China News Service, Ningxia Wuzhong, July 1st, Question: Old Party Members Collect Newspapers and Newspapers

　　China News reporter Yu Jing

　　"These newspapers and journals record changes in the times, and my collection of newspapers is the history of collection." 75-year-old Li Zhuting has more than 40 years of party experience. He has served in the military area and has developed the habit of collecting newspapers. In the past 50 years, he has collected nearly 1,000 newspapers and newspapers. It records the past years and the vicissitudes of society.

　　On the day of the July 1st Party, the reporter came to Li Zhuting's house in Litong District, Wuzhong City, Ningxia. Entering the house, as if walking into the ocean of newspapers, Li Zhuting specially vacated a room to serve as a "newsroom", and on the ground and window sills were placed the newspapers he had collected for 50 years according to different category codes.

　　Turning through the old yellowed newspapers, one after another, recording news articles and pictures of the Chinese people's fight against the Japanese invaders, it was shocking; one article showing the earth-shaking changes in their hometowns was inspiring.

Li Zhuting is looking for newspapers in his "newspaper library". Yu Jingshe

　　Li Zhuting said, don't read the newspaper is just a few sheets of paper. In fact, it is "living history." It records the present, and inherits history. It is the most vivid and intuitive form for future generations to understand the past.

　　Speaking of newspaper clippings, Li Zhuting said that he had served in the Lanzhou Military Region for 18 years and then transferred to Wuzhong Sanlian Company. Because he is engaged in political work in the army, he is more concerned about current affairs than others. Since then, he has developed the habit of collecting and cutting materials on party history and military history. Who knows that this cut is 50 years.

　　For 50 years, Li Zhuting has treated every newspaper as a treasure. Various newspapers of all ages have been collected. For ease of reference, he has specifically classified his newspaper clippings into political, military, and collections. Several categories. In addition to national events, he is also very concerned about the development of his hometown. As long as it is a major event in his hometown, he cut it from the newspaper.

　　"The purpose of my newspaper clippings is very simple, to be a recorder, to record changes in the country and hometown, to record important events that people care about, and to look at them frequently. It can not only increase knowledge, but also a love for the motherland and hometown. "" Li Zhuting said with a smile, his family would subscribe to several newspapers every year, and sometimes he would go to other units to "scratch" newspapers.

Li Zhuting is tearing the newspaper with a ruler. Yu Jingshe

　　After so many years, Li Zhuting moved his home eight times, but these newspapers are still carried by his side, and he is reluctant to throw it away. He has collected newspaper clippings for 50 years, collected dozens of newspapers, and produced nearly a thousand newspaper clippings.

　　Facing the newspaper every day, Li Zhuting did not feel bored. "Newspapers are like children, they will never be bothered. If my descendants like to collect newspapers, I will leave them to them; if they don't, I will donate."

　　In the past 50 years of collecting newspapers, Li Zhuting exhausted his efforts, "I don't smoke or drink, and a lot of wages are spent on collection. Now it costs hundreds of yuan to order a newspaper every month. Some precious old newspapers have a price. It will be higher." Without the support of those around me, there would be no current collection. "Now not only me and my wife, but also friends and community workers come to help me collect newspapers."

　　Li Zhuting told reporters that not only old newspapers, but the new newspapers that are issued every day are also the focus of his collection. "Today's news is tomorrow's history. Collecting newspapers is to record those history, show it to future generations, and educate those around you. Everyone cherishes the hard-won good life." (End)