China News Agency, Beijing, October 1, "I love your motherland!" "Come on, motherland!" At 6:12 in the morning on October 1, the bright five-star red flag was flying high in Tiananmen Square, and 10,000 peace pigeons rose into the sky. 90,000 people across China waved their national flags to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the founding of New China.

October 1, the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

People came to Beijing Tiananmen Square to watch the flag raising ceremony.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Sheng Jiapeng

  At 3 o'clock in the morning, the sky was lightly raining, and many tourists from all over China and Beijing residents came to Tiananmen Square to wait to watch the flag-raising ceremony on the National Day.

  At about 5 o'clock, people wearing masks entered Tiananmen Square one after another. Most of them held national flags. Some people put a national flag pattern on their masks, and some people put a heart-shaped pattern on their masks and walked to the flag viewing area in an orderly manner, looking forward to the moment of raising the flag.

  At 6:07, the flag-raising horn sounded at Tiananmen Gate, and the flag-raising ceremony officially began.

With the command of "go on right", the flag guard formation of the guard of honor of the three services walked through Chang'an Avenue with a sonorous and powerful step.

  At 6:11, "Salute to the national flag-salute!" With a loud command, the flag guards and salute soldiers saluted, the People's Liberation Army Military Band played the "Volunteer March", the flag-raiser raised the national flag high, and the bright five-star red flag fluttered in the wind. , Rose slowly in the solemn national anthem of the audience.

  "Get up, people who don't want to be slaves! Build our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall..." The audience spontaneously sang the national anthem, singing loudly.

  After the ceremony at 6:12, the national flag was raised to the top of the flagpole, and ten thousand peace doves soared in the sky, circling the square.

In the music of the military band "Singing the Motherland", the crowd burst into cheers of "Long live the motherland!" "I love your motherland!"

  Not only did the audience raise their mobile phones and cameras to record unforgettable moments and send the most sincere wishes to the motherland, but also hundreds of thousands of viewers watched the live broadcast of the flag raising ceremony on TV screens and mobile phone screens, celebrated the birthday of the motherland, and left messages The district wrote "Passion is surging at the moment when the national anthem is played!" "I wish the motherland prosperity and stability, and long live the motherland!" (End)