The daughter was admitted to the university because of the aid project. The Xinjiang man rode Wan Li to thank him.
Li Zhiyuan rested on the way to feed the horses.
Enter the urban area of Lianyungang and be escorted by the police.
Schools aided by Lianyungang.
Li Zhiyuan, a 38-year-old from Kaigan Community, Mohur District, Horgos, Xinjiang, has traveled more than ten thousand miles from the terminal of Lianhuo Expressway at Horgos Port. Yesterday, he finally arrived in Lianyungang, the east bridgehead of the New Eurasian Continental Bridge.
Li Zhiyuan, who just jumped off his horse, told Zi Niu news reporter that he "tossed" all the way to Lianyungang this time, one for gratitude, and the other for riding "slowly" in China to see the great rivers and mountains and beautiful scenery of the motherland.
Lianyungang aided the school, and his children benefited. He must personally send a banner and thank you.
On an empty meadow in Baita Town, Donghai County, Lianyungang City, Zi Niu news reporter saw Li Zhiyuan and two dark horses carrying him for 5,000 kilometers. "This one is my mount, and the other one is used to carry luggage. It is about to enter the city." Li Zhiyuan said with a smile.
"I rode to Lianyungang this time and wanted to send two banners to the Lianyungang municipal party Committee and municipal government. Thank them for their aid to Horgos for so many years. My eldest daughter, Li Huimin, just graduated from Sugang Middle School and was admitted to the university. My five-and-a-half-year-old son, Li Yuxin, is in a large class at Horgos Gegan Garang Axi Kindergarten. This time I am here to thank the Lianyungang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government! " Li Zhiyuan’s dark face is full of sincerity.
Su Gang Middle School in Li Zhiyuan’s mouth was formerly Horgos Port Middle School. Lianyungang participated in the aid construction of Sugang Middle School, which was officially opened in September 2013. In 2014, a high school was established and the first high school students were enrolled.
Li Zhiyuan’s daughter was admitted to Changji Vocational and Technical College in Xinjiang from Sugang High School. The Gegan Garang Axi Kindergarten he mentioned is also one of the 10 bilingual kindergartens aided by Lianyungang in Horgos.
Zi Niu news reporter learned that in August 2014, Lianyungang Education Bureau sent seven teachers to Sukang Middle School in Horgos City to teach for one year, which solved the problem of insufficient teachers for junior high schools.
The vice-president of Jiangsu Port High School’s aiding Xinjiang told Zi Niu news reporter that Lianyungang City also sent a large number of excellent teachers to teach in Jiangsu Port Middle School, which brought the concept and mode of school teaching management in Jiangsu into middle schools, and the quality of education and teaching in local schools has been significantly improved.
This year, Sugang High School welcomed eight teachers who helped Xinjiang in the ninth session. They founded Lianyungang Class in the first and third grades of high school, which had a great influence on students’ learning.
At present, there is only one high school in Horgos, Su Gang Senior High School, with 784 students, 91 faculty members and 21 classes. In 2019, there were 198 candidates who took the college entrance examination, 56 of them were online, the online rate was 28.5%, and 19 of them scored above 500. The school ranked among the top high schools in counties and cities in Yili.
Li Zhiyuan told Zi Niu news reporter that his children have benefited from Lianyungang’s aid to Horgos for so many years. Li Huimin is a student who just graduated from Sugang High School this year. Zi Niu news reporter learned from the teacher that Li Huimin usually studies hard and practically. "He is a very good child." The news that Li Zhiyuan rode his horse from Horgos to Lianyungang to send the pennant this time also touched many teachers in the school. Zeng Baoshan, a former principal of Horgos Sugang Middle School, said that he was surprised by his father’s actions and was deeply moved by his persistence. The changes brought by education are not only reflected in the achievements, but also infected the ardent hearts of every child and parents.
Li Zhiyuan said that because of this, his idea of riding to Lianyungang to send a pennant became stronger and stronger. After four years of consideration and preparation, with the support of relatives and friends, he embarked on a journey on April 27th this year.
Pain & Gain
Wan Li sent a banner, and it was hard to get support from family and community.
From Horgos to Lianyungang, we have to cross many provinces and cities such as Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Beijing and Jiangsu, and pass through many no-man’s land, which is full of dangers along the way. For Li Zhiyuan, this is his first trip.
At first, Li Zhiyuan’s father thought that it was not a matter of a few days for his son to ride to Lianyungang, and it would take at least half a year to get there once and for all. He didn’t trust or understand. However, when he learned that his son had made a report with the community branch to the relevant departments at the higher level, and also wrote an application with the public security department, he was relieved.
