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Poem:
Follow me,
We will set out in July.
Join our vehicle fleet,
Together with your family,
for a tour of the west.
Leaving noises of cities behind,
Let us seek tranquility in our mind.

This is a wholesome long march,
A survey enhancing your understanding of China,
A rewarding experience benefiting you much more spiritually,
A journey leaving an indelible impression on you, your family and friends.

Olympic champions will go with us
on a tour of Shanxi and Gansu provinces.
Just within several days, we have cut across
An intangible hurdle between cities and the countryside,
To know China’s rural world, broaden our view,
and set up a lofty idea we’ll strive for in the life:
to let children living in poverty and falling ill have our attention and financial support,
and encourage children in well-off families to care for and help those in need.
Cities in the east contrast with the countryside in the west,
Therefore requiring a heart-to-heart exchange.
This fleet hopes everyone has the love for others, is civic-minded, and has self-confidence and self-esteem,
is contented, has sense of pride and responsibility, and the spirit of enterprise
Whether children and grown-ups, or families or organizations,
nobody can underestimate the role of this fleet.

An expert once listed those traits the middle-aged, youths and children in cities have lost:
Independence and self-confidence,
Sharing and love,
ability to stand failure and setbacks,
teamwork spirit;
lofty ideal and sense of responsibility;
experience with the nature and the world,
and experience of suffering from poverty and starvation.

The young generation and children are growing up under the loving care of parent,
living in houses built of steel bar and cement in cities.
Many thought the walnut comes from the land,
and that peanuts are produced from the trees.
Many of them, enjoying pork, have never seen pigs,
and large numbers of children, drinking milk every day, have never seen milk cows.
The live on the labor of other,
and think they will never run out of money, and foods are available forever.
They lack nothing in material acquisition,
but they have nothing spiritually.

How many children know their parents’ birthday?
How many children offer to send their regards to teachers falling ill?
How many children have the joy of helping others?
How many children know the hardships their parents experienced in the past?
How many children are ready to work hard as their parents did?
How many children plan to do something good to our country, and Chinese nation?

How to cure the commonly-seen Love Deficiency Syndrome?
How to help them out of the closed, narrow and indifferent ego-centered world?
How to help them adjust the way to observe the world, and become experienced and pragmatic?
How to help them understand the meaning of “one in his life should achieve the goals of Cultivating himself first, then Putting his family in order, then Running a country well if possible, and the last, Giving the people peace and security”?
How to encourage them to acquire direct experience with farmers, workers and the poor?
How tom guide them to understand the poverty and possession of wealth in the world, disadvantaged position and advantaged position, and the spirit of enterprise, so as to encourage them to think independently in a totally new way, and improve and adjust their plan for their life?

If one wants to achieve spectacular success, he should take the life and security of the people into account,
and keep the whole world in view.
Travelling can give you what you could not acquire from books
Only when you have lofty ideal, can you have great passion
Dear parents hoping their children have a bright future, and fatherly leaders of employers,
Letting the young generation and children know China and the rural world,
is the best wealth for them,
is to foster their greatest ability,
is to enable them to learn to keep the whole world in view,
is the best momentum to encourage them to work hard and study well,
and also the most effective method of enhancing the teamwork spirit.

Follow me,
we’ll set out in July.
Join our fleet,
together with your children,
on a tour of other parts of the vast country.
Leaving noises of cities behind,
let us seek a tranquility in mind.

