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我曾经长久地凝望那张幼童出洋前的合照,感动我的是,黑白照片上一张张稚嫩的脸。这些十二三岁的孩子要背井离乡,到当时被认为是蛮夷之地的美国,而且一去就是十五年。当我看到他们当年签写的生死契内容的时候,我震惊了。孩子们到遥远的地方不是去度假或者旅行,而是冒着生命危险去做这个事情,而大清国为此一年拨出一百万两银子。他们将面对语言、生活、学习等等的诸多困难。历史将本应该在父母身边嬉闹、游戏的孩子推到了风口浪尖,他们被赋予了巨大的期望,稚嫩的肩膀扛起了与他们年龄不
I have long stared at a picture of a young child before going to the sea, touching me is a black and white photo of a tender young face. The 12-year-olds were to leave their homeland to the United States, which was considered to be the barbarian place at that time, and to go there for 15 years. I was shocked when I saw the life and death deeds they signed the same year. Instead of going on vacation or traveling in the faraway places, children risked their lives to do this, and the Qing dynasty allocated one and two million silver dollars a year. They will face a lot of difficulties in language, living, studying and so on. History should have been frolic around parents, the game pushed children to the cusp, they were given great expectations, innocent shoulders picked up with their age