Source: Guangzhou Daily
There are as many as 590,000 registered volunteers for the Guangzhou Asian Games, most of whom are from universities in Guangzhou. They are active in 53 competition venues, 1 1 non-competition venues and 18 independent training venues, providing protocol reception, language translation and competition organization guarantee for the Games. They are active in 600 urban volunteer service stations, traffic intersections, traffic stops, parks, scenic spots, streets and communities, providing Asian Games publicity, information consultation and traffic guidance.
The "Thumb Generation" is named after the "Thumb Action" initiated by Guangzhou volunteers-holding the "thumb" of "civility and courtesy make you great" and taking to the streets to persuade citizens to travel in a civilized way.
They were born in the 1980s and 1990s. They serve the society, help others and achieve themselves, and regard voluntary service as a way of life. During the Asian Games, the "Thumb Generation" showed to the society with excellent performance that they were a responsible generation.
165438+1the evening of October 27th. As the closing ceremony of the Guangzhou Asian Games drew to a close, the grand voice of the master of ceremonies sounded: Please welcome the volunteer representatives to the stage ... The audience applauded.
In the past 16 days, "Qingyang" and "Kapok Red", which were distributed in all corners of Guangzhou and silently dedicated to the Asian Games, became the protagonists on the stage for the first time. They put their thumbs up on their left chest and bowed to accept the flowers ... The flowers reddened their youthful faces, and the spotlight lit up their confident eyes.
In the past 16 days, no matter in crowded competition venues, busy traffic intersections, parks and scenic spots where people come and go, or in a quiet street corner of a community, people can encounter such faces and eyes: they may be "led by the audience" with their backs to the stage; They may be guides standing in the corner; They may be "corridor brothers" sitting alone in the dark corridor of a real estate; They may also be "subway brothers" who are stationed in subway cars every day. ...
In their view, being a volunteer for the Asian Games is hard, but it's worth it. There is no high or low, only a sincere heart; Being able to participate, even standing in the corner, feels that you are shining.
The Guangzhou Asian Games provided the best platform for the "Thumb Generation" to show their elegance, and 590,000 volunteers silently contributed a total of 30.66 million hours of service. As a group, they showed the brilliance of youth to the world on this stage; As individuals, they get different experiences.
An experience is "very hard, not necessarily happy, but it will definitely be worth it"
At the closing ceremony, Liang Xiaoli, a volunteer standing in the audience of 1 16 on the third floor, faced the audience and turned his back to the stage all night, just like all other volunteers on the scene.
"We didn't watch the program, which is the minimum requirement for volunteers." After the party, the girls from the sociology department of Guangzhou University told reporters that they went to Haixinsha at 9: 00 in the morning to prepare, and stood under the stage where they served at 3: 30 in the afternoon, learning the use of props, practicing gestures and mobilizing the audience's emotions. After the audience enters the venue, they will be guided to the table one by one. "After the audience was full, they led everyone to shout slogans and I taught them to play with props." She smiled like a child when she said this.
During the two hours of the closing ceremony, her hands and mouth hardly stopped. During the whole performance, they either waved their hands and beat the beat, or guided the audience to "play with props". I can hear her voice hoarse.
"Very hard, but very happy!" Being at the scene, I didn't see the moment when the flame went out with my own eyes, but it didn't affect her and her friends' mood at all. After the party, a group of people took a group photo in front of the cauldron.
Of course, not every volunteer can "hear" the wonderful opening and closing ceremonies.
Zhang Haodong of South China Normal University is a volunteer in the school gymnasium. His daily job is to receive refreshments. "Because there are too many places for suppliers to deliver, the refreshments planned to be delivered at 1 1 the night before are often delivered at 3: 30 or even 5: 00 the next morning." Zhang Haodong often waits until dawn.
