Chinanews.com, Jiangxi De'an, May 24th, title: "Yuan Longping's hometown" people mourn in the rain: he is the pride of his hometown and a role model for the younger generation
Reporter Liu Zhankun
"From yesterday afternoon to this afternoon, there is an endless stream of people who came to mourn Yuan Yuan in the rain." On the afternoon of the 23rd, at the Jiangxi Yuanjiashan Science Education Base where Yuan Longping wrote and unveiled during his lifetime, Yuan Longping’s cousin, Yuan Dingfu, arranged the contributions from the people. Huahua said to a reporter from Chinanews.com.
On May 23, in Yuanjiashan Village, De'an County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, the "Hometown of Yuan Longping", people came to mourn in an endless stream.
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Yuanjiashan Village, De'an County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, is the hometown of Yuan Longping, the "Father of Hybrid Rice", the winner of the "Medal of the Republic" and the academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
On May 22, the news of the death of Academician Yuan Longping came, and countless people were saddened by it.
People in their hometown who heard the news spontaneously went to Yuan Longping's ancestral home to mourn.
The picture shows Yuan Longping's cousin nephew Yuan Dingfu sorting flowers presented by the people.
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"We are all very sad to hear the news that Yuan Lao is gone. His spirit of enduring hardship and bravely climbing scientific peaks is always worthy of our study. He is a role model for our descendants." Yuan Dingfu said, considering everyone's needs, he and the villagers The Longping Science Education Exhibition Hall here has been simply decorated to facilitate people from all walks of life to come to express their condolences.
Located at the core of Yuanjiashan Village, the Yuanjiashan Science Education Base in Jiangxi is surrounded by green mountains and surrounded by green water. It is mainly composed of Longping Science Education Exhibition Hall, Science Education Reception Center, and Super Rice Demonstration Base.
The Longping Popular Science Education Exhibition Hall was previously reconstructed according to Yuan Longping’s ancestral home. Yuan Longping stayed here with his mother for a period of time when he was a child.
People who came in the rain from various places walked into the museum one by one holding flowers and bowed to the statue of Yuan Longping in sorrow.
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The drizzle outside the house, the sound of mourning inside the house.
In the exhibition hall with unique Gan style architecture, a wanlian hanging in the center of the hall, with a bust of Yuan Longping placed in front of it.
People who came in the rain from various places walked into the museum one by one holding flowers and bowed to the statue of Yuan Longping in sorrow.
In September 2004, Yuan Longping, who had been away from his hometown for many years, returned to De'an at the invitation of his hometown in September 2004. The people of the county welcomed him across the road. The scene was warm and unprecedented. In 2015 and 2016, Academician Yuan Longping came to his hometown twice in succession to promote science in Yuanjiashan, Jiangxi Province. The education base was inaugurated, scholarships were awarded to the newly-built Longping School, and the production of the super rice base was tested.
On May 23, at Longping Square in De'an County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, people spontaneously presented flowers in front of Yuan Longping's statue to express their grief.
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"He is the pride of the people in his hometown and the pride of the motherland." Li Qin, who brought his 4-year-old daughter to present flowers to Yuan Longping's statue, is a local teacher.
She told a reporter from Chinanews.com that although her daughter is still ignorant at a young age, she hopes that her child will understand that "one porridge, one meal" is hard to come by. Cherishing food is the best memory of Academician Yuan Longping.
"It was Yuan Longping who helped solve the food problem of our Chinese people. We farmers are very grateful to him." Standing in front of the statue of Yuan Longping, 67-year-old Zhang Manxiang put his hands together and said with a deep bow.
Yuanjiashan after the rain is full of verdant trees, quiet and silent.
Not far away on the Changjiu intercity railway line, a silver-white train of trains galloped past, and the roaring sounds seemed to be saying goodbye to the old Yuan Jiashan.
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