Just a month ago, 13 school children between 7 and 15 years old were injured or died in an accident at an illegal fireworks factory in Guangxi province. They had two things in common: they each earned just 15 cents for a pun ishing days work - and they'd all been left behind by their migrant worker parents. Their tragedy is the tragedy of millions of such "left behind" children in China. BON's, Hattie Zhao, has this report …
Over the past few decades, more than 200 million people in rural China have migrated to the cities in search of work.
And as we've reported here on BON, this mass migration has resulted in thousands of children being left behind in rural villages. They are known as China’s "left-behind children". Now one Chinese province has set up a system to house those children.
Today we will learn a little about Chinese games. Games are very helpful in training a child's reactions, judgement and ability to deal with the unexpected.
Rubbing and striking the knees. Extend the left hand with the palm resting on the left knee-cap. Make a fist with the right hand.After shouting "Begin!",rub the thigh forward and backward with the left hand, and strike the knee-cap with the right fist at the same time.At the beginning of the game,the left hand will subconsciously mimic the movement of the right hand striking the knee-cap, or perhaps the right hand will shift to the same movement of the left hand rubbing the knee.After gradually getting used to the game, each hand will adapt to its respective movement. At this point in time, another person may shout "Change! " to ask the exerciser to swap the movements of the left and right hands. To begin with, this exchange may put the exerciser in a muddle and cause some humor for onlookers. Let's teach this to our children now.
In this show it talk about health care of the chest. Here is the massage method. First, sit or lie down. Rub your chest with your left palm, from the left upper chest, to the right lower chest. Then with the right palm, rub from the right upper chest to the left lower chest. Repeat this motion with each hand thirty times. Then, rub your chest with both hands, first clockwise, then counter-clockwise, thirty times.
Women may also do this method while grasping the breast. First cross the lower arms. Then hold the left breast with the right hand and the right breast with the left hand. Next, grasp the breast with the fingers. One cycle consists of both grasping and releasing the breast once. Repeat the cycle thirty times. Massaging the chest may invigorate yang, promote qi energy, and is also useful for improving blood circulation, and enhancing the functions of the heart and lungs.
Today we will learn about health care for the eyes.
The first method is as follows:after waking in the early morning,close your eyes again. Then, rotate the eyeballs from the right to the left and from the left to the right respectively ten times.Next,sit with your eyes open and look to the left and the right,the upper left corner,the upper right corner,the lower left corner and the lower right corner. Repeat each movement four to five times. Then, before the bed time in the evening.open your eyes to rotate the eyeballs and then close your eyes to rotate the eyeballs, about ten times each.
The second method involves looking far into the distance. This can regulate the function of the eyeballs and prevent hypopsia due to the distortion of the eyeballs.You may choose to look far into the mountain, trees, grasslands, into the blue sky, white clouds, or at a bright moon for example. But don’t fix your eyes on one site.This can have the effect of straining the eyes.
Third, press the eyebrow from beginning to end. with the palm side of the index finger, and the first joint of the back of the thumb.This manipulation varies gradually from a gentle one to a more firm one until the area starts to feel markedly sore or even swells.Then,knead and stroke the points gently several times.This exercise makes the eyes healthier,helps to improve sight and helps towards curing ocular diseases.
When the 7.1 - magnitude earthquake hit Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Northwest China's Qinghai province back in April, it left at least 2,200 dead. It also left behind many orphans- all still recovering from the psychological impact of the disaster.
As BON's Kelda Yuen report - a group of quake orphans was recently taken on a special trip to Beijing just ahead of International Children's Day.