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Qiu Yisong, 27 years old, Yanshan County, Cangzhou, Hebei Province, China. 2010 July, Qiu Yisong lost his left leg in a car accident, and soon after, his father passed away due to terminal cancer, the double blow has strengthened the filial piety of his mother to take him to walk around China. The double blow strengthened his determination to fulfill his filial piety in time and take his mother on a journey across China.
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In July this year, Qiu Yisong, who was on crutches, drove an automatic car to take his mother on a "filial piety tour" around the country. He plans to use nearly a year's time to take his mother to tour the country. Lasted more than three months, from Shijiazhuang all the way to the north, Tianjin, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang ...... the farthest to the Arctic Village, November 25, they embarked on a journey to the south, has gone through Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanghai, Zhejiang and other provinces and cities. He said, "Other things can wait, but filial piety can not afford to wait". A few days ago, Qiu Yisong and his mother traveled to the photos circulated on the network, triggering many netizens praise: mother and son are so sunny, admiration, blessing!
Father passed away to realize that the son wants to filial piety, but the parents do not wait for the truth
Hua Shang Daily: Why do you think of driving your mother out to travel?
Qiu Yisong: It may have something to do with my experience, in early 2010, my father was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, and in July of the same year, I just graduated from the university in a serious traffic accident, the left leg was amputated. Soon after my father passed away, I couldn't fulfill my filial piety for him in time, which made me very regretful and painful, and I suddenly realized the truth: my parents can't afford to wait for me to fulfill my filial piety. Luckily, I only lost one leg, but if I had lost my life, I would not have been able to do anything. My mother has been supporting a family, so I hope to fulfill my filial piety in time. My mother likes to travel, I want to take advantage of her health, take her to have a good time.
Hua Shang Daily: How old is your mother? Where have you traveled before?
Qiu Yisong: My mother is 58 years old, before she went to visit relatives to Beijing, never specialized in traveling. The previous father was alive, is not recognized this matter of tourism, think spend a bunch of money, nothing to get, but also tired. And our family is rural, before the economic conditions do not allow to go out to play. At the beginning of last year, I got the compensation for the car accident, I intend to use the money to buy a car, take my mother to walk around and have a good time.
Hua Shang Daily: the compensation money are spent on self-drive travel, your mother agreed with you to do so?
Qiu Yisong: mother's concept is more traditional, she wanted me to hurry to find a stable job, to talk about the object of marriage. At first she did not agree, she thought it was delaying my time and wasting money. But I convinced her with my father's example, telling her that I wanted to take her on excursions to take pictures while she and I were healthy, and when I was old, I would sit in a wheelchair and go through the photos and remember the good things. With that recitation, she agreed.
The general direction of the tour route is north, then south, then west
Hua Shang Daily: What preparations did you make before you left?
Qiu Yisong: Because I drive time is not long, so I drove my mother before the tour took a short trip, went to Henan, went to Shandong, as familiar with the car and road conditions. There was also the fact that my mother had never been on an airplane or out of the country, so I took her on a trip to Korea before I left. I did the worst plan, in case something happens along the way, at least have taken my mother on an airplane. Before leaving, I also customized the online "mother and child clothing", summer, spring and fall, winter clothing, each made a set, so that people will know that we are a team at first glance.
Huashang Daily: How did you set the route for this trip around China?
Qiu Yisong: We didn't plan a specific route, but the general direction of north, then south, then west remained the same. Because we set out in the summer, we went north first, where the weather is cooler, and then south when it gets cold, and then we'll go to Tibet and other western areas when the flowers bloom in spring next year. The route is also often adjusted according to the situation.
Huashang Daily: How long do you plan to take to complete the trip?
Qiu Yisong: I hope to spend six months to a year taking my mother all over China, including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Neighboring countries that border the country also plan to enroll in tours. Now we have gone to North Korea and Russia. The process of traveling found that half a year is definitely not enough, a year may not be used, about nine months.
Huashang Daily: How is the mother adapting to traveling for such a long time?
Qiu Yisong: My mother felt happy as long as she could come out to play. In Chifeng, mother saw the grassland for the first time, she also rode a horse, very excited. In Huludao, she rode a boat for the first time, and she also lamented: I have no reaction to cars, airplanes and boats, so it seems that I'm good for traveling.
Huashang Daily: What is your budget? Any statistics on how much you've spent so far?
Qiu Yisong: Our budget is 80,000 yuan, after my accident, a lot of good people have helped me, so I also want to do my part to buy some school bags, stationery to send to children in remote mountainous areas. This part of the cost is also included in the budget. We usually choose a small roadside inn or a farmhouse in a scenic area, not caring about the conditions, as long as we can sleep for a night. I have a ledger, have been keeping score, to the north a **** spent about 27,000 yuan, to the south so far spent nearly 10,000 yuan.
Everywhere you go to collect stamps, smiles and mother's dance
Huashang Daily: I saw a photo of you holding a large flag with a map of China, which is stamped with a lot of stamps, why did you think of making this flag?
Qiu Yisong: After walking to Qinhuangdao, a northeastern businessman suggested that we get a flag and stamp it wherever we go, which is intuitive and vivid. He paid for us to do this flag, we go to every place to find the local tourism bureau to give us a stamp, mother believe in Buddhism, we go to the temple will cover the three treasures seal blessing peace, now just to the south, the flag has been covered half, estimated that after the cover may not be able to ah.
Huashang Daily: every attraction, in addition to stamping, what else is a must-do?
Qiu Yisong: We also brought a DV with us, and every time we go to a place, we will film the smiles of the people we have interacted with, and they will say some blessings to us. We also plan to find 56 nationalities of people, recorded their blessings on the motherland, now has collected more than a dozen nationalities. My mom is very excited when we have to stamp every place. She also likes to square dance, so every time I go to a landmark-type attraction, I take a video of her dancing to "Little Apple".
Huashang Daily: When did you get your driver's license? Is it inconvenient to drive in such a physical state now?
Qiu Yisong: I took the test before the accident, after the injury and amputation, my license was downgraded from C1 (permitted driving type: small cars) to C2 (permitted driving type: small automatic cars). There was actually no inconvenience, and I didn't feel any strain. The state also stipulates that those who are missing or have lost the motor function of their left lower limb can apply for a motor vehicle driver's license for a small automatic transmission vehicle. Although I have not driven a car after the test, but I was 8 years old when I could "drive" a tractor (laughs), so although I do not have a driver's license for a long time, but the "driving age" has been almost 20 years, the driving feeling is very familiar, adapt to it quickly, and this time before the self driving also I have practiced on short trips in Henan and Shandong