Zhang Baige, a Luoyang girl, has become a hit online again for shouldering her father to watch the national flag-raising ceremony at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, China. Why do we say "again"? The reason is that Zhang Baige has just become a trending topic on July 4 for buying a recreational vehicle worth 660 thousand yuan to take her father to travel around China.
"Such a heart warming act"
Zhang Baige and her father live in Yichuan county of Luoyang city, Henan province. Accompanied by her father, she went to Beijing to see a doctor. Her father once mentioned that he had a wish to watch the national flag-raising ceremony at Tian'anmen Square someday. Keeping this in mind, she helped her father fulfill his wish.
To have a better view, Zhang Baige shouldered her father just as her father carried her on his shoulders when she was a kid. "Dad, can you see the ceremony?" "Yes, I see it."
Video from CCTV
"Finally I helped my 75-year-old father fulfill his wish, and I should build a strong body so that I can help my father to fulfill more wishes," wrote Zhao Baige on Douyin, a popular short-video platform in China. The short video has gained 2.38 million likes. "Such a heartwarming act," commented a netizen.
"He raised me up and I will never leave him alone"
In fact, Zhang Baige and Zhang Shuangqi do not have a blood relationship. More than 20 years ago, Zhang Shuangqi adopted an abandoned baby girl and named her Baige. "I was raised by such a 50-year-old man who had never been married because of me," said Zhang Baige with a smile.
A screenshot from the video
Zhang Shuangqi did a lot of hard works, such as collecting scraps, digging out raw materials for medicines, herding sheep, arduously working at construction sites, etc. To ease her father's burden, Zhang Baige dropped out of school early and once worked as a waitress and a street vendor. She would also do some part-time jobs during her spare time by selling cosmetics and other products online. E-commerce has benefited Zhang Baige to live a better life.
To show her gratitude to her father, Zhang Baige stopped her work in 2021 and bought a recreational vehicle to take her father travel around China, such as Shaanxi, Sichuan, Lhasa of Tibet, Xinjiang, etc.
"Father is getting older and older, and no matter in what ways such as traveling around China or watching the flag-raising ceremony, I would do everything I could to fulfill his wishes. He raised me up and I will never leave him alone," said Zhang Baige emotionally. (Chinese source: Dahe Daily Reporter: Yuan Min Translator: Zhao Hanqing Yang Jiaxin Proofreader: Jiao Dan)
