Chiao Po and Parents English

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This Powerpoint was originally in Chinese, sent to me by a friend

who downloaded it from Internet.It is about a Chinese by the name of who started to takephotos of his parents in 1974 when they were over 60 years of

age.

His series records the life of his parents and is very moving.

CCTV choreograhed his and his parents stories in one of the TV

series few years ago. That series left a dent in my mind.

s photos were exhibited in U.S. in 1998. They receivedmuch acclaim and won the highest award in the Mankind

Contribution category.

I have added English to these slides for all to enjoy.


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1974

1974

1998 12

1998 12


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20

20

My dad and mom


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1.41 71

1.41 71

Mom.

A tidy person

1.41 m tall

71 catty.

Born in yearof Ox


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Dad.

A strong man

with eyesportrayingthose of anunyieldingman.

Born in yearof Rabbit


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1974

60 62 1974

60

62

1974the first photo of my parents.with me

and my then-girlfriend now-wife.


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The first photo I took of my parents. They looked serious.


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This is a trail in my

hometown in China.

Dad and mom had

walked this trail together

for 70+ years.

They were born in thesame villageone in

the east, one in the

west.

They never knew each

other before they gotmarried.


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Higherhighera bit higher.Did you hear?


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So trueones life goes around in a circle.

Dont they smile and laugh like children?


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Every Chinese New Year, mom would sit on the

rock in front of the house.waiting, waiting and

expecting her son to come home.


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Every time I left home, I insisted that she not bid me farewellon the road. She agreed. But every time I turned my head,

she was there !!!


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6

6

Despite a new house was built, they still loved the old one.


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In accordance with our village culture, my parents

slept with legs touching each other.


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Dad got a splinter in his fingers. Mom put on her readingglasses to take it out.

You are not picking the splinter. You are digging a trench to

rake up roots!

Mom would calmly said, Oh boy, I am old. I cant seeclearly.


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Mom has bundled-up (dumpling) feet

since 6. Her toe nails were shapedlike snails.

Dad used to clip the toe nails for her.


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7 4 68

7 4 68

Its their 68th wedding

anniversary. They

decided to have a

cleanliness day. Mom

washed dad and clippedhis toe nails.


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Men in the front.

Women at the back.

Dad was always the

principal character.

As soon as the sky lit up

in the morning, momwould start her busy day.


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Yes, whatever you say. despite she did not agree.


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Mom got angry and fell sick.

During those days, dad worked

particularly hardcooking, boiling

water, housework!


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Its close to Chinese New Year, mom had lung problem and was

hospitalized. Dad was lonely and depressed at home.


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Mom fell sick. Dad was the Field Doctor.


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Dad performed a receive-the-bride ceremony as aprayer to get mom to recover.


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...

...

Do you have a fever? Dads way to express his

subtle love for mom.


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Its the Chinese Valentine day. Dad insisted to take mom out

of hospital despite her serious lung and other health problems.

Let me take care of her for a few days. Even if she were to

die, I would feel better, dad said.


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2

2

Three days later, the doctors verdict was mom wouldnt livefor another 2 hours. Everybody got her preparedclothes,

coffin. Neighbours came to say goodbye.

The next day, mom slowly woke up!!!


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68

68

Weve been married for 68 years. This is the first year we

couldnt spend the Chinese New Year together. Dad wiped hiseyes when he visited mom after shes rechecked in to the

hospital.


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(4 5 )

(4 5 )

When the flowers started to bloom after

the Ching Ming Festival (April 5), mom

could miraculously stand up.

She returned home.


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Dad loved this photobecause mom had recovered.


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Back to work in

the fields again.

Despite her

dumpling feet,

she would beat

dad in the walk.


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My moma statue

My dadan iron tower


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Its extreme temperature. Dad and mom would wash each

other behind closed (front) doors. Mom helped dad to scrub his

back. Dad helped mom on the same.

When he was young, he wouldnt do this for me.


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Co-operation without asking or telling.

.when dad did his carpentry work.

Unspoken understanding their whole life


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When his hip bone was

broken, dad still insisted

on feeding himself.

Mom was busy inside andoutside the house

preparing for the CNY

meals. No matter how busy

I am, its worth it.


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Let me get some wild veggies for the children. In the days offamine, these wild veggies were used to fill the stomach. These

days, they become a novelty.


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Dad wouldnt trust the young generation to work

with these old-days tools in the field.


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84

84

Mom, still work in the field?

Why not? Live and stay idle is not living!

This year, my mom was 84.


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Its Fall.

Together they saw

open the shell of acalabash .

a plant for food

its shell as a water

scoop.


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Telephonesomething new.

Lets try it.

Dad dialled. Mom held up the

receiver.

Why no voice or noise?

Mom blamed dad for not knowing

how to dial.


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Lets organize the photos of our grand-children. This

could be considered as a get-together for the New Year.


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Grandpa, you sweep that side, I sweep this side. Seewho is the first to clear the snow.


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Dad loved to read.Reading newspaper was his

favourite pastime.

He would relate the news to

his neighbours.

Any articles I put on the

papers.Dad would read

over and over againand

then relate the contents to

mom.


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Dad carried my grand fathers photo to the summit ofTai Shan, a mountain he had never set foot on before.


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Careful. Careful.

Looking after each other their whole life.


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Having lived together for so many decades, they were so much

alikein pose and in look..despite sitting back to back


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( 110 )

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How dad and mom marvelled at

a tree from B.C. 110


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Here they were, walking hand in hand, in

Tianmun Square, Beijing.


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Up at the summit of Tai Shan,my parents met another young

couple.


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We are great people

now that we have

scaled the Great Wall!


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Everything is great inside the subwayexcept

the directions.


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Enjoying the movie toy

for the kids


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85

85

I can blow out or

blow up a fire. I

cant blow out the

candles. I am trulyagingair now

leaks from my

mouth!

Her 85 birthday

first time with abirthday cake.


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Words after words of advice when sending her

grandson off to Beijing University


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8 4

The family photo.4 surviving kids out of 8. My moms

greatest worry was on my mentally-challenged elder brother.


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My mom joking on her own petite feet


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A shot of my shot of my mother


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Breaking out into song in The Temple of Heaven, Beijing


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70

70

First time on an aeroplane.their 70th wedding anniversary


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At my age, how can I wear this colour?

No, it looks nice on youjust like when you

were a bride.


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1996

1996

Mom, youd carried me for life. Let me holdyou up for once.

My wife took this photo of us in the Imperial

Palace, Beijing.


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90

90

Her 90th birthday.

Never

anticipated this tobe their last

photo together.


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2002

2002

2002 CNY. The villages group photo.

Dad and mom were the oldest among all.

M l i


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Mom was lying

on her bed in the

Ward.

Dads dead bodywas wheeled

passed her

room.

Nobody told her

his news.

But mom

seemed to know

about it.

She was told dad was

sent to a rehab center in

BJ.

How is he? she wouldask occasionally.

Then she would stop

short of her

conversation.

She stared on the bed.

A blank look.


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Lots to think about, isnt it?


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