Not long ago, the Center of Public Nutrition and Development of China sent a team formed of 4 young men to Shanxi and Gansu provinces, whose task was to survey and determine the route for a large-size fleet with a mission of poverty-alleviation, coming from Beijing. When they were driving on the Northwest Plateau, witnessing the villages, farmers and their life, and enjoyed the geographical features, splendid scenes, local customs and historic sites, they were shocked. All of them grew up in cities in east China, and had produced a feeling of spiritual impact they had never experienced before. A few days later, they didn’t regard themselves as the saviors of those farmers living in poverty any more, but felt that they were making up a missed lesson concerning the life. They were actually trainees and beneficiaries. After they returned to Beijing, they all described this trip as “a must”, and “rewarding” .
Intrinsic relations, which are interdependent, exist between cities and the countryside, poverty and richness, labor and capital, and various social stratums, and form a complex human community. Whether your engage in politics, business, academic research, or join the army, only when you acquire an in-depth understanding of it and experience with it, can you adapt to the actual environment independently and achieve the success. But this is just what the young generation and spoiled children lack. Imagine what will happen when a Chinese isn’t aware of China clearly, a man living on this planet only knows half of the globe, a person only knows his social stratum, and doesn’t know his starting line of his life. Many parents can afford what their children need, and can leave them large amount of money, but they don’t feel at ease, because they understand deeply the negative effect of money to young generation. What they need really and depend upon to achieve success are social experience, perseverance, moral character, and competence. These cannot be acquired with money.
The report and feeling of the team urged us to think again: is the poverty alleviation program is a simply one-way activity, giving famers only what they want? Children in straitened circumstances need financial aids, and they are entitled to nutriments, health and happiness. Youths and children living in cities need to foster their love for those in need and the sense of responsibility, and need to be nurtured spiritually. They need to learn how to care for others. In this regard, the purpose of this fleet is not only to alleviate the poverty, but also to enrich themselves spiritually. This is actually an exchange of material nutriments and spiritual nutriments, and mirrors the interconnection of material and consciousness. Participants will benefit from this non-profit activity. We, the Center of Public Nutrition and Development and China Red Cross Foundation, launched and organized the Chinese Social Investigation Fleet in Summer Vacation, but we are not the instructors in this non-profit activity, as we need also to learn something. It is the social investigation activity itself that teaches us. The teachers may be farmers who grow melons, fruits, or pigs, or may be the Pagoda Hill, cave-houses or the Yellow River, or the County of Top Winners of College Entrance Exams, or Huangdi Mausoleum on the Northwest Plateau, or probably the difficulty or hardships we come across during the journey.
According to our plan, the Chinese Social Investigation activity will start from this. Each activity varies in terms of the route, theme and way of activity. But the purposes are same: to let all the youths and children enjoy sufficient foods and nutriments, and acquire a healthy body, and let all the youths and children live in a world of love and devleop spiritually in a healthy way.
Let us go together, and we well set out in July.

Itinerary
Name of activity: Chinese Social Investigation Fleet Non-Profit Activity in Summer Vacation
Organizers: The Center Of Public Nutrition and Development, Chine Red Cross Foundation
Co-organizers: State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, China Central Television, Sina.com
Time Period: July 12-19, 2008
　

Day 1

D1
July 5 Beijing---＞Pingyao
672km Launch ceremony for the fleet at 9：30am
Leave Beijing in 9:30 am, to Pingyao via Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway and then Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan Expressway Lunch: at service area; Supper: in Pingyao Lodge in Pingyao

Highlight: Launch ceremony of the fleet
Venue: in front of the Memorial Hall of Heroes in the War Against Japanese Aggression, beside Lugou Bridge, Wanping
Time: 9:30 a.m. on July 2
Content: Speeches by representatives of organizers and co-organizers;
An Olympic champion reads out the Letter of Proposition;
Drivers and representatives of youths and children swear an oath;
Flag-presenting ceremony, and the fleet sets out.

Key words: Heroism, Strict Disciplines as in the Army, Sense of Responsibility, and Sacred Feeling

Day 2
D2

July 6 Pingyao---＞Xi’an
488km Visit China’s first ancient draft bank Rishengchang, and then go to Xi’an via Houma and Xi’an-Yumenkou Expressways. After supper, visit Tang Paradise, the first Tang culture theme park which is reputed as shocking the Chinese and surprising the world (include performances created on basis of imitation of the songs and dances of the ancient Tang Dynasty). Breakfast: at hotel; lunch: TBD; Supper: in Xi’an Lodge in Xi’an
Highlight of the day: Rishengchang --- the origin of bank
Explore China’s first ancient draft bank created in an out-of-the-way town --- Rishengchang
Understand the course of development of this earliest bank of China
Ponder over the operational philosophy of “People’ s Needs are Paramount” and “Unified Banking Exchange System Is Ubiquitous”
Key words: Eyereach, Ambition, Pioneering and Innovation, Stay in a Part of the Country but Eye the Whole Country, Depend upon Sincerity and Strategy to Achieve Great Success

