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Huang Zhongxian lives in Xiamen's Huli District's "Bilida Mansion" and is 84 years old this year. is 84 years old, but in addition to some back of the ear, his body is still very strong, hale and hearty, talk brightly, not the kind of old age look.
Huang Zhong Xian is a billionaire, but there is no rich man's frame and grandeur, indoor furnishings are ordinary sofas, tables and chairs, there is no luxury fashion equipment, and even an air conditioning is not, hot days several rooms only two electric fans. His dress is exceptionally simple, there is a dress or his assistant from the Hong Kong stalls to buy, only 28 yuan.
I visited the first day of noon, invited to stay at his home to eat lunch, he and his family and company employees a **** 12 people, gathered around the meal, the meal can not be ordinary. If others, on such a big age, and so rich, the day into ten thousand gold, it is the time to enjoy the great enjoyment of clothing and food, but he is so frugal and simple life as if it were nothing. When I asked him why he wanted to live like this, he replied in a loud voice, "I am already contented with this, contented!" Then he added, "None of those who preach great enjoyment will not fail in the end!" Huang Zhong Xian is so "stingy" to his own family, but very generous to social welfare, so far he has donated hundreds of millions of yuan. He is known as "the second Chen Jiageng" by the townspeople.
Before recognizing Huang Zhongxian, who would have thought that this billionaire was initially a poor child from a mountain valley. 1920, Huang Zhongxian was born in Fujian Province, Nan'an dock town of Xanadu village of a poor peasant family. The father's discipline is very strict, and often said that the most important principle of being a man is: thrift, simplicity, honesty and enterprise.
15 years old, Huang Zhong Xian body bones have not grown well, people are not as high as a stretcher, they decided to go to the South Seas to break into the world, from Xiamen on a small ship, across the ocean, went to Indonesia, to find his elder brother who arrived first. This is the most important turning point in Huang Zhong Xian's life. In the "country of a thousand islands", Huang Zhong Xian rely on hard work, dare to work hard, rely on "integrity-based", rely on the ability to grasp business opportunities, hard work, and ultimately become a tycoon in the overseas Chinese community.
Love for the motherland is a traditional virtue among overseas Chinese. Most overseas Chinese have a "motherland" complex in their hearts. There is a poem that describes: Tiananmen Square, Beijing, is the motherland's largest dock, no matter where the traveler goes, out of how far, his heart of the iron anchor, always thrown here. Huang Zhong Xian in various occasions, including the students to say: "I tell you, the most important thing is to love the country, love the country!" Huang Zhong Xian lived abroad for 70 years, witnessed the Chinese were bullied, discriminated against, felt very distressed. He said to the author: overseas Chinese without the motherland can not; the motherland is not strong can not!
Mr. Wong Chung-ham a piece of patriotic heart, not hanging in the mouth, but practical performance in action. He believes that there is no national strength, there is no status of overseas Chinese; and the country to be strong, only to revitalize the education, comprehensively improve the cultural quality of the Chinese people. Therefore, over the past decades, he has always regarded donating money to schools and helping the needy as his lifelong wish.
Starting from 1959, he has donated more than 20 primary and secondary schools in Nan'an City, more than 40 teaching buildings, science buildings, dormitories for teachers and students, to help build a middle school in Anxi, Changting Hope Primary School, so that these schools greatly improved the conditions of operation. Huang Zhong Xian in addition to special devotion to the construction of education, other public welfare undertakings are also sponsored, he donated for the five hospitals in Nan'an built 7 outpatient buildings, ward buildings, but also donated to the construction of Nan'an City Maternal and Child Health Care Station, Children's Paradise, the city of Overseas Chinese Federation of Buildings, it is worth mentioning that, in Nan'an, donated to build up the first skin disease prevention and treatment hospitals in Fujian Province, the addition of sanitation, medical equipment, and also personally to the leper hospital visits, condolences to patients, distribution of condolences In addition, he also personally visited the leprosarium, sympathized with the patients and distributed condolence money. In order to carry forward the excellent culture of the nation, the prosperity of Fujian Province, the literary cause, but also in 1991 created a yearly "Huang Zhong Xian Literary Award", has now been awarded 12 sessions, there are many excellent works have been rewarded. Last year, Huang Zhong Xian's public service also extends to the old revolutionary areas, donated 200,000 yuan to the Fujian Provincial Construction Association of the old areas, used to subsidize the poor "five old", the descendants of the revolutionary martyrs of the students in good character; this year, donated to the Fujian Provincial Association of the elderly to help the poor funds to increase to 750,000 yuan.
