By HU MEIDONG, ZHU XINGXIN AND WANG QIAN
Two brothers, Wang Kai and Wang Rui, take their mother in a homemade carriage to Fuzhou on March 2. Their 81-year-old mother, Wang Yuxia, sticks her head out the window to see the views in the capital city of Fujian province. Photo/ Zhu Xingxin / China Daily
Two adult sons tour nation with mother in homemade carriage
FUZHOU – Wang Yuxia’s husband once promised to take her to all the beautiful sights across the country. But when he suddenly died, it seemed her dream had died as well.
So it was up to her sons to carry out their father’s promise.
Realizing their 81-year-old mother gets carsick easily and they cannot afford to travel luxuriously, they built a three-wheeled carriage to take her around the country – powered only by their own feet and the determination to express love.
“We are not doing this for money or fame. We are just spreading the virtue of filial piety,” said Wang Kai, 59.
Fueled by filial piety
“Compared to what our mother has done for us, what we give in return is never enough,” he added.
During their first trip in 2007, they spent 265 days traveling across 25 provinces and two municipalities before arriving in Hong Kong.
This time, in 165 days, the two brothers have hauled the carriage more than 4,500 km from Heilongjiang province in the northeast to Fujian province in the southeast.
Their target destination is Taiwan.
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