Day 3
D3
July 14 Poverty Regions of Xian 8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Poverty alleviation activities(organize volunteer groups to earthquake regions)
12:00 lunch in poverty regions
15:00 back to Xian
18:00 Supper
Enjoy the night in Xian Lodge in Xian
Highlight of the day: Present enriched wheat flour to children in poverty- stricken regions
Awareness of poverty can help you review your world.
Awareness of backwardness can help your readjust your ideal for your life;
Not all the peoplea are leading a well-off life,
With the life of farmers in rural regions included, can you get a full knowledge of our country.
Without sympathy, one is far from sound in human characters
A enthusiastic and civic-minded person with strong love for others and sense of responsibility will always enjoy sunshine, oxygen, health, beauty and good mood.
Key words: Deeply Know the Rural World, Observe Villages and Farmers, Feel the Poverty, Feel the Life, Show Love for Others and Help Others, and Shape Good Moral Characters

Day 4
D4 July 15 Xian Regions
200 KM 8:00 Breakfast8:30 Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum,
12:30 Lunch,Huaqing Hot Spring, China’s largest ancient royal garden, and the Underground Palace ofthe Emperor Qinshihuang Mausoleum.
15:30 Big Wild Goose Pogoda and its culture squire18:00 Supper
19:00 Palace of Tang Dynasty, include dance and music performance Breakfast: at hotel; lunch: in Lintong; supper: Huangling Lodge in Xian

Highlight of the day: Visit ancient terracotta warriors, and learn modern military affairs
1. Terracotta warriors --- the worlds’s eighth miracle shocking the people around the world, mirroring the profound Chinese culture.
Imagine the Qin troops of great momentum, and feel their tremendous strength and ambitions of unifying the kingdoms in China.
This demonstrates the peak period of the clay sculpture art, which does credit to the splendid culture of the Chinese nation, and opens up a new chapter in the world’s arts history.As Chinese, we have good reasons to be proud of this.
2. Make arrangement for camping affairs for those who take part voluntarily, and invite military experts to introduce various knowledge on wilderness lodging, rescue and prevention of insects, and learn the skills for wilderness survival.
3. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built in Yonghui 3rd year of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. As it was constructed in Ci’en Temple, and the pagoda was therefore named Ci’en Temple Pagoda. Big Ci’en Temple is the most well-known and magnificent temple in Chang’an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. It was built by the crown prince Lizhi in Zhenguan 22nd year in memory of his mother, Empress Wende. The famous monk Xuanzang once took charge of the temple affairs here, administering the translation affairs of sutra and creating new sect of buddhism. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built under his supervision. That is why the Big Ci’en Temple enjoyed high reputation in the history of Buddhism in China, and was frequently visited by monks at home and abroad. On both sides of the south gate to the gound floor of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, there were two stone monuments respectively bearing the inscriptions of Chu Suiliang, famous calligrapher of Tang Dynasty. One was an Introduction to the Sacred Teachings of Monk Tripitaka of the Great Tang Dynasty, while the other was Notes on the Introduction to the Sacred Teachings of Monk Tripitaka of the Great Tang Dynasty composed by Gaozong of Tang Dynasty. The sides of the stone monuments are decorated with designs of creeping weeds, featuring elegant patterns and lively models. These are important cultural relics for researching into the arts of calligraphy, painting and sculpture in the Tang Dynasty.

