In June 2010, not long after Qi Tian gave birth and was exploring effective methods for breast enhancement, on a Sunday morning 30 years after former President Carter's return to his hometown, Qi Tian and Yuan Jun met him in a Catholic church in Press City. He opened the Bible, found a passage to read, and then began to express his own reflections: "In fact, I just want to remind everyone, to remind all Americans, that there are many places in this world beyond our line of sight. God teaches us to love our neighbors, which may make us ignore those who are thousands of miles away..." After the service ended, Carter had already been standing outside, holding his wife's hand, leaning against a cluster of shrubs, waiting for tourists leaving the church to take photos with him. The two young Chinese people stepped forward, standing beside the couple, and the four smiled at the camera. Standing next to Carter, Qi Tian heard Carter repeatedly saying "Welcome you, thank you, hope you can come see me again in the future."
Weibo Recommendation | Today's Weibo Hot Topics (Editor: SN026) Share to: Welcome to post comments I want to comment
In August 2010, as their journey approached its conclusion, the two individuals reached New York. "When we were in New York, there were countless opportunities to see the Statue of Liberty, but we didn't go," they explained. Their reason was: "It's a too touristy attraction. We wanted to explore a more authentic America."
The American newspaper "The World Journal"
On August 27, 2009, the two packed their luggage, picked up their cameras, and set off in their two-wheel-drive RAV4. About a month after the start of the journey, the two young people arrived in Chicago, Illinois. In early October, their two-wheel-drive RAV4 finally crossed the Missouri River and entered the western United States.
Li Yuanjun and Carter couple took a photo together. Qi Tian and Li Yuanjun interviewed Native Americans.
To find real Native Americans, the two went to the Pine Ridge Reservation at the foot of the Black Hills. There, they encountered a Lakota family: two middle-aged women were busy around a car riddled with bullet holes, with necklaces and earrings made of colorful plastic rods and small pieces of bones placed on the hood. A long-haired man descended from the hillside, leading several saddleless horses, with two boys aged around ten, with red faces and ponytails, following behind. Seeing this scene, a little girl around three or four years old darted away from her mother's side, running towards the man. The man picked her up, gently tossing her onto the bare back of a horse. She instinctively grabbed the horse's mane, sat steady, rode a few steps, and giggled. Witnessing this, Qi Tian, who had hesitated for a long time, finally mustered the courage to approach one of the middle-aged women and struck up a conversation: "Hello, are you local Native Americans?" "No, Indian is an American word, we are NATIVE AMERICANS (indigenous Americans)." She said while smiling, "My husband can take you horseback riding, it costs 25 dollars to go around once"...
Both born in the 80s, Qi Tian, a Beijing boy, and Li Yuanjun, a Henan girl, met at a classmate gathering during their studies at the University of Pennsylvania. One studied architecture, and the other studied electronics. After completing their studies, the two made a decision that would influence their entire lives — not to get married, but instead to spend a year traveling across the United States by car from Philadelphia. Thus, they gained 60,000 kilometers of roads, 48 states, and 100 cities in their lives...