Kunming: The statue of the old seagull is engraved with the deep affection of seagulls.

A bronze sculpture of an old man was recently completed in Cuihu Park, Kunming. He is an ordinary old man, and people call him "Old Seagull". /kloc-0 0 years ago, his story touched Kunming. 10 years later, people made a statue for him, which made the city remember his peaceful and humble smile.

This is the first statue of ordinary people donated by citizens in Kunming-a statue of nobody who was once suppressed by history at the bottom of society.

His name is Wu Qingheng, and he is an ordinary retired worker. He has been through hardships all his life. 1In the winter of 985, the red-billed gull from Siberia began to fly to Kunming. Wu Qingheng, who has been lonely all his life, seems to have met his children. He said that when the seagulls came, I knew that my blessing had come, and that the blessings of Kunming people had come. From then on, Wu Qingheng was satisfied with the days when there were red-billed gulls.

Although the monthly retirement salary is only 308 yuan, Wu Qingheng always takes out half of the money to buy biscuits, flour and eggs to feed seagulls, while he only eats two steamed buns and a bowl of rice and pickles a day; He wore coarse clothes sewn by himself and smoked cigarettes at 30 cents a pack. He never wants to take a bus for 50 cents. He walks from his home in the suburbs for more than three hours every day to feed the seagulls in Cuihu Park in the city center. The tattered cloth bag on his back contains cinders and branches he picked up all the way to take home as fuel, as well as a bottle of tea from an old beverage bottle.

Day after day, year after year, seagulls got to know the old man with hunched back. As long as the old man comes, they will stay with him for a long time.

Some people also began to notice the old man. Photographer Li Zhixiong is one of them. He photographed the old man and became friends with him. He promised to give the old man a set of photos and take him to Dianchi Lake to see the night habitat of seagulls. However, these two simple promises have not been fulfilled. One day, Li Zhixiong found that the old man had not come to feed the seagulls for several days. He immediately drove with his friends to visit the old man. When they finally found the old man's home, they were told that the old man had passed away the day before. In this poor old man's room with only a bed and a table, Li Zhixiong sadly saw a picture of seagulls scattered on the ground, which was taken by the old man with 3 yuan money.

A few days later, Li Zhixiong and his friends published an obituary in the place where the old man often fed the seagulls, and posted photos of the old man feeding the seagulls before his death. At this time, countless seagulls flew over. After a few weeks around the portrait of the old man, they landed neatly in the front and back rows of the photo and held a wake for the old man for dozens of minutes.

This year, according to media reports, the story of "Old Seagull" is a household name in Kunming.

In 2005, red-billed gull came to Kunming for 20 years. In this year, Kunming was awarded the "Hometown of Red-billed Gulls in China" by china wildlife conservation association because of its large wintering population, effective conservation research, great social impact of "seagull business card" and long-lasting harmony between human and gulls. In this memorable year, Old Seagull is once again remembered by people. A 2 1 year-old girl proposed to build a statue for the old man. At the initiative of the local media, she immediately received a positive response from the public and received tens of thousands of donations in a short time.

At the end of 2005, this bronze sculpture was completed. Zhang Wenxun, a literary theorist and professor of Chinese Department of Yunnan University, wrote an inscription for the sculpture.

"Old seagulls are heroes of ordinary people." Yu Jian, a poet, said that the past history has crushed many people, but there are still some people who have not destroyed their love for life no matter how tragic their fate is. China's traditional culture has played a role for ordinary people. "Citizens have a steelyard in their hearts. Many times, ordinary people will not easily express their attitudes towards life and history, but the actions of the old seagull and the voluntary donation of statues by citizens are all manifestations of ordinary people's pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty. " Yu Jian said.