Visiting a Student's Family Who Raises Silk Worms for A Living

It took about 45 minutes before we reached the student's home.

Day 6

After the Cultural Day program in the morning, we had lunch together in a nearby restaurant.

In the afternoon, we did a home visit. A few days ago, I asked Esther if we could visit a student whose family raised silk worms for a living. She listened to our request and was able to arrange just  that.

I was glad that we could kill two birds with one stone: visiting a student's family and learning about how a farmer raise silk worms.

After lunch, we got into two separate vehicles and left our town at around 1:00p.m.

A traditional house for the Mao Lan Tribe - picture from Mao Lan Museum

It was about a 45 minutes ride from the school to the village.


Raising silk worms requires a large space.

A traditional Mao Nan tribe house had three floors: the ground floor was for keeping domestic animals such as cattle, pigs and chickens while the family lived on the second floor with the grain and farm produce kept on the third floor of the house.

We visited a student from the Mao Lan tribe

These days, many of the Mao Nan tribe people no longer live in their traditional wooden houses.

Rather they live in more modern houses built with brick and cement.

The entire main floor of the house was used to raise silk worms.

Following the Mao Nan  traditional way of living, this Mao Nan silk worm farmer keeps his silk worms on the ground floor while the family lives on the second floor.

Mulberry plants are grown to feed the silk worms on many villagers' farms.

Silk worms are fed on mulberry leaves therefore the silk worm farmers also grow a large quantity of mulberry trees on their farms.

We also saw a separate place where the not so healthy silkworms were separated and kept.

We spent some time visiting and chatting with the family.

We spent some time visiting with the student and her family sending our greetings to them.



















It was interesting to chat with the family and learned about the family, their aspirations for their children and their way of life.

Parents are the same all over the world. Whether they are farmers or merchants. or professional people, they want the same thing for their children: a good education for them so that they will have a bright future.


We also learnt that there are a little over two hundred people living in this village and that most of the villagers raise silk worms for a living.

The villagers talked proudly and fondly of the road recently constructed by the government. 

The villagers we talked to spoke proudly of the government who constructed a new road not long ago allowing them an easy access to other places enabling residents to transport their products easily to and from their village.

Esther presented a small gift to the family.

We presented a small gift to the family to express our love and appreciation for receiving us.

 A small village in Guangxi, China

It was a new experience for us to learn a bit about the life of a silk worm farmer in Guangxi, China and an enjoyable visit with a student and her family on behalf of our charitable organization.



R.T.
Student Home Visit
Guangxi, China