400. My Fairy-Tale Village: A Second Photo-Reportage
The name of my village probably means nothing to the
millions of Chinese living in China, however, around here it’s known as “The Fairyland Village” because its
walls are painted with murals of fairy tales. But that is only one of the
reasons- it is also so famed because every year an international exhibition of
children books illustrators place their originals on show and people come from
all over the world to see it. Alongside this exhibition, the streets that lead
to the centre are closed because this is when the village takes on the
semblance of fairyland and hordes of children, like those from “The Piper of
Hamelin” throng every street, alley way, back yard, garden, path, trail and
lane, taking part in the activities set up in every corner.
These days are called the “The Children’s Theatre Fayre”, so named because throughout this
period hundreds of children from the schools around and beyond come to see the
shows in our village theatre And all this began because a group called “The
Pro-Loco” got together and set up the whole thing more than thirty years back…
and now we are famous, at least around here we are, which, after all, is what
matters since each one of us can create a kingdom of our own in our backyard.
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