Key words: National Pride and Self - Esteem, Heroism Cherishing the Peace and Security of the People, Thinking of Success and Failure of Emperors, Experience the Military Camping, and Learn the Wilderness Survival Knowledge

Day 5
D5
July 16
Xian-Huangling-
Yanan
350KM 6:30 Breakfast
7:00 Pay respect to the mausoleum of Huangdi, the earliest ancestor of Chinese nation --- Huangdi Mausoleum, and Xuanyuan Temple,
12:00 lunch
13:00 go to Yan’an city, and then doing poverty alleviation and other types of commonweal activities
19:00 Supper
20:00 choose cave or military camp to lodge Lodge in Yan’an

Highlights of the day: Huangdi Mausoleum and cave houses in Yan’an
1. Huangdi Mausoleum is close to Qiaoshan and Jushui. The Huangdi Mausoleum is said to be the cemetery of Emperor Xuanyuan, the earliest ancestor of Chinese nation. Huangdi (Yellow Emperor) was a great leader of a clan at the end of primitive society of China, and was the ancestor creating the civilization of Chinese nation. He used the jade as he weapon, and invented boat, land vehicle, bow and arrows. His wife could grow silkworm, and Cang Jie, his official historian created words. His official Nao created the calendar, and Ling Lun, an official in charge of musci manufactured musical instruments. China’s high reputation as one of the world’s 4 ancient countries with long history of civilizations is due largely to the outstanding contributions of Huangdi. His name also enered the history books for his efforts to punish devils and his unification of Chinese nation for the first time

Key words: Creation of Chinese Civilization, Unification of Chinese Nation, R.P. China Was Born from Cave Houses, Talents Were Cultivated from Cave Houses, Perseverance --- the Key to Success

Day 6
D 6
July 17
Yanan-Xian
(350KM) 7:00 Breakfast
8:00 visit the revolution museum in Yanan, Dates Garden, and Yangjialing
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Yanan-Xian
18:00 Supper Lodge in Xian
Highlight of the day: cave houses in Yan’an
Cave house in Yan’an. The cave houses are the most striking buildings which can be seen everywhere, from Fenghuang Hill, to Wangjiaping, to Yangjialing, to Zaoyuan and to the ravine as the old site of Luxun Arts College. The cave house has become an important witness of Chinese revolution and also the convincing teaching materials during the period of revolution in China. It was in these cave houses that Mao Zedong and his comrades led the Chinese revolution until the victory. The cave house represens a spirit, containing many meaings, i.e. hard work and plain living, perseverance, and dahsing hard regardless of one’s safety. All this formed a spirit of Yan’an. The cave house in Yan’an is a miracle, and a miracle in the history of China’s revolution, as well as a miracle in the history of revolution in the world. It is the lamplight in the cave houses in Yan’an that lightens the land in China, and leads to the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

Day 7
D7
July 18
Xian-Zhengzhou
(511 KM) 8:00 Break fast Xian-Zhengzhou
12:00 Lunch (Service station)
13:00 continue the trip
16:00 Arrive Zhengzhou, supper and lodge Lodge in Zhengzhou

Day 8
D 8
July 19 Zhengzhou-Beijing
(700 KM) 7:00 Breakfast
8:00 Zhengzhou-Beijing
12:00 Lunch (Service Station)
18:00 Arrive Beijing

Costs and Application

Options of the Trip
I Take the Bus: full trip service will be provided including directors, volunteers, securities and doctors
II Driving Independently: drive your own vehicle, your vehicle must in good condition and quality, with at least two proficient drivers.
III Under 18: For Children who under 18 will be arranged into Bus trip
Costs of the Trip
Take the Bus=￥2380
Self Driving=￥1980

Application:
(1) Apply to the organizing committee directly. Add: Rm 2003, Tower B, Guohong Plaza, 11A, Muxidibeili, Xicheng District, Beijing 100038;
(2) Apply online. Visit www.pndc.gov.cn or www.sina.com/health, and fill in the application form and send us back as indicated;
(3) Apply via fax. Request an application form from the organizing committee or download the application form on the above websites, fill in the form and fax back to 63908489/63908486;
(4) In case an organization or car club applies, please call the organizing committee at 63908082 ext. 882
(5) Please pay the fee according to the notice after your apply;
(6) The deadline for application and paying fee is July 5, 2008.

