Chinanews.com, Lhasa, January 22 (Wang Shudong and Xie Mu) On the first day of the Lunar New Year, officers and soldiers of a certain brigade of the Tibet Military Region held a grand gathering to celebrate the Spring Festival with a flag-raising ceremony.

  At 9 o'clock in the morning, amidst the majestic national anthem, the flag raiser threw the bright five-star red flag into the blue sky of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and all the officers and soldiers on the scene saluted the flag.

The picture shows officers and soldiers holding a flag raising ceremony.

Photo by Wang Shudong

  During the Spring Festival, the officers and soldiers are guarding the plateau border, sticking to their positions, and the national flag is the spiritual pillar of the officers and soldiers.

"Looking at the rising of the brand-new five-star red flag, as a soldier, I have a stronger sense of mission and responsibility." Said Xing Zhicheng, a recruit who spent the New Year on the plateau for the first time.

The picture shows officers and soldiers organizing a New Year group meeting.

Photo by Wang Shudong

  After the flag-raising ceremony, the brigade organized a New Year group meeting, and the Standing Committee extended festive greetings and New Year blessings to the officers and men of the brigade and their families.

The leaders of the brigade encouraged the officers and soldiers to devote themselves to training and preparing for war with more enthusiasm in the new year, loyally guarding the border and defending the country, and making contributions to the plateau barracks.

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