Nearly everyone on the earth knows the story about the little match girl, a heroine of a fairy story written by Andersen.Till now, I can remember some episodes of it: At a terribly cold night, the last night of the old year, a girl with large slippers walks in a street to tout her match and fails to sell any box of match. She dares not to head home because her parents would scold her for her making no money. She has to sit in a corner to keep herself form penetrating winds. The next morning, she is found dead with a handful of half-burnt matchsticks in her hands. This story have touched tens of thousands of people all over the world. Why? The tragedy of the poor little match girl triggers sympathies of readers of generations.Now, I will tell you a moving story about a 15-year-old Chinese girl.She doesn’t sell match while she sells her skills of playing  Pipa, a Chinese Traditional Instruments.During the past Spring Festivail, while others were busing with preparing for family reunions, a girl, named as Xiao Ning, appearing before the gate of Guang Zhou booksotore or on the XiangDing overpass, never failed to attract throngs of pedestrians with melodious Chinese classic music issuing from her Pipa.When she interpreted Lily Flower(name of  a famous Chinese classic music), the sounds of Pipa were grace and agreeable which would naturally remind you of pink petals of  lily flower falling on the surface of a creek and drifting with pure and frisky water humoniously. When she played Order of General(another piece of Chinese Classic Music). The Pipa would take you to a battle field where tens of thousands soldiers were dashing to their enemy and the horses’ neighs,the clashes of swords and the whistles of arrows blended with each other.A vivid scene of  War  would emerged in the minds of pedistrians.When XiaoNing stopped her performance,a lot of people took out their pocket money and put it in  a pot before her. After knowing the story about XiaoNing,every one would be touched by her strong and optimistic charactoristic.

She is a first-grade student of affinity high school of Sichuan Music college. Because her family can’t support her study,in order to earn enough money to continue her study,Xiao Ning came to the streets of Guangzhou to serve as a busker with her father in her vacations.As to how many Spring Festivials they have spent in the streets of strange places,they can’t remember it clearly.

They came from Zhongjiang Prefecture of Sichuan Province.Her father makes a living on making instruments.Under the influence of her father,XiaoNing was fascinated with Pipa when she was a child.Now,the one-year tuition fee of Xiao Ning is near 8000 Yuan and her family can’t afford it.Thoughtful XiaoNing has followed her father to busk in vacations  since she was 8 years old.　

According to the introduction of Xiaoning’s father,they have accustomed to this wandering life, and they feel no pity for aparting with family during Spring Festivials. Mischievous smile always hang on the face of optimistic Xiao Ning.XiaoNing begun performing instruments before public when she was a child and she never feel what is fear or hard.Once touching her Pipa,the frisky girl calms down immediately.Turning reel,Adjusting stringes and brige,every act shows  taste of professional music player.When a music reaches its high climax, she would close her eyes and her whole body and spirit have been immerged into the appealing music.

When living in Guangzhou, they rent a run-down bungalow at a price of 300 Yuan per month.Inthe morning, they cooked porridge as breakfast.As to lunch and supper, they had to make do with baked cakes.On the eve of the past Spring Festivial, their friends in Guang Zhou sent them some preserved pork and this is their luxurious New Year’s Eve Dinner.Next, they will leave for their hometown to prepare for new semester of XiaoNing.Only if My daughter could learn some special techneque and could be admitted to college,the diffifculites we faces now are nothing,said her father before they board on a train which would leave Guangzhou railway station. I think,the optimistic smile of Xiaoning must be the most beautiful thing in the world.Yes,they are poor,but they are rich in spirit of independence.Before hardship,they never complain of it.When facing to unjust things,they depend on their own strength to change their fate.My friends,have you ever see any merit better than this one. If you live in Guangzhou now and when you meet them someday,please donate more cashes to them.We should applaud for and learn after their unyielding life attitude.