My father is 82 years old and my mother was born in 1956
We used to live in Beijing
We come to Dazhuang village of Tengchong
Mainly for elderly care of my parents
We signed a 30-year lease
On this piece of land
Rent is about 1.8 million yuan
Building the house costs over 3 million yuan
They have great food, temperature and air here
We'd like to invest in health
For a nice place to live and nice food
My parents lived in Beijing before they moved here
Their day is basically composed of grocery stores
Walks in the community
And staying at home
In 2019, my father was hit by a car in Beijing
Then I thought, they are aging anyway
May as well let them spend their senior years in Tengchong
With its high forest coverage rate
And hot springs
Neighbouring the ancient town of Heshun
And a small forest in the area
It covers an area
Of about six to seven hundred square meters
Halfway up the mountain
Where you can overlook the entire town
I didn't set out to build a huge place
But in consideration of visitors
They would need a cozy place to crush in
My father would invite his friends over too
And for the rest of the time, we do homestays
There are 6 buildings
Divided into front and back yard
My parents live in the back yards
Which enjoys more privacy
The front yard has white walls and green tiles
Rice husks is mixed into the wall paint
Local materials can been seen in the yard
Volcanic stones used as bricks
Such red volcanic stones as decoration
Everything is made of wood
No nails
We have also a small fish pond in the back yard
When it rains, raindrops fall right into the pond 44 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,279 It is just beautiful
Living room in the middle
Approachable on both sides
You can see the pond in the back
As well as the front yard
This is my favorite part
My father sits in the middle and presides over the whole yard
A tea table is arranged in the best location
Where you can see the forest and the town
Enjoy the landscape over a cup of tea
The house is designed for my parents to spend their senior years
So anti-skid is very important
Volcanic stones realize this function
I built the road outside myself
My father calls it the golden avenue
He talks a walk here everyday
At the very beginning
I asked them to live here for a month
To decide whether they can adapt to local life
Finally we settled on this place
Dazhuang village, "the village that won't burn in the sun"
A place with year-round sunshine
We keep our gates open
We'd talk to each other when we meet on the road
There is no such thing as estrangement
My mother has been dancing and playing tai chi
And now is promoted the coach of the dance team of Heshun Village, Tengchong
She gets along well with her dance mates
My father would walk around in the village
Visit the ancient town
He didn't do exercises together with my mother back in Beijing
Now he would engage in such activities
Playing tai chi, doing horse stance
He is willing to change his lifestyle
With their senior citizen ID
They can take the bus for free 80 00:03:50,479 --> 00:03:53,240 They'd go to the hot spring once in a while
We also go to the local fair
On the fair there are vegetables grown locally
Fresh eggs
Freshly slaughtered cattle and sheep
Everything is organic
Very low cost of living
In terms of basic necessities of life
The cost here is only 1/5 or 2/5 that of the city
Medicare is not available here
Every prescription lasts two months
I buy medicine in hospitals in Beijing and have it delivered
They usually receive it the next day
I come here during holidays
When we lived closer we didn't have such close contact
We'd go travel on holidays before
Now we spend holidays with our parents instead
I guess that's what we should do on holidays