Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, January 9 (Reporter Zhu Di, Ren Yuyi) on the 9th, when the children of Shenxiang Primary School in Qingpu district of Shanghai entered the horse room, they wrote curiously on their faces, through brushing horses, feeding horses and riding horses and other intimate interactions, children truly learn and understand what is “chivalry”. Hua Tian, a Chinese Olympic rider, patiently explained and interacted, winning applause from children from time to time.
On the same day, the public welfare project “Knight spirit action” jointly founded by Huatian and his friend Huang Guangyu was held at Shanghai Shishun horse racing training center. At the press conference, Shanghai true love dream Public Welfare Foundation-Knight spirit Action Special Public Welfare Fund was formally established, and a knight spirit Action volunteer service team with Chinese Olympic rider Huatian as honorary captain was established.
Huang Guangyu said that this public welfare project aims to break people’s cognition of the image of equestrian “elitism” and enrich the character education of teenagers, let the core value of equestrian sports be more widely understood by the society. “By letting teenagers experience many skills such as partnership and horse House management in horse contact, they feel empathy, respect and responsibility.” Hua Tian told reporters.
The Children of Shenxiang Primary School, together with Huatian and guests, visited the horse room to understand the habits and daily activities of horses. In two and a half hours, children not only interact closely with animals, but also build a sense of trust and teamwork with their classmates through interaction such as brushing horses, feeding horses, holding horses horses, riding horses, etc, learn to try to solve problems and stimulate their empathy and sense of responsibility.
“The ‘chival’ is not to say how noble and elite it is. Its core value is empathy, respect and sense of responsibility, which is also the interaction principle between people and horses in equestrian sports.” Hua Tian said.
Huatian told reporters that equestrian has great potential for development in China, “but we also face great challenges. We hope that through the demonstration of the value of ‘chival, we can change our cognition and make the core value of equestrian more widely understood by the society”.
Huang Guangyu said that the “chivalry action” plan will be extended to more than a dozen racecourse in 10 cities across the country in the next three years, giving more than 4400 children the opportunity to receive character education, make them benefit from learning in experience.