This is a story about Jamyang (将央), a student from Tibet, he is now studying at No. 1 High school of Yueyang. Tibetan New Year (藏历新年) was on March 3rd this year. It was 9:00 a. m. and Jamyang's family were at home. 1. His mother and grandmother were making traditional food to celebrate Tibetan New Year. His father and uncle were watching New Year's celebrations on TV. Was Jamyang watching TV and enjoying a big meal? No, he was talking on the phone to his elder brother at his host family's. His host family is very nice. 2. 他们尽力让他感到宾至如归 . Jamyang's Han mother (汉族母亲) knew that he missed Tibetan food a lot, so she cooked traditional beef and onion dumplings for him, Jamyang found there were no differences between the dumplings cooked by the two mothers. Jamyang's Han mother has a teenage daughter about Jamyang's age who is really kind. 3. She always talks with Jamyang in Putonghua to help him practice. Jamyang has more chances to express himself, his classmates couldn't believe how quickly his Putonghua has improved. He's very comfortable speaking Putonghua now.
After that, Jamyang's Han father bought him a new bicycle as the New Year's gift. 4. 将央感到如此开心以至于他想和寄宿家庭一起骑自行车. They spent the whole afternoon visiting each place in the countryside. On the farm, they took some pictures. When they had fun, Jamyang was brought to the life filled with laughter and warmth. 5. At that time, Jamyang had a better understanding of true love.
Thanks to Jamyang's host family, he had a special Tibetan New Year. Jamyang likes Yueyang and his host family, he thinks the 56 nationalities (民族) are one big family.
