夏令营(Summer Camp),起源于美国,亦被称游学。1861年夏天,来自康乃迪克州的教师肯恩,率领孩童“肯恩营队”在一片森林的湖畔,进行为期两周的登山、健行、帆船、钓鱼等户外活动,并持续进行了12年之久。肯恩得出结论:夏令营是让孩子在自然环境中关心别人,在克服困境中建立自信;在团队竞赛中与人合作,在学习过程中积累能力。在中国,夏令营从新中国成立后出现,经历了一段漫长的发展期。如今,夏令营有了更广的含义,一些以大中学生甚至研究生为主体的类似暑期学校一样的活动有时也冠以夏令营的名称。全国台联组织台胞青年夏令营,时间非常早,在上世纪80年代初就已经开始了。而千人夏令营则于2004年开始组织,至今也已七届。主要对象是台湾岛内和海外台胞大学生和研究生。目前,千人以上规模,主要由全国台联和各地方台联共同组织举办。现已形成了一个品牌。特别是在台湾岛内,说到来大陆参加夏令营活动,全国台联组织的活动则成为台湾学生的首选,由此可知其影响力。本届夏令营共分4个团,下设34个营。活动从7月6日起至7月10日止,在北京共活动5天。之后,千名台湾青年将分赴全国25个省市继续感受祖国灿烂的中华文化和壮美的河山…… Summer Camp, originated in the United States, is also known as the study tour. In the summer of 1861, Kennedy, a teacher from Connecticut, headed the “Camp Ken Camp” for two weeks of outdoor activities such as hiking, hiking, sailing and fishing on a forest lake, and continued 12 years old. Ken concluded that summer camp is about having children care about others in their natural environment, building confidence in overcoming difficulties, working with people in a team competition, and building their abilities in the learning process. In China, the summer camp emerged from the founding of new China and has experienced a long period of development. Nowadays, summer camps have a broader meaning. Some summer school-like activities, mainly composed of students at large, middle schools and even graduates, are sometimes crowned summer camps. The National Taiwan University organized the Taiwan compatriots’ summer camp very early, and it has already begun in the early 1980s. The 1,000 summer camp was organized in 2004 and has now been held for seven times. The main targets are Taiwanese and overseas students and graduate students in Taiwan. At present, the scale of more than one thousand people is mainly jointly organized by the National Taiwan Strait and local Taiwan Strait parties. Has now formed a brand. Especially in the island of Taiwan, when it comes to participating in summer camp activities in the Mainland, the activities organized by the National Taiwan Strait have become the first choice for students in Taiwan and we can see their influence. This summer camp is divided into 4 groups, under the 34 camp. Activities from July 6 until July 10, a total of five days in Beijing. Afterwards, a thousand Taiwanese youth will be sent to 25 provinces and cities nationwide to continue to experience the splendid Chinese culture and magnificent rivers and mountains of the motherland ......