Soong Ching Ling keeps pigeons not only because he likes this elegant bird, but also to commemorate Sun Yat-sen-he likes pigeons, and what is important is that pigeons symbolize peace.
She likes pigeons, feeds them and watches them every day. She learned the sound of pigeons, and they all flew back as soon as they heard the sound. After her death, the pigeons stayed in the garden, with a total of more than 65,438+000 pigeons. They often eat in the aisles and fly up and down in beautiful and energetic formations in the air.
Soong Ching Ling also used her spare time to sketch flowers and animals. Soong Ching Ling loved music, especially playing the piano, until he was 80 years old. After a hard day's work, she often plays the piano in the bedroom (she never plays in public) and hums some songs that she listens to her father sing as a rest. In the former residences of Soong Ching Ling in Shanghai and Beijing, in addition to some new patriotic revolutionary songs, there are many songbooks left by her father, including "Youth Hymn of the First Methodist Church in Nashville" (printed in 1907, signed "C. J.Soong, Shanghai" [Charlie Song, Shanghai]) and "Chorus and Loneliness". Soong Ching Ling has a soft spot for cooking. Soong Ching Ling's mother (Ni) taught her the skills and fun of cooking American food. During her long and outstanding life, Soong Ching Ling sometimes wears an apron and tries new recipes sent by foreign friends. When she is in Beijing, she will ask visiting foreign friends what they like to eat, and then unexpectedly cook some "home cooking" for them. The New York Times's encyclopedic cookbooks and other recipes with various flavors are still preserved on the bookshelf of Beijing's former residence. Even in America, there are Jewish cookbooks and recipes called "Pennsylvania Dutch Cuisine". [ 12]