Where was Guo Xiaodong born?

In Dafangqian Village, Qian Fang Town, Junan County, Linyi City, Yimeng Mountain Area, Shandong Province, like every child running in the field, Guo Xiaodong is growing freely. It was not until his second year of junior high school that he began to face the tuition fees in 34 yuan, which was a huge expense for his family, that he really faced the first easy choice. He dropped out of school. Facing his speechless parents, he simply said, "I can't go to college anyway, so I won't go." Children who grow up in poor families often assume the sense of responsibility imposed on them prematurely, which is out of proportion to their age. He doesn't feel wronged.

Guo Xiaodong worked with villagers in Weifang, digging sewers and cleaning up silt and garbage. After working for a month, I didn't get a penny, and then I was dragged to Laoshan to participate in the "Yellow River Diversion Project". During the day, challenging the body is the limit. It takes 12 hours to dig a well with a diameter of 20 to 30 meters and a depth of 100 meters. Living in a canvas shed at night, I can't breathe because of the heat, next to the trash can. Excessive physical labor, eating eggplant and melon every day, not meat. "At that time, I didn't know what to cheer myself up. I only know how to survive. I don't have many dreams, so I am alive. " In his spare time, he plays the bamboo flute, a skill he learned from rural artists since childhood. He keeps a diary to record the feeling of growing up and inexplicable sadness. Although it seems ridiculous now, the confusion and loss at that time vaguely showed my thoughts and sustenance for the future. When he tried to go home, all he had left was 5 yuan's money, and he borrowed 5 yuan's money from his fellow villagers, so at least he made up the fare to go home.

After returning home, Guo Xiaodong joined the propaganda team in the village. Both he and his younger brother like literature and art, which is the experience of childhood-mobile model operas and movies were performed in the village, and the younger brothers ran backstage to open the curtain and look in, and were driven by adults. He studied erhu and flute with rural artists, and later became the backbone of the propaganda team, playing and singing with the literary youth in the village and singing all the way to the village and county. At that time, he was almost an all-rounder, singing, dancing, hosting and gradually becoming famous. Later, because of these specialties, he was recruited as a worker in the county printing factory.

"Children in rural areas have their own unique ways. Maybe they didn't play the piano to learn music theory since childhood, but the natural environment and atmosphere gave me a deep foundation. The soil is too deep, and many things have infiltrated into my bone marrow imperceptibly, which is very strong and natural. Let me slowly find my own direction. " He said.