A different flag-raising ceremony


　　They "sing" the national anthem with their hearts and hands

More than 200 deaf-mute teenagers "sing" the latest version of the national anthem with their hands.

　　Changjiang Daily reporter Peng Nian

　　Changjiang Daily (Reporter Xiang Jie, correspondent Shu Xiaoqing and Wang Wenting) At 8 o'clock in the morning on March 8, Wuhan No. 1 School for the Deaf held a flag-raising ceremony. When the solemn national anthem sounded, more than 200 deaf-mute teenagers were presenting with teachers and students as sign language demonstrators. "Sing" the latest version of the national anthem with both hands under the guidance of.

Their eyes are like torches, their movements are neat, and their silent power is shocking.

　　When the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opened this year, Tai Lihua, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and head of the Chinese Art Troupe for the Disabled, "sang" the national anthem in sign language, which was refreshing.

In Wuhan's No. 1 School for the Deaf, "singing" the national anthem in sign language is a tradition that teachers and students have adhered to for many years.

　　"Because of the foundation, it took 20 minutes for the students to learn to'sing' the latest version of the national anthem." said Yang Xiaoling, a national moral model, a national top ten teaching and educating model, and the school’s vice principal. She remembered when she first started working. The students here will "sing" the national anthem in sign language.

Over the years, the "sign language version" of the national anthem has been continuously upgraded, and teachers and students always learn the first time.

　　The “National Sign Language Program for the National Anthem of the People’s Republic of China”, which was officially implemented on March 1, is the latest achievement of the standardization of the national universal sign language developed for the first time with deaf sign language users as the main body. Express the wishes of the national anthem uniformly and solemnly.

　　"The new'sign language version' of the national anthem'singing' requires a more crisp and powerful action and a fuller mood." Faye Wong, a student of the school, told the Changjiang Daily reporter that on March 7, President Yang used the weekend rest time to live in school. More than 130 students who read were convened to give guidance, picking up the movements one by one, grasping the details, and "singing" the national anthem as if they could feel that they were growing up in the embrace of a powerful motherland.

During the learning process, the students were very serious and updated their movements quickly.