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Qian (Michelle) YangSecret Pathsigrew up with my grandparents in China. We lived in a typical old Chinesehouse. This house was passed down from generation to generation, soit had a long history and was very old. It was a two-story house with a biggarden. Actually, it looked like a normal house, but it wasn’t because therewere many paths under it. We called them the “secret paths.”The “secret paths” were a really complicated construction. Theylooked like the innumerable branches of a tree, but on the other hand, theywere organized. The entrance to the underpass was in the kitchen. It was noteasy to find because the door was hidden behind the cabinet. When you wentthough the “fake door,” you would see there was a long staircase leadingunderground. It was dark in there, so when you went in, you had to bring aflashlight. Down the staircase, you would see a big basement room with a lotof old stuff, such as chairs, broken desks and abundant farm tools. It seemedlike nothing special, but when you looked carefully, you would find a smallwooden door on the right side of the room. Behind the door, there were manypaths pointing in different directions. You could go to your neighbor’s homeand other villagers’ homes by using the “secret paths.” However, these pathswere only used when our village was in danger, or if there was an emergency.When I was a child, I liked to playhide-and-seek in there with my friendsbecause it was difficult to be found, andthe funny thing was that sometimes I alsogot lost in there. But my grandparentsalways told me, “Don’t play in there.” Thatwas the secret of our village. If we played in there, the paths could easily bediscovered by another person who lived outside of our village. But you knowthat children always do something that their parents don’t like, and we stillloved to play in there.Passing Down47QIAN (MICHELLE) YANGMy grandparentsALWAYS told me,‘Don’t play in there.’
Unfortunately, the house and the “secret paths” were destroyed by anearthquake on May 12, 2008, in the southwestern part of China. Even thoughthe earthquake destroyed the “secret paths” and some of the houses in thevillage, I will never forget the experiences that I had there. Luckily, there arestill some “secret paths” in another village, and after the earthquake, theybecame a tourist attraction and brought in a lot of money, which is going tobe used to rebuild my grandparents’ village.QIAN (MICHELLE) YANG Passing Down48Qian (Michelle) Yang is 21 years old and has lived in New York for two years. Shewrites, “I was born in Sichuan Province, China. I belong to the Qiang ethnicminority. Now I’m a student at the Borough of Manhattan Community College.”Qian (Michelle) Yang thanks her English teacher, Heidi Fischer, at the Adult andContinuing Education Program, for being most helpful to her. She adds, “I likesinging, dancing, and yoga.”
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