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"Left behind children" celebrate with parents by internet
留守儿童通过互联网与父母共度中秋
The Mid-autumn Festival is a traditional day for family reunions in China. But in rural areas, many children miss out on celebrating with their parents, because they are working far away from home. CCTV’s Jiang Qian visited a school in southwestern China’s Guizhou province, and has this report.
There are about 700 students in this primary school. Over half of them live in dorms, because their parents work in big cities and are not around to take care of them.
Meng Enmin, 12 years old, is one of them. He has to look after his little brother, Meng Enxin, who is only a first grade student in the same school. The day before Mid-autumn festival, Enmin excitedly seeks out his brother after class. They’re about to have a little family reunion.
This video chat is the first time the family has seen each other, since the parents went to Zhejiang over the summer. Enxin proudly shows off his new skills.
"Papa, listen carefully. I can count numbers for you: one, two, three, four, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten!" Meng Enxin, Student of Xuanwei Primary School said.
Enmin tells his parents he scored excellent in a mathematics test. His pleased parents tell them to continue studying hard and take care of each other. The two boys are so shy that they can hardly say happy Mid-autumn Festival to their parents.
"My parents have never left us. This is the first time they went away for work. They say they can come back home only once a year during the Spring Festival." Meng Enxin said.
Students like Enmin and Enxin are lucky. Not all families have the facilities to contact each other this way. But even with computers and phones now more easily at hand, the simple wish of the children remain on the Mid-Autumn Festival, that their parents can be with them everyday.
