Beijing. Chinese post-millennials are passionate about Party stories and visiting the birthplace of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Shanghai during their summer holiday.
Located in a brick-and-wood building on Xingye Road in Shanghai, the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China is packed with young visitors during summer holiday, the Global Times found on Thursday.
Visitors need to line up for at least 30 minutes. As of Thursday, the site has received 47,380 students since January, Shen Wei, deputy director of the site’s publicity and education department, told the Global Times.
Teachers and students reached by the Global Times at the site showed great passion for Party history and stories. A teacher from Xiangtan, Central China’s Hunan Province surnamed Zhou, told the Global Times that visiting the site helps students learn what they cannot get from textbooks.
The teacher said students are born in a prosperous era and need to understand the contributions of former generations.
Zhou Hong, another teacher form Southwest China’s Guizhou Province who took 45 students to the site on Thursday, told the Global Times that students are very passionate about the red tourism site. The visit will encourage them to contribute to society, Zhou said.
“We benefit a lot from visiting the site. We understand that it is not easy for our country to make such a development, so as teenagers, we shall make efforts for and contributions to the country,” said Wang Juanjuan, a middle-school student from Guizhou.
After hearing stories of soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country, a 9-year-old boy surnamed Xu told the Global Times, “I was touched by the story. I will learn the patriotic spirit from them.”
(In association with Global Times)