Application and information Tel:
Liu Yu 63908082 ext. 882, 868, E-mail: liuyu@pndc.gov.cn Organizational Applications
Jiang Xingang 63908082 ext. 884, E-mail: jiangxingang@pndc.gov.cn Internet Applications
Liu Sihong 63908082 ext. 894, E-mail: liusihong@pndc.gov.cn Private Applications
Sheng Jie 63908082 ext.868, E-mail: shengjie@pndc.gov.cn Vehicle Club Application
24-hour hotline:13439807549, 13439807489 (available on May 20)




Invitation for Joining Chinese “Social Investigation” Fleet in Summer Vacation MAY 23^th, 2008
Poem: Follow me, We will set out in July. Join our vehicle fleet, Together with your family, for a tour of the west. Leaving noises of cities behind, Let us seek tranquility in our mind. This is a wholesome long march, A survey enhancing your understanding of China, A rewarding experience benefiting you much more spiritually, A journey leaving an indelible impression on you, your family and friends. Olympic champions will go with us on a tour of Shanxi and Gansu provinces. Just within several days, we have cut across An intangible hurdle between cities and the countryside, To know China’s rural world, broaden our view, and set up a lofty idea we’ll strive for in the life: to let children living in poverty and falling ill have our attention and financial support, and encourage children in well-off families to care for and help those in need. Cities in the east contrast with the countryside in the west, Therefore requiring a heart-to-heart exchange. This fleet hopes everyone has the love for others, is civic-minded, and has self-confidence and self-esteem, is contented, has sense of pride and responsibility, and the spirit of enterprise Whether children and grown-ups, or families or organizations, nobody can underestimate the role of this fleet. An expert once listed those traits the middle-aged, youths and children in cities have lost: Independence and self-confidence, Sharing and love, ability to stand failure and setbacks, teamwork spirit; lofty ideal and sense of responsibility; experience with the nature and the world, and experience of suffering from poverty and starvation. The young generation and children are growing up under the loving care of parent, living in houses built of steel bar and cement in cities. Many thought the walnut comes from the land, and that peanuts are produced from the trees. Many of them, enjoying pork, have never seen pigs, and large numbers of children, drinking milk every day, have never seen milk cows. The live on the labor of other, and think they will never run out of money, and foods are available forever. They lack nothing in material acquisition, but they have nothing spiritually. How many children know their parents’ birthday? How many children offer to send their regards to teachers falling ill? How many children have the joy of helping others? How many children know the hardships their parents experienced in the past? How many children are ready to work hard as their parents did? How many children plan to do something good to our country, and Chinese nation? How to cure the commonly-seen Love Deficiency Syndrome? How to help them out of the closed, narrow and indifferent ego-centered world? How to help them adjust the way to observe the world, and become experienced and pragmatic? How to help them understand the meaning of “one in his life should achieve the goals of Cultivating himself first, then Putting his family in order, then Running a country well if possible, and the last, Giving the people peace and security”? How to encourage them to acquire direct experience with farmers, workers and the poor? How tom guide them to understand the poverty and possession of wealth in the world, disadvantaged position and advantaged position, and the spirit of enterprise, so as to encourage them to think independently in a totally new way, and improve and adjust their plan for their life? If one wants to achieve spectacular success, he should take the life and security of the people into account, and keep the whole world in view. Travelling can give you what you could not acquire from books Only when you have lofty ideal, can you have great passion Dear parents hoping their children have a bright future, and fatherly leaders of employers, Letting the young generation and children know China and the rural world, is the best wealth for them, is to foster their greatest ability, is to enable them to learn to keep the whole world in view, is the best momentum to encourage them to work hard and study well, and also the most effective method of