the audience’s blue ocean.

"I didn't hear the song of Uncle Mayday. Later I learned that they funded me and gave me the opportunity to watch the show. So I specially read a few songs. It's so nice! If you have the chance, I really want to thank them face to face!" "The show has a strong appeal, and a few lyrics are written in my heart, I am very touched!" the children wrote.

"The most beautiful wishes must be the most crazy..." Under the sky of the Bird's Nest, 100,000 people sang together for a night, perfect ending in "Stubborn".

"Then, what is your wish?" The teacher asked the little sister around him.

"Well... that's it... go to the world to see it!" The English-loving girl replied with a sigh of relief, her big eyes laughing into two crooked crescents.