I am Hao-Yang, a seventeen-year-old high school student. In Chinese, “Yang” means “ocean”—thus, I was born to have a close relationship with water: I love the sports and scenery on the water, the creatures in the water as well. I enjoyed the gifts of water, and I met a group of people on the water - the “Tanka People”! I was moved, I was shocked, I admired, I lamented, and thus came my 500-day journey learning the culture of the Tanka ......