enhancing the teamwork spirit. Follow me, we’ll set out in July. Join our fleet, together with your children, on a tour of other parts of the vast country. Leaving noises of cities behind, let us seek a tranquility in mind. Foreword Not long ago, the Center of Public Nutrition and Development of China sent a team formed of 4 young men to Shanxi and Gansu provinces, whose task was to survey and determine the route for a large-size fleet with a mission of poverty-alleviation, coming from Beijing. When they were driving on the Northwest Plateau, witnessing the villages, farmers and their life, and enjoyed the geographical features, splendid scenes, local customs and historic sites, they were shocked. All of them grew up in cities in east China, and had produced a feeling of spiritual impact they had never experienced before. A few days later, they didn’t regard themselves as the saviors of those farmers living in poverty any more, but felt that they were making up a missed lesson concerning the life. They were actually trainees and beneficiaries. After they returned to Beijing, they all described this trip as “a must”, and “rewarding” . Intrinsic relations, which are interdependent, exist between cities and the countryside, poverty and richness, labor and capital, and various social stratums, and form a complex human community. Whether your engage in politics, business, academic research, or join the army, only when you acquire an in-depth understanding of it and experience with it, can you adapt to the actual environment independently and achieve the success. But this is just what the young generation and spoiled children lack. Imagine what will happen when a Chinese isn’t aware of China clearly, a man living on this planet only knows half of the globe, a person only knows his social stratum, and doesn’t know his starting line of his life. Many parents can afford what their children need, and can leave them large amount of money, but they don’t feel at ease, because they understand deeply the negative effect of money to young generation. What they need really and depend upon to achieve success are social experience, perseverance, moral character, and competence. These cannot be acquired with money. The report and feeling of the team urged us to think again: is the poverty alleviation program is a simply one-way activity, giving famers only what they want? Children in straitened circumstances need financial aids, and they are entitled to nutriments, health and happiness. Youths and children living in cities need to foster their love for those in need and the sense of responsibility, and need to be nurtured spiritually. They need to learn how to care for others. In this regard, the purpose of this fleet is not only to alleviate the poverty, but also to enrich themselves spiritually. This is actually an exchange of material nutriments and spiritual nutriments, and mirrors the interconnection of material and consciousness. Participants will benefit from this non-profit activity. We, the Center of Public Nutrition and Development and China Red Cross Foundation, launched and organized the Chinese Social Investigation Fleet in Summer Vacation, but we are not the instructors in this non-profit activity, as we need also to learn something. It is the social investigation activity itself that teaches us. The teachers may be farmers who grow melons, fruits, or pigs, or may be the Pagoda Hill, cave-houses or the Yellow River, or the County of Top Winners of College Entrance Exams, or Huangdi Mausoleum on the Northwest Plateau, or probably the difficulty or hardships we come across during the journey. According to our plan, the Chinese Social Investigation activity will start from this. Each activity varies in terms of the route, theme and way of activity. But the purposes are same: to let all the youths and children enjoy sufficient foods and nutriments, and acquire a healthy body, and let all the youths and children live in a world of love and devleop spiritually in a healthy way. Let us go together, and we well set out in July. Itinerary Name of activity: Chinese Social Investigation Fleet Non-Profit Activity in Summer Vacation Organizers: The Center Of Public Nutrition and Development, Chine Red Cross Foundation Co-organizers: State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development, China Central Television, Sina.com Time Period: July 12-19, 2008 　 Day 1 D1 July 5 Beijing---＞Pingyao 672km Launch ceremony for the fleet at 9：30am Leave Beijing in 9:30 am, to Pingyao via Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway and then Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan Expressway Lunch: at service area; Supper: in Pingyao Lodge in Pingyao Highlight: Launch ceremony of the fleet Venue: in front of the Memorial Hall of Heroes in the War Against Japanese Aggression, beside Lugou Bridge, Wanping Time: 9:30 a.m. on July 2 Content: Speeches by representatives of organizers and co-organizers; An Olympic champion reads out the Letter of Proposition; Drivers and representatives of youths and children swear an oath; Flag-presenting ceremony, and the fleet sets out. Key words: Heroism, Strict Disciplines as in the Army, Sense of Responsibility, and Sacred Feeling Day 2 D2 July 6 Pingyao---＞Xi’an 488km Visit China’s first ancient draft bank Rishengchang, and then go to Xi’an via Houma and Xi’an-Yumenkou Expressways. After supper, visit Tang Paradise, the first Tang culture theme park which is reputed as shocking the Chinese and surprising the world (include performances created on basis of imitation of the songs and dances of the ancient Tang Dynasty). Breakfast: at hotel; lunch: TBD; Supper: in Xi’an Lodge in Xi’an Highlight of the day: Rishengchang --- the origin of bank Explore China’s first ancient draft bank created in an out-of-the-way town --- Rishengchang Understand the course of development of this earliest bank of China Ponder over the operational philosophy of “People’ s Needs are Paramount” and “Unified Banking Exchange System Is Ubiquitous” Key words: Eyereach, Ambition, Pioneering and Innovation, Stay in a Part of the Country but Eye the Whole Country, Depend upon Sincerity and Strategy to Achieve Great Success Day 3 D3 July 14 Poverty Regions of Xian 8:00 Breakfast 9:00 Poverty alleviation activities(organize volunteer groups to earthquake regions) 12:00 lunch in poverty regions 15:00 back to Xian 18:00 Supper Enjoy the night in Xian Lodge in Xian Highlight of the day: Present enriched wheat flour to children in poverty- stricken regions Awareness of poverty can help you review your world. Awareness of backwardness can help your readjust your ideal for your life; Not all the peoplea are leading a well-off life, With the life of farmers in rural regions included, can you get a full knowledge of our country. Without sympathy, one is far from sound in human characters A enthusiastic and civic-minded person with strong love for others and sense of responsibility will always enjoy sunshine, oxygen, health, beauty and good mood. Key words: Deeply Know the Rural World, Observe Villages and Farmers, Feel the Poverty, Feel the Life, Show Love for Others and Help Others, and Shape Good Moral Characters Day 4 D4 July 15 Xian Regions 200 KM 8:00 Breakfast8:30 Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum, 12:30 Lunch,Huaqing Hot Spring, China’s largest ancient royal garden, and the Underground Palace ofthe Emperor Qinshihuang Mausoleum. 15:30 Big Wild Goose Pogoda and its culture squire18:00 Supper 19:00 Palace of Tang Dynasty, include dance and music performance Breakfast: at hotel; lunch: in Lintong; supper: Huangling Lodge in Xian Highlight of the day: Visit ancient terracotta warriors, and learn modern military affairs 1. Terracotta warriors --- the worlds’s eighth miracle shocking the people around the world, mirroring the profound Chinese culture. Imagine the Qin troops of great momentum, and feel their tremendous strength and ambitions of unifying the kingdoms in China. This demonstrates the peak period of the clay sculpture art, which does credit to the splendid culture of the Chinese nation, and opens up a new chapter in the world’s arts history.As Chinese, we have good reasons to be proud of this. 2. Make arrangement for camping affairs for those who take part voluntarily, and invite military experts to introduce various knowledge on wilderness lodging, rescue and prevention of insects, and learn the skills for wilderness survival. 3. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built in Yonghui 3rd year of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty. As it was constructed in Ci’en Temple, and the pagoda was therefore named Ci’en Temple Pagoda. Big Ci’en Temple is the most well-known and magnificent temple in Chang’an City, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. It was built by the crown prince Lizhi in Zhenguan 22nd year in memory of his mother, Empress Wende. The famous monk Xuanzang once took charge of the temple affairs here, administering the translation affairs of sutra and creating new sect of buddhism. