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Tekapo Chinese primary school students’ diary is here!
This article is reproduced from the official account: Kate Travel New Zealand KateTravel
Do you still remember this heartwarming story – a Chinese primary school student’s diary is left on the shore of Lake TekapoChild Zihandong, your diary has been settled in New Zealand! It has become a check-in point for Tikapo internet celebrity!Nearly four months later, the diary was back in her hands – full of paintings, graffiti and messages from strangers from all over the world.
New Zealand media The Press followed up:
The blue notebook belongs to a 6-year-old Zi Handong from China who lost it during her trip to New Zealand in January this year.
However, the diary did not disappear, but was picked up by tourists and left messages in Chinese, English and other languages, turning it into a Tekapo unofficial guest book.
“In this diary, there is no hunger, no war—the beauty of the world,” her mother said, “and even blessings from Palestine.”
By March, the notebook was already full.
Mom said, “It’s really an extraordinary journey to be able to return this diary to us.”
After she sought help on social media, none of her first few attempts to return were successful.
One month later,A woman from Northeast China who now lives in Lake Tekapo brought the diary when she returned to visit her family and took it to the northeastern part of China, and then sent it back to the Zi Handong family in Shenzhen.
It is full of “beautiful moments beyond time and space”.
A Chinese publisher has also contacted them, hoping to write a story about this diary.
The original diary inspired an increasing collection—there are eight notebooks in total—all of which are contained in waterproof bags and placed around the church of the Good Shepherd.
Xiaohongshu users shared more than 200 messages under the latest location topic of #Tekapo Diary, with a total of more than 22,000 views.
Some people suggest that local libraries should keep these notebooks.
Since Lake Tekapo doesn’t have a library, New Zealand media The Press contacted the town’s Kiwi Treasures and Information Centre staff. “It’s been a hit. Someone did hand over one copy about two months ago and I told the guy to put it back where it was… We knew it had disappeared for a while and then it was put back.”
The child’s mother said they wanted to keep the original diary, but hoped that the church could save the new ones later.
The Good Shepherd’s Church in Lake Tekapo is one of the most photographed buildings in New Zealand.
On August 3, the church celebrated its 90th anniversary, and as the first church built in the Mackenzie Basin, it became a permanent symbol of the spirit and beauty of the region.
