China News Agency, Changsha, May 23, title: Farewell Yuan Longping: He is the most worthy "star" of the younger generation
Author Bai Zu and Wang Haohao
"Without Yuan Lao, many Chinese would not have enough to eat. He is the most worthy star of our younger generation." After learning the news of Yuan Longping's death, the "post-90s" girl Yang Shiqi flew from Xi'an to Changsha that night. 23 Went to the funeral home early in the morning to see him off.
Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice" and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, died of illness in Changsha, Hunan Province on the 22nd at the age of 91.
Changsha was rainy on the 23rd, and there were not many pedestrians on the street, which was slightly deserted.
However, the inside and outside of Mingyangshan Funeral Parlour were crowded with people who came to see "Old Yuan" off.
People presented a bunch of flowers and bowed to express their condolences and respect.
On the afternoon of the 22nd, after Yuan Longping's body arrived at the funeral home, batch after batch of people spontaneously rushed to see off.
A reporter from China News Agency saw at the scene that from the afternoon of the same day to about 4 am the next morning, people came to mourn in an endless stream.
On the 23rd, the funeral home set up a special memorial hall for the masses.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, more than ten people came to mourn in a row, the length of the line was more than 1 kilometer.
Yang Shiqi stayed outside the memorial hall for a long time and did not want to leave.
"I didn't expect so many people of my age to see off Yuan Lao." She said, "I have also chased stars, mostly watching their concerts. But I have never hesitated to chase Yuan Lao, the'forever star'. ."
Most of the people sending off were young faces.
They express their gratitude in their own way.
He Qianxuan, a 7-year-old student from Changsha, drew a picture of "A Dream in the Coolness under the Grass" for Grandpa Yuan; He Yan, a 20-year-old Xiangtan boy, stitched together a portrait of Yuan Lao with petals; 24-year-old college student Zhang Yixiang wrote a picture of Yuan Lao’s creation The lyrics "I have a dream"...More people write what they want to say on a piece of paper and put it in front of the portrait together with flowers.
"There have never been so many people coming to mourn a deceased spontaneously." A funeral home staff member lamented.
Present flowers, put together for blessings, and bow to salute.
The 31-year-old Zuo Jun asked her 6-year-old daughter to practice repeatedly, and she was not taken into the memorial hall until the standard of movement.
"Yuan Longping's contribution to mankind is too great. Both me and my next generation should remember this name, inherit his will, and fulfill his dream."
Liu Peng and Fan Feiyan are a couple.
They were going to go to Nanjing for a job interview that day, but they chose to come to mourn.
Fan Feiyan said, “Lao Yuan is by our side. Without him, many Chinese people would go hungry. Nothing is bigger than eating. We have no reason not to express our gratitude to Lao Yuan."
On the afternoon of the 23rd, the rain was getting worse, and the crowd who came to see Yuan Longping off did not decrease.
In the orderly line of people, there are still many young faces.
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