Let's count the stars together!

——Memory of Xiao Huangge’s outdoor camping activities

Counting stars with you is a pleasure in itself! Every attempt is a growth! Experience it with your children, participate with a group of people, and feel the charm of culture with a team. There are always different rewards!

? Children’s Day has just passed. In order to make up for the holiday for your children, let’s have a special experience! I excitedly took my best friend to participate in the Xiao Huang Ge outdoor camping event. Happiness is that if you want to go crazy, someone will accompany you, and my best friend is like this. This was our first time trying Xiao Huangge’s outdoor camping activity, and it was also our first time camping, so we were full of expectations and excitement! The children were even more excited and excited!

? On Saturday afternoon, we packed our bags and set off! Come to the folk village near Danxia Geopark and set up camp! Red, green, blue, and star-lit tents have become a beautiful landscape in the backyard of Hexi Expo Park! Tourists passing by were curious and like it!

? Because this place is very close to Linze County, I often go there. But there are always different experiences when you go with different people. As the team leader, Xiao Huangge led everyone into the expo park again, explaining and touring at the same time. The activities were richly designed, including sightseeing tours, camping and barbecues, and the passionate bonfire party pushed the event to a climax! Xiao Huangge has a dream, and Jiuyue Book Club promotes the connotation of the event, so this is an outdoor activity with culture, warmth, love, and stories!

The most excited ones are the children! The best friends reunited for a moment, and the children also reunited. They tried camping for the first time and slept in a tent for the first time. It was so exciting! As soon as it was set up, they got in and had a great time. The tent was like another wonderful little world! Take out your toys and play happily, crawl in and out noisily, and camp out with your children. Isn’t this the best Children’s Day gift?

The most important thing in outdoor activities is unity and cooperation. When setting up camp, you help me and I help you, and everything is completed quickly. After resting for a while, we got ready and set off. Xiao Huangge led everyone to the Hongshan Bay Reservoir near the folk village, where they walked on foot and watched the different Danxia.

The Hongshan Bay Reservoir is sparkling in the evening. The blue lake is as beautiful as a dream. It contrasts with the undulating red mountains in the distance. The colorful red clouds are looming. The nearby pavilions are simple and elegant. The fresh promenade is pleasant to listen to the wind. It’s not surrounded by white marble railings. Facing this refreshing water, I really want to call it the sea! Brother Ma, who was in charge of taking the photos, tried his best to give everyone the sense of sight of the tranquil sea in the photos!

After returning from hiking, the group ate at Xiao Huangge Restaurant. They had sumptuous and delicious meals, pure and authentic Zhangye taste, and a carefully decorated restaurant full of nostalgia, with screens from the 1980s and large round tables. Red lanterns, big carts and wheels... opened up long-lost memories of the countryside. I couldn't help but think of the scene of attending a banquet with my parents when I was a child! On the swing outside the house, the children sang happy songs, relaxed and comfortable! Like a melodious country tune, it has virtually driven away my sleepiness and fatigue for many days! Even my best friend Su Su from the county town came in time to get together with the swallows from Zhangye, play on the swing, talk about homely things, and talk about the children. It was so pleasant!

? Knife Mountain stands peacefully, and the Expo Garden adds a touch of the atmosphere of the elderly accompanied by stone rollers, stone troughs, and millstones! The setting sun may have dyed the color of Hongshan Bay, making it particularly dazzling! Travel friends are busy choosing and washing vegetables to prepare for the barbecue in the evening! Do it yourself, have enough food and clothing, everyone has their own fun!

Night finally falls, and the most exciting time is finally here! Friends from the city came after hearing the news, and tourists stopped to attend the upcoming bonfire party! In the small square in front of the commune, a bonfire was lit, and warm and jubilant music ignited everyone's enthusiasm for participation! Two children volunteered to be small hosts, and the crowd formed a big circle, Guozhuang, disco, modern dance... As long as you want to dance, then just let it go and perform it freely! Adults and children, men and women, are the happiest children! As Teacher Li said: Once you start dancing like this, you don’t want to stop! The passion is released most freely, and the laughter and laughter echo in the night sky for a long time! Although there are few stars, there is a blazing bonfire reflecting everyone's smiling faces. Loneliness is not there, worries are far away, everything is warm and beautiful! There are also adults playing the childhood game of hopscotch under the lights. Although they are no longer young, their innocence is still there! On the benches in the supply and marketing cooperative store, friends drinking and chatting are no longer busy and finally have their own leisure time! The flavor of fireworks from the self-service barbecue satisfies the appetites of adults and children! It is fitting that no one should fall asleep on such an unforgettable night!

? The night is deep, and the meaning is still unfinished. The lights of the tent are dotted. Lying in the tent, I want to count the stars and look at the night sky! Fortunately, the cement floor beneath me had been warmed by the warm sun during the day, and even though it was covered with thin mats, it was not cold. There was also a blanket sent by my best friend. I hugged my little girl and experienced the joy of camping for the first time. I had a sweet dream and it was really a pleasure!

When I woke up the next morning, the morning breeze was whistling outside the house, and I was woken up by the crisp and graceful birds! As the saying goes, the early bird catches the worm, so I woke up my besties and went for a walk together! The countryside is quiet, and the freshest time of the world is right in front of us. The Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers are in bloom just right, and the fragrance spreads everywhere, refreshing the heart and mind. Broad Bean tried its best to blink at us with bright eyes, and its purple flax flowers swayed in the wind. They were the most romantic girls in the group. When we came to the trail of the reservoir again, the scenery was unique again! A rare leisurely morning, my mood is as beautiful as the flowers!

After breakfast, Xiao Huangge arranged a free sports meeting for everyone, skipping rope, kicking shuttlecock, and playing seesaw, which is a combination of fitness and leisure! The visit to Hexi Expo Park added a cultural flavor to the event.

Under the leadership of the commentator, we walked closer to history one by one and approached artists who love folk culture and folk culture. We learned that Mr. Gorgo, the owner of the Expo Park, planned to build the exhibition and was committed to protecting folk culture. I was deeply moved once! Those farm tools, those old furniture, seeders, dustpans... and the "BMW" of that time - sedan chair, blue bricks and white walls, I feel more friendly in their simplicity! At the event summary meeting, I was fortunate enough to listen to a lecture on children’s education by an international student psychologist, which benefited me a lot. Indeed, excellence should become a person’s habit!

I believe that camping is a huge growth gain for children! My little girl has a special affinity with Xiao Huang Ge. She always likes to follow the team leader Xiao Huang Ge along the way, listening to his stories and exercising herself. The same goes for her good friends Cheng Zhuo and Belle. Their collaboration and boldness during the event were the best experiences! American poet Shel Silverstein has a poem that goes like this: Someone has to clean the stars/They look gray/Someone has to clean the stars/Because the starlings, seagulls and eagles/all complain that the stars are old and rusty ...Yes, sometimes our lives have become rusty and stiff! How long has it been since we came out?

If the stars are our eyes, please come out and let us rub the stars, keep our eyes open and go outdoors to discover beauty, feel beauty, and experience growth! Polishing our little stars and counting the stars in the sky with the children, isn't this the most real form of growth?

2018.6.4 night