Wu Lijun, a student at the Huadu campus of Guangzhou Open University for Older Adults, has applied what she learned through open learning to help others find value.

Leading A Poetic Life

In 2017, Wu Lijun joined a class to learn poetry, and later that year she founded the "Rhythmical Sound" team. She led her classmates to apply what they learned and used poetry to help others, such as writing poems to visit cancer patients and encouraging struggling workers through poetry. A year later, she joined a class to learn how to play the guzheng, and founded the "Xianyuefang" guzheng team. While learning, she and her classmates held public welfare exhibitions featuring various artistic expressions, such as music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

Open university provides the public with access to pursuing knowledge

In 2018, Wu Lijun learned about the Huadu campus of Guangzhou Open University for Older Adults and deeply identified with its new educational philosophy.

Wu Lijun and her classmates not only started to attend classes at the Huadu campus of Guangzhou Open University for Older Adults, but also planned and implemented the integration of their existing teams, such as those focused on Chinese painting, guzheng, classical dance, and recitation. With guidance and teaching support from the university, they carried out their learning in an open and down-to-earth manner, helping retired elderly people find their own value and forming a self-directed learning community.

Be passionate for public welfare and offer the voluntary teaching

Cantonese recitation is a cultural heritage of the Lingnan region. Cantonese retains some features of ancient Chinese, and reciting ancient texts and poetry in Cantonese has a unique charm. However, with the passage of time, this ancient way of reading has declined.

Not only did Wu Lijun independently participate in the Cantonese recitation teacher training class, but she also held a "Cantonese Recitation" public course in Lanhua Community of Huadu District starting from 2019. She shared the knowledge she learned with primary and secondary school students, allowing more people to protect and cherish the traditional Lingnan culture.

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