“六一”国际儿童节前夕,我来到了上海最大的少年儿童校外活动与校外教育中心——中国福利会少年宫。这少年宫是由宋庆龄名誉主席一手创办起来的。早在1947年,正是蒋介石反动派统治中国最黑暗的时期,饥饿和恐怖威胁着广大人民和儿童。由宋庆龄同志领导的中国福利基金会在上海建立了三个儿童福利站。当时条件艰苦,设备简陋,儿童福利站设在一 On the eve of June 1 International Children’s Day, I came to the Children’s Palace of China Welfare Society, the largest extra-curricular activity and off-campus education center for children in Shanghai. This young palace was founded by Soong Ching Ling, honorary chairman. As early as 1947, it was precisely the darkest period of the rule of Chiang Kai-shek’s reactionaries in China that starvation and terror threatened the broad masses of people and children. The China Welfare Foundation, led by Comrade Soong Ching Ling, set up three child welfare stations in Shanghai. At that time, the conditions were tough, the equipment was poor and the child welfare station was located at one