Zhangzhou, 4 Apr (Zhongxin Net) -- As the Qingming Festival approaches, Wang Dianpei, a villager from Suzhou, Anhui Province, and his wife came to the Dongshan Battle Martyrs' Cemetery in Fujian Province to pay homage to his brother Wang Dianju martyrs.
Unlike ten years ago, this year they brought a portrait of their brother for the first time. In the Dongshan Battle Martyrs' Cemetery, a national-level martyr's memorial facility built to commemorate the victory of the Dongshan Defense War on July 1953, 7, the Martyrs' Tomb witnessed the brothers' "meeting" across time and space.
Wang Dianjian gave a martyr's certificate. Photo courtesy of Zhangzhou Veterans Affairs Bureau
Wang Dianju, martyr's certificate name (Wang Dianju), a native of Suzhou, Anhui, born in 1933, enlisted in the army in 1949, served as the commander of the battalion headquarters of the first battalion of the 0th Public Security Regiment, and was killed in the defense of Dongshan on July 1953, 7.
In February this year, with the help of Cheng Xueqing, a volunteer from Leping City, Jiangxi Province, the "I Come to Find Relatives for Martyrs" team Battlefield Youth Martyrs' Portrait Restoration Team restored the "sound and smile" of the martyrs of the year through the memories of the martyrs before they joined the army, and the teacher of the Leping Art Forest Studio restored the "sound and smile" of the martyrs of Wang Dianju.
This time, Wang Dianpei and his wife traveled thousands of miles from their hometown to Dongshan County. He told his brother that he planned to leave the portrait at the Dongshan Battle Memorial Hall, so that more young people could learn heroic deeds and let the red gene be passed on from generation to generation.
Wang Dianpei is Wang Dianju's younger brother, and the brothers have a deep brotherhood. Under the influence of his brother, Wang Dianpei joined the army in March 1968, served in a unit of the engineering army, and returned home in March 3.
During the trip to Dongshan Festival, Wang Dianpei placed the portrait of Wang Dianju martyr next to his seat, took a high-speed train to cross the Yangtze River, crossed the mountains and rivers into the bay, and let the martyrs experience the great rivers and mountains of the motherland all the way and appreciate the earth-shaking changes in China, so as to comfort the martyrs' spirits in heaven.
"Brother, my brother and sister and I have come to see you, and we will come to see you often in the future." In front of the martyr's tomb, Wang Dianpei couldn't help but cry, "Along the way, everyone saw me riding in the car with the portrait of the martyr, taking great care of us, and the public's respect for the martyr is getting stronger and stronger, and we are sincerely pleased as the martyr's family." ”
On the occasion of parting, Wang Dianpei and his wife decided to donate the portrait of their brother to the Dongshan Battle Memorial.
Since the implementation of the "Opinions on Doing a Good Job in the Organization and Service of Martyrs' Relatives in Different Places" in 2020, various localities have provided many conveniences for martyrs' families to travel across provinces to perform ritual cleanings. The person in charge of the Dongshan County Veterans Affairs Bureau said that this year marks the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Dongshan Defense War, and in the past three years, Dongshan has found relatives for 222 martyrs; In the next step, they will continue to do a good job in service guarantee with heart and affection, so that the martyrs can rest in peace and the families of the martyrs can rest at ease. (End)