Handicrafts as empty nest elderly spiritual pillars

       &Amp;nbsp; now, &ldquo, and empty nest elderly ” has become a widespread social phenomenon. Children work on weekdays, will not have the time and the old chat. Recently was informed that several of Yang Yuan, Eastern chaidam community elderly people often do with crafts, Tickle each other.

     On April 20, &ldquo Yang Yuan, Eastern chaidam community; Liu Xiaolan, aged up to ”65 to make their own arrangements by hand schedule is: go with several older sister Enatsu to visit friends, it can be considered a spring tour in the spring. Today, she told the few sisters almost inseparable. In their own words, this is called “ join pension ”.

a few years ago, Liu Xiaolan suffered from stomach cancer, gastric resection for four-fifths. After the surgery, she felt that he should be happy to live well every day, with great fanfare picked up his various hobbies, hand weaving, sewing, paper-cutting, painting …… arranged like a small House Museum. Soon, neighbors found her work, have the door to apprentice. Less than a year, Liu Xiaolan Zhang Qiumei of Yang Lanfen, 65 and 64 years of age there are 60 years old Liu Aizhen became an older sister without a word about. Four children of the elderly are not, so we wanted to move to their own programs, to make life more colourful.

the eve of the last Dragon Boat Festival, several old rags together to buy a lot of color line, came back to get Liu Xiaolan, you pin me to sew sachets, we are happy to engage in a small talk, study and discussions with each other to do manually, a few days out of the dozens of unique sachet, to the Dragon Boat Festival day is sent to the community's children. To see the children smile, several elderly people also feel very happy. Later, the community sword teams need a group of sword of Spike, they hastened to purchase raw materials, well to the sword.

in addition to fabric, some of them also do cloth, beaded flowers, tied with silk flowers, woven Chinese knots, and so on. About in your home today, and tomorrow to her home, a stay is all day, the dinner time, invitation to personally Cook cooking entertain you, or directly go to the restaurant dinner, so you come to, several elderly cooked like a family-like, also do not feel alone. &Amp;ldquo; usually the children back, always eat dinner went, and these older sister together but we talk about each other amused, with feeling than with the children happy. Sisters used to say, we simply " join pension "! &Amp;rdquo; Liu Xiaolan Jolly told reporters.