Chapter 29 A letter to friends of blind children in summer camp

Dear blind friends: Yesterday, Comrade Xu Bicang, editor-in-chief of "China Literature Magazine for Blind Children", came to see me and said that the first national summer camp for blind children would be held in the capital Beijing.This news makes me very excited and happy! Children, when we are born, we not only have a pair of eyes, we also have a pair of ears, a nose and a mouth, as well as a pair of hands, a pair of feet and the skin around us that can feel everything.Therefore, in addition to vision, our senses also include hearing, smell, taste, skin and so on.And often because of the loss of one kind of feeling, other kinds of senses will become extra sensitive.For example, although you are blind, but you come to Beijing from all over the country this time, you will definitely feel that the air in Beijing is so dry and cool, the streets in Beijing are so long and wide, and the pedestrians on the streets in Beijing are so strange. Many, the people of Beijing, especially the children, are so loving and kind to you.Although you can't see the images and colors of Tiananmen Square, the Great Hall of the People, and the Forbidden City, you walk into the shaded doorways and walk up the tall steps one after another, regardless of whether you are stepping on concrete floors, jade or stones. Carpet, from the length of the walk, from the sound of the emptiness in the Tiananmen Cave, the Great Hall of the People and the Great Hall of the Forbidden City, you will feel the majesty and magnificence of these buildings.Especially when you hear the clear echo in front of the Whispering Wall of the Temple of Heaven, smell the tangy fragrance in the Rose Garden of the Temple of Heaven, when you climb the majestic Great Wall and touch the huge city bricks in the face of the strong wind, you can't I don't feel the long history of our motherland's culture from the bottom of my heart.When you hear the lectures and concerts specially organized for you, your excitement and joy must be much more profound and subtle than those of us who only watch with binoculars!

Dear children, I sincerely ask you to tell us all the feelings of coming to Beijing for this meeting, using acupuncture words or words, so that readers and listeners can share your happiness, and from your narration, Learn to use your keen senses with gifts other than sight. I wish you a happy and fulfilling summer camp life! Your loyal friend Bing Xin July 4, 1986