Li Zhiyuan’s wife, Dan Yulan, told reporters on the phone that at first Zhiyuan said that he was going to Lianyungang. She didn’t know where Lianyungang was, but it was good to think that her husband had been in this ravine all his life, so she supported her husband’s idea. Now that people have arrived in Lianyungang safely, she has nothing to worry about.
Li Zhiyuan never reported good news but not bad news when talking to his family. When it comes to her father’s feat, Li Huimin, the eldest daughter, is very proud: "Dad should have worked very hard all the way, but he did a very meaningful thing. He set a good example for us and I am proud of my father."
Liu Yanchun, secretary of the Party branch of Kaigan Community in Mohur District, told Zi Niu news reporter that Lianyungang has given great support to Horgos in recent years, especially the construction of Su Gang High School in Horgos, where Li Zhiyuan’s children are located, and they have been admitted to the university as expected this year. He sent a banner to the Lianyungang working group, which is also the simplest expression of residents in Kaigan community.
In order to ride a horse, I walked more than 1000 kilometers and gained friendship and touch in more than 140 days.
Li Zhiyuan said that it is more than 4,000 kilometers from Horgos to Lianyungang if driving normally, but he has to find a place with grass and water when riding, and he has to walk around frequently, so it takes nearly 1,000 kilometers more than driving normally. At his speed, he walks five or six kilometers every hour, rides eight to ten hours a day, and travels about 60 kilometers a day at most.
Wan Li trip, although hard, but also moved. On June 1st, he went to a desert Gobi Desert in Dashitou Township, Mulei County, Changji Prefecture. After two horses ate the weeds on the roadside, they suddenly started to slobber and shook their heads, and then they couldn’t walk. It turns out that the kind of weeds that horses eat are called inebriated weeds, also called poisonous weeds. Ma Jianguo, an enthusiastic local villager, not only helped Li Zhiyuan watch the horse, but also instructed him to go to a pharmacy 50 kilometers away to buy an antidote. After three or four days in Majian country, the horse’s condition gradually improved. Before he left, Li Zhiyuan thanked him for paying, but the other party didn’t want any money.
经过哈密市巴里坤哈萨克自治县大河镇干渠村时，李志远突然接到妻子的电话，说她母亲病重让他抓紧返家。他把两匹马托付给当地一位考姓村民，并掏出一沓钱交给这位考大哥，结果考大哥说，“你要是给钱，就把马儿牵走，我不帮你照看了。”
李志远匆忙买票返回霍尔果斯，回家后老人第四天就因病不幸去世，他过了岳母的头七后才买票返回考大哥家中，继续他的行程。
一路下来，李志远觉得最大的收获就是收获了友情和感动，每到一个地方总有热心村民免费给他和他的马儿送吃的送喝的，什么都有，牛肉干、月饼、矿泉水，还有村民自家腌制的咸菜。
行程继续
带着母亲的遗愿 去天安门看升国旗
今年38岁的李志远，从小就是一个孝顺的孩子，由于妈妈生前一直有一个愿望，要去北京天安门广场观看一次升国旗仪式，但是直到倒下也没能如愿。
李志远告诉紫牛新闻记者，他妈妈糟兰香生于1959年，1998年加入中国共产党，生前一直是霍城县莫乎尔牧场开干村卫生室的一名村医。2011年9月11日，因连续多日带病奋战在脊髓灰质炎强化免疫工作一线，不幸因公殉职。
李志远说，他在十几岁的时候，就曾听妈妈说她想去北京天安门广场，观看一次升国旗仪式。但是她平时工作太忙了，一直没有时间去，直到这次他打算给连云港市委市政府送完锦旗后，从连云港直接骑马转道北京，替母亲在天安门广场前观看一次升旗仪式，他预计11月初才能到达北京。
昨天，李志远骑着马还没进城便引起市民围观，连云港市交警支队获悉后，立即派出三辆警用摩托车为李志远护航。连云港市援疆办南方处长表示，他得到消息后，立即将此事向连云港市委办、市政府办进行了汇报，并妥善接待了李志远，将其两匹马安置在新浦公园动物园里的笼舍，由公园饲养员照料。
连云港市新浦公园管理处主任苗学勇介绍，李志远的两匹马经历了5000多公里行程，非常疲劳，昨天下午到达之前，饲养员已经把笼舍打扫好，并进行消毒，接下来该园将精心照料。
采访结束前，南方告诉紫牛新闻记者，18日9点半，连云港市委办和市政府办相关人员将在市政府南广场举行相关的接收锦旗仪式。（紫牛新闻记者 张凌飞 见习记者 艾陆琦 ）