Nurturing a younger generation
Program for children in rural areas aims to get them to use daily items in creative ways, Fang Aiqing reports.
Sustainable efforts
The program has been designed to engage as multiple senses as possible. One of the trials took place in the Dabie Mountain area in Hubei province in 2019, where musician Tie Yang joined other participants to build a multifunctional theater with white and blue plastic drain pipes.
One of the installations, Blue Daydream, was a percussion instrument itself similar to old Chinese chimes. The pitch was determined by the length and thickness of the pipes. Using disposable slippers as drumsticks and accompanied by a djembe (African drum), the children's band was able to work out the well-known tune of We Will Rock You.
Just some minor rearrangements turned the installation into an amphitheater where the children performed a mini play in English. They even managed to make a ukulele.
