On the evening of September 23, the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou was held in Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium "Big Lotus". Like the tens of thousands of audience, more than 200 kilometres away from Suichang, Zhejiang Province, an African Ugandan girl is equally excited.

Her name is Rose and she has been in China for more than 8 years. There are many labels on her: daughter-in-law of Suichang, self-media blogger, and Douyin influencer ......

In the past two years, by sharing the Zhejiang countryside life on Douyin, Rose quickly be famous on the platform and currently has more than 14 million fans.

Rose told reporters that the reason why the opening ceremony of the Asian Games is impressive, is the surprise in the performance ---

On the stage, 12 children from "Gonggeng Academy Music Dream Building Class" of Suichang County, Hushan Township, Huang Niling Village took part in the performance of songs such as "I Love You China", "Dream Heaven", "Beautiful Asia, A Big Home" and "Together in Love", etc.

Suichang Hushan Township is Rose's "second hometown" in her heart. Eight years ago, Rose was introduced by a friend to Wu Jianyun, a young man from the countryside of Lishui, and an exotic marriage began. After marrying in Suichang, Rose was deeply attracted by the green mountains and water here and quickly integrated into the local life. It was at this time that she heard about the "Gonggeng Academy Music Dream Building Class".

Founded in 2013, this village music class teaches instrumental music, vocal music and theatre arts to children in mountain villages through purely public welfare music education, aiming to enrich local culture and cultivate and select musical talents. Founder Dai Jianjun introduced that over the past ten years, the Class has trained more than 300 students one after another, and has performed on the city, provincial and national stages many times.

Over the past ten years, Zhejiang Daily has been concerned about the Dream Building Class and reported many times. This summer, the reporter came to Suichang again, accompanied the children of the Class to prepare for the rehearsal, and sang all the way to the stage of the opening ceremony of the Asian Games.

"They ask professional teachers to teach music and learn musical instruments for the little children for free, and they also take care of the food and accommodation, which makes me feel very touched." Rose said she hopes to have the opportunity in the future to let her son, Anzai, also go to the Class to learn music.

Source: Tide News

Editor: Bian Bingying