The dream of the old man in the "leprosy village"
Guangdong.Quot; leprosy village. Music, three couples of old people and a couple of young couples slowly walk to the wedding celebration platform, and accept the blessings of the live relatives and friends, the social love people...
this is the village of Linglong new village in Kaiping, Jiangmen (local "leprosy village") for the village old man and the village's "Guardian" husband and wife held a collective wedding.
wedding was held in the Linglong new village. From about 7 a.m. yesterday morning, volunteers and other people came here to prepare for the collective wedding. On the same day, more than 300 people from all walks of life attended the wedding, witnessing the exciting moment.
at 3:10 yesterday afternoon, with the joy of music, the three couples and a couple of young couples slowly walked to the wedding celebration platform to accept the blessings of the live relatives and friends and the social love people.
new people told reporters that it was very happy that the village was able to give them a wedding, and what made them happy was that the family and relatives who had seldom contacted each other had come to bless them.
Zhu Yufu's wife, Chen Fengmei's cousin, Mr. Wen, told reporters that they had more than twenty people coming to the wedding. "We don't know the situation in the past. Now everyone is clear about them. They are very concerned about them. This time we know they have a wedding, and we must come to the blessing." He said. Chen Guifang and his family members who knew the news also rushed to attend the wedding.
"at that time, Dr. Dong told us to take part in a collective wedding. We didn't dare to join, and we were afraid that we were not happy because we were exposed outside." Zhu Yufu told reporters, "I did not think, we took part in the idea of a collective wedding to tell the family, the family are very supportive, that this is a good thing, will also come to participate. They're here today and we're happy. " "
" never saw so many people in the village, "said Zhang Yuan, a resident of the village." today this is a 'presidential' wedding. The last village wedding is simple and few people. In this case, three couples were married, and there were more guests. "
love for years at last dream
Kaiping Linglong new village (Linglong hospital) Dean Dong Shumeng told reporters that the three pairs of old people married yesterday were the same year because of the onset of leprosy to the hospital, hospitalized and living in love in the hospital; however, because of the social environment at that time, plus secular ideas, they No family blessing, or even abandoned by their family members, nor have they held a wedding.
reporter learned that, among the three couples, Chen Guifang and Zhang Ruixin were the oldest, together for nearly half a century, and the other two couples, the youngest were Zhu Yufu and Chen Fengmei, and they were 63 years old in 1953 and two in the hospital for marriage. For more than 20 years, Zhang Taolie and Feng Jinhen agreed to apply for marriage in the hospital in 1990 and have been together for more than 25 years.
"there is a story in each of their couples, like two old people of Zhang Taolie and Feng Jinhen who can come together and have a story," Dong Shumeng said. "Zhang Taolie had been a discharged patient after a recovery, because the hospital had a lot of patients and needed hands, and the hospital brought Zhang Taolie back to help take care of it. Some of the patients, including 10 women, including Feng Jinhen and other women, and Feng Jinhen of the most serious, completely unable to take care of herself, in order to take care of her, Zhang marten to the hospital and Feng Jinhen to marry, so that can avoid embarrassment, the hospital agreed. "
"the success of this wedding is inseparable from your support for publicity and reporting." Dong Shumeng told reporters. At the beginning of this year, five, Dong Shumeng went to see Chen Guifang and Zhang Ruixin as usual, and Chen Guifang told him that they were married to two people, because there was no condition, even a decent meal had not been eaten, and Chen Boxi was hoping to have a wedding for his wife in his lifetime, and "eat a good meal."
this year, in March 10th this year, our newspaper "suffering a half century still owed you a wedding" was the first to report the desire of Chen Boxi to hold a wedding for his wife. The report was widely concerned by the society. The local, Guangdong and domestic media in Jiangmen and the domestic media have carried out follow-up reports or reloaded. Many social enthusiasts are also linked with the local hospitals, and after knowing that there are two other elderly people in the hospital, there are such wishes, the Linglong hospital decided to hold a collective wedding, and round everyone's dreams, and let more people care for them and care for them.
Linglong New Village: from "forgetting" to "famous"
Linglong village, located in the town of clanger, Kaiping, Jiangmen, also known as Linglong hospital. This is a place where local leprosy patients are isolated from treatment and rehabilitation, almost isolated from the world. Linglong hospital was founded in 1957. It has a history of nearly 60 years. At present, more than 50 leprosy patients are hospitalized. More than ten years ago, if we mentioned the village of leprosy, many people would always "retreat" and Linglong new village would be forgotten.
2004 July, Dong Shumeng graduated from the Yangzhou University medical school into the Linglong new village, and the year of the same year graduate from Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine's girlfriend Xu Na also settled here, the two people have become the only college students in the whole Wuyi area to the village of leprosy. Since then, everything has changed in Linglong new village.
2006 February 1st, this newspaper took the lead in reporting the two college students volunteering to take care of more than 60 leprosy patients in the leprosy village, and more and more people in Jiangmen began to pay attention to these patients. In April 22, 2006, the newspaper also reported the story of Dong Shumeng, 27, and Xu Na, 25, in the village of leprosy. The villagers in the leprosy village were happy together with them. Linglong new village gradually broke the isolation from the world and attracted a group of volunteers and enthusiastic citizens to visit.
"the village has changed too much." Villagers Zhang Yuan said that in the past, no one came to the village. Later, the arrival of Dr. Tung and media publicity, many people outside began to understand Linglong new village. "There were few volunteers in the past, and now they often come." To the villagers, what makes them happy is that with the help of them, they have traveled quite a lot in recent years. Villager Wu Bo said, "we can often go out to travel, many people have been to Macao, Guangzhou and other places, and we have seen people in the world."
this is not a wedding show
professor Zhang Guocheng, President of the Chinese Leprosy Association, who came to be a witness from Beijing. "With the support of all circles of society, the old people round the wedding dream, and this activity is very meaningful, so I must take part in the wedding," he said, "they can round. Decades of wedding dream can not be separated from the gradual understanding of leprosy and leprosy rehabilitation people over the years. It is a social respect and understanding of them.
"it can't be said to be a show. We tell people that leprosy is not terrible and can be treated, and that leprosy will not be contagious, except for some deformity of the body, and there is nothing different from the normal people," Zhang Guocheng said, "the leprosy who can join the wedding is lucky. However, there are more people who are not understood, accepted and loved, and hope that more people can know about them, leprosy and the rehabilitation of leprosy through this activity. "