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda was built under his supervision. That is why the Big Ci’en Temple enjoyed high reputation in the history of Buddhism in China, and was frequently visited by monks at home and abroad. On both sides of the south gate to the gound floor of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, there were two stone monuments respectively bearing the inscriptions of Chu Suiliang, famous calligrapher of Tang Dynasty. One was an Introduction to the Sacred Teachings of Monk Tripitaka of the Great Tang Dynasty, while the other was Notes on the Introduction to the Sacred Teachings of Monk Tripitaka of the Great Tang Dynasty composed by Gaozong of Tang Dynasty. The sides of the stone monuments are decorated with designs of creeping weeds, featuring elegant patterns and lively models. These are important cultural relics for researching into the arts of calligraphy, painting and sculpture in the Tang Dynasty. Key words: National Pride and Self - Esteem, Heroism Cherishing the Peace and Security of the People, Thinking of Success and Failure of Emperors, Experience the Military Camping, and Learn the Wilderness Survival Knowledge Day 5 D5 July 16 Xian-Huangling- Yanan 350KM 6:30 Breakfast 7:00 Pay respect to the mausoleum of Huangdi, the earliest ancestor of Chinese nation --- Huangdi Mausoleum, and Xuanyuan Temple, 12:00 lunch 13:00 go to Yan’an city, and then doing poverty alleviation and other types of commonweal activities 19:00 Supper 20:00 choose cave or military camp to lodge Lodge in Yan’an Highlights of the day: Huangdi Mausoleum and cave houses in Yan’an 1. Huangdi Mausoleum is close to Qiaoshan and Jushui. The Huangdi Mausoleum is said to be the cemetery of Emperor Xuanyuan, the earliest ancestor of Chinese nation. Huangdi (Yellow Emperor) was a great leader of a clan at the end of primitive society of China, and was the ancestor creating the civilization of Chinese nation. He used the jade as he weapon, and invented boat, land vehicle, bow and arrows. His wife could grow silkworm, and Cang Jie, his official historian created words. His official Nao created the calendar, and Ling Lun, an official in charge of musci manufactured musical instruments. China’s high reputation as one of the world’s 4 ancient countries with long history of civilizations is due largely to the outstanding contributions of Huangdi. His name also enered the history books for his efforts to punish devils and his unification of Chinese nation for the first time Key words: Creation of Chinese Civilization, Unification of Chinese Nation, R.P. China Was Born from Cave Houses, Talents Were Cultivated from Cave Houses, Perseverance --- the Key to Success Day 6 D 6 July 17 Yanan-Xian (350KM) 7:00 Breakfast 8:00 visit the revolution museum in Yanan, Dates Garden, and Yangjialing 12:30 Lunch 13:30 Yanan-Xian 18:00 Supper Lodge in Xian Highlight of the day: cave houses in Yan’an Cave house in Yan’an. The cave houses are the most striking buildings which can be seen everywhere, from Fenghuang Hill, to Wangjiaping, to Yangjialing, to Zaoyuan and to the ravine as the old site of Luxun Arts College. The cave house has become an important witness of Chinese revolution and also the convincing teaching materials during the period of revolution in China. It was in these cave houses that Mao Zedong and his comrades led the Chinese revolution until the victory. The cave house represens a spirit, containing many meaings, i.e. hard work and plain living, perseverance, and dahsing hard regardless of one’s safety. All this formed a spirit of Yan’an. The cave house in Yan’an is a miracle, and a miracle in the history of China’s revolution, as well as a miracle in the history of revolution in the world. It is the lamplight in the cave houses in Yan’an that lightens the land in China, and leads to the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Day 7 D7 July 18 Xian-Zhengzhou (511 KM) 8:00 Break fast Xian-Zhengzhou 12:00 Lunch (Service station) 13:00 continue the trip 16:00 Arrive Zhengzhou, supper and lodge Lodge in Zhengzhou Day 8 D 8 July 19 Zhengzhou-Beijing (700 KM) 7:00 Breakfast 8:00 Zhengzhou-Beijing 12:00 Lunch (Service Station) 18:00 Arrive Beijing Costs and Application Options of the Trip I Take the Bus: full trip service will be provided including directors, volunteers, securities and doctors II Driving Independently: drive your own vehicle, your vehicle must in good condition and quality, with at least two proficient drivers. 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