“I can sing and play cards with my friends every day, and there are people to take care of me. During the Spring Festival, my children wanted to take me home, but I didn't go. I don't want to go anywhere. Isn't this home?“ said Zhang Li.

　　Here, she met Wang Mingshan from Shanghai. Despite a ten-year age gap, their shared hobbies, such as growing flowers and singing, as well as similar life experiences, have brought them closer.

　　Wei Yuying, 87, a native of Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan Province, has found more laughter since coming here.

　　“After my husband passed away, I was lonely at home, and it was difficult for me to go downstairs and get out every day. When I heard about this retirement home, I asked my children to bring me here,“ said Wei, who has lived here for almost five years.

　　A medical worker measures blood pressure for an elder at Shenyang Haiman Specialist Care Retirement Home in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)

　　To enrich the lives of the elderly, trips have been organized to various destinations, both home and abroad.

　　On the first floor of the retirement home, a world map made entirely of Braille dots adorns the wall, with red dots marking the places the elders have visited.

　　“Many people wonder, what is the point of blind people traveling? When they visit different places, they can breathe in new air, experience different customs, and taste different foods. Every time they return, they are in an especially good mood,“ Zhang Yu said.