At the end of May, Huang Zhong Xian sent his "son" and Xiamen Bilida real estate development company, deputy general manager of Mr. Lin Zai Fa, on behalf of his old man personally to the Nanjing, Pinghe for the poor students in the old areas to distribute a large sum of money. Mr. Huang's scope of helping folks in need is expanding. over 40 years of dedication to society has exceeded hundreds of millions of dollars.
Mr. Huang Zhong Xian in the uninterrupted donation activities, and gradually produced a "golden hen mother" program. He believes that the money in the bank can not be guaranteed for many years to have a great deal; and invested in the Foundation, the Foundation for the industry, so that it can operate independently of the development of this money on the "live", the Foundation will have a large number of long-flowing sources of wealth, he said wryly, this is like keeping "golden hen He said wryly that this is like keeping a "golden hen", which can keep laying eggs. Now he has two "golden hen", laid eggs are used to subsidize public welfare, support a large number of poor children. A "golden hen" in Chengguan, Nan'an. Huang Zhong Xian sold Indonesia, Hong Kong's huge property, all brought back to the motherland, in 1993, in Nan'an Chengguan, built a building 12 floors above ground, 2 floors below ground, with a floor area of 12,600 square meters of the "Bilida Building", as "Nan'an Huang Zhong Xian Education Foundation "The permanent industry, the Foundation is currently the Fujian Provincial Education Foundation," the first major "building rented out, the annual income of more than 1 million yuan, all used for education in Nan'an City. At the same time, he also invested 150 million yuan, Xiamen, Xiamen, the construction of another larger scale Bilida building, as the "Xiamen Huang Zhong Xian Foundation" of the permanent property, which is another "golden hen", about a year can earn more than 10 million yuan. These funds will be used to carry out a wide range of scholarships, awards, scholarships, school aid, help the needy activities. 2002 February day, Xiamen City Notary Public Office, a shocking news, said an Indonesian returnee will, requesting a notary public, do not allow their children and grandchildren to inherit hundreds of millions of dollars of family wealth. The person who made this will is Mr. Huang Zhong Xian. The will affirms that Xiamen "Be Lida Building" will never be sold, not mortgaged, not mortgage or conversion, property rights will always belong to the "Xiamen Huang Zhong Xian Foundation" all the profits from the year-round lease, all for the support of the motherland's scientific education and welfare services, financial assistance, rewards for special hardship The legal heirs of his family could not have any rights and interests after his death, nor could they ask for inheritance or division of the property. In order to ensure the implementation of the will, his wife and his sons were all legal notarized, formally declared that they agreed with Mr. Huang's decision and had no objection. Mr. Huang made such a will in advance to prevent the "golden hen" from flying due to personnel changes, so that his public service could be continued for generations to come! Such a will in the world can be said to be unique, is the old Mr. Huang Zhong Xian personality of the highest embodiment.
A person to do a good thing is not difficult, it is difficult to do a good thing for a long time, a lifetime of good things. Huang Zhong Xian most of his life to do good, but never asked for return. Even his sole contribution to the construction of more than 40 buildings, there is not a title on his name. Building name to his hometown, "Xanadu" as the name, or generally known as "Yinhua building", "Jizhi building", only the individual with his father's name, or "Nianci Building Only a few used his father's name, or called it "Nianci Lou", to express his feelings of feeding. He did not ask for returns, but he gained the love and gratitude of thousands of children. When I interviewed him, he casually took three letters and showed them to me, "This is a new one, one of them is a senior this year, and he got a scholarship to go to college." Subsequently, he opened the drawer to the author to see, a drawer full of children's letters, the beginning of each letter is written "Honorable Grandpa Huang", Huang Zhong Xian is not proud to say: "Haha, look, I have so many grandchildren it!"
Mr. Huang Zhongxian is such a difficult venture and selfless dedication, composed a song of brilliant, touching life music, the party and the state of his patriotic righteousness, the country's heart many times given recognition. Fujian Provincial People's Government in recognition of Huang Zhong Xian's outstanding contributions, many times awarded him "Leyu Yingcai" honorary certificates, gold medals, plaques, October 1, 1995, the provincial government in Nan'an City, Huang Zhong Xian monument awards. In the same year, the Ministry of Education also awarded Huang Zhong Xian "respect for teachers, revitalization of China" shiny medal. 1999 October 1, the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office specially invited Huang Zhong Xian to Beijing to participate in the 50th anniversary of the National Day ceremony of the Chinese People's Republic of China * * * and the country by the leaders of the Party and the State cordial reception.
Now, the old Mr. Huang Zhong Xian's patriotic heart is still continuing, his brilliant chapter, will always be in the history books, shine a thousand years!