"Hard work is certain, and not everyone is happy." Xiao Wu, a volunteer who works in a badminton stadium, admits that he doesn't want to exaggerate the happiness of being a volunteer in a "very high-profile" way. "In fact, being a volunteer is often misunderstood, and the grievances between them are very long." He said, "but I am willing to stick to it, because I regard all this as my life experience before entering the society and as my spiritual wealth on the road to growth, so I think it is worthwhile."
A platform "has no threshold, no hierarchy, only a dedicated heart"
Young-fly-wang is a senior majoring in Indonesian-Malay in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, and worked as an interpreter for dragon boat races during the Asian Games. She needs to sort out what the athletes said in the interview and send it to the media platform for the media to adopt.
"In the competition, we must reach the finish line ahead of time and wait for the athletes. Every time we face the sun, we are blinded by the sun and try our best to apply sunscreen every day, but we are still tanned. " She said with a smile. "I am particularly excited to see reports quoting my own materials. Seeing that they all use their own interviews and translations, I feel that my work is very meaningful and that what I have learned has a platform to serve the society. "
"In the past, we also wanted to serve the society, but we always felt far away from ourselves, or only some' elites' in the school could participate in some social affairs." On the day of the closing ceremony, Xiao Yang, a third-year student of Guangzhou University who volunteered outside the venue, told reporters that what made him most happy was that the volunteer service of the Asian Games provided a platform for everyone to participate on an equal footing. "This platform has no threshold. No one will ask us whether our grades are excellent or not, whether we are student cadres, as long as we have a heart to serve athletes, the media and the audience. "
"On this platform, we won't feel that the service work is high or low because of the different division of labor," Xiao Yang said. Some students have advantages in foreign languages and do translation. Some students can dance well and do etiquette. "I don't think people who do etiquette are higher than those who lead us to the end."
Xiao Yang said: "I enjoy this equality, not the pleasure of volunteering for others."
harvest
"Being able to participate, even standing in the corner, I feel that I am shining."
At the opening ceremony of the Asian Games, etiquette volunteer Wu Yi "became famous with a smile" and became a network celebrity "smiling sister". City volunteer Ma Ting was so tired that she fell asleep standing on the subway. He was photographed by a photographer and called "the cutest person".
However, more volunteers stay away from cameras and spotlights. At a quiet intersection, in an underground passage, or in a crowded station square, volunteers may stand. Even, they may stand there all day and not be "needed" once.
165438+1On the evening of October 23rd, the first rehearsal for the closing ceremony of the Asian Games was held. Volunteer "Tian Tian" stood at a crossroads outside Haixin battlefield. She told reporters that she had been standing there since the road was closed. "In fact, after the road was closed, almost no one passed by. Are you asking me because you are going the wrong way? " "Then why are you still standing here?" "My post is coming!"
"Then what do you think is the point of standing here all night?" The reporter asked again. "What is meaningful?" She asked with a smile on her face: "There are hundreds of thousands of people who volunteered for the Asian Games. Who can say that standing on the podium is meaningful? I believe that most volunteers, like me, are doing obscure work. No one will remember each of us, but this is a way for us to express ourselves, and we don't need to return. " She said, "Being able to participate, even standing in the corner, I feel that I am shining."
The reporter asked her name. She said that in order to prove that she didn't mean to be high-profile, she was called "Tian Tian".
Experts say
"This generation of volunteers can be called' Thumb Generation'." Professor Tan Jianguang, vice president of Guangdong Volunteers Federation, said that the core spirit of "Thumb" includes five aspects: pride, encouragement, responsibility, friendliness and happiness. This generation is dominated by "post-80s" and "post-90s". They regard participating in social service as a way of life, voluntarily and actively assume social responsibilities, and take pleasure in it, in the process of publicizing their individuality and showing their value.
"The Guangzhou Asian Games provided a platform for this generation to show their styles very intensively in a short time." Tan Jianguang believes that the performance of volunteers proves that they are a generation with a sense of responsibility and social responsibility. "They will be able to take the lead in shouldering heavy responsibilities."