"The country will prosper, the teacher must be the master and the master." The reason why the Chinese civilization has been endless for five thousand years is because of the spiritual pursuit, spiritual characteristics, and spiritual context of the same line.
Respecting teachers and respecting education is the outstanding spiritual characteristic of our nation.
On the occasion of the 36th Teacher’s Day, General Secretary Xi Jinping extended holiday congratulations and sincere condolences to teachers and educators across the country, emphasizing “let teachers truly become the most respected and enviable professions in society, Create a good fashion of respecting teachers and teaching in the whole society".
Respecting teachers and valuing education, Xi Jinping has practiced it by himself for decades.
Gratitude for Shi'en is a complex in his heart forever.
"I have taught me a lot of teachers, and I can still remember them so far. They taught me the knowledge and the principles of being a human being, which benefited me immensely." On the eve of Teachers' Day in 2014, I had a discussion with representatives of teachers and students of Beijing Normal University At that time, Xi Jinping fondly recalled.
Beijing Bayi School, Xi Jinping's alma mater.
The school was developed from the Rongzhen Children's School founded by Marshal Nie Rongzhen, a revolutionary of the older generation.
In the 1960s, Xi Jinping spent elementary and junior high school here.
On September 9, 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping returned to Bayi School to visit and sympathize with teachers and students.
The years pass, but the feelings remain the same.
For Xi Jinping, every brick and tile, every plant and tree here has warm and cordial memories.
At the symposium, Shen Jun, principal of Bayi School, said that he welcomes the head to his alma mater.
Xi Jinping's answer moved everyone: "There will be no chiefs here, all are students."
On that day, Xi Jinping met with Chen Zhonghan, Chen Qiuying and other teachers who taught him back then.
Several teachers are more than ancient times, but recalling the past, they are still vivid.
Chen Qiuying said, “I’m 77 years old this year, and I was his Chinese teacher in junior high school. At that time, I wore two big braids and I was very young. Now my hair is white, my environment and appearance have changed, but the teacher-student friendship Nothing has changed at all. With a word from the General Secretary today, my tears almost fell. He said that when he came to his alma mater, he felt "close to hometown and more timid". Here are his roots and his love."
In 1960, Chen Qiuying graduated from the Chinese Department of Beijing Normal University and was assigned to the middle school of Bayi School.
In September 1965, as a Chinese teacher in Class 4 of the first grade of junior high school, Chen Qiuying ushered in a new class of students, including 12-year-old Xi Jinping.
In the class, Xi Jinping is a little younger.
Teacher Chen found that this young man who rarely fights with his classmates during breaks has a stable and kind personality.
He studies hard in get out of class and asks the teacher for questions after class.
Chen Qiuying often teaches Du Fu's poems in class, "it is the kind of poems that are compassionate and pitiful, full of people, and embrace the common people".
She still remembered that after finishing Du Fu's "Queju", Xi Jinping took the initiative to ask the teacher after class, saying that he liked Du Fu, the great poet, and hoped to read more of Du Fu's works.
After graduating from Bayi School, Xi Jinping went to Liangjiahe Village, Yan'an, Shaanxi to jump in the team.
In the decades that followed, Xi Jinping had always cared about his alma mater and teachers.
During Xi Jinping's work in the field, whenever he came to Beijing, he always spared his time to visit the teachers who had taught him to teach and solve puzzles.
In 1999, the retired Chen Qiuying worked tirelessly to create and publish a collection of fairy tales with more than 100,000 characters.
She sent her new book to Xi Jinping.
Soon after the new book was sent, Xi Jinping, then deputy secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and acting governor, sent a reply.
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Chen Qiuying said that in her opinion, Xi Jinping used the word "respect for the teacher and respect for education" in his reply. The word "respect" expresses the students' friendship with the teacher.
Chen Zhonghan, served as Xi Jinping's deputy head teacher.
He commented on Xi Jinping like this: "In these years, no matter what position he goes to, he always misses us teachers who have taught him. He is a person of kindness and affection."
"The first time I came to my house was when he jumped in at Liangjiahe. At that time, I lived in a bungalow. We talked about the past, talked about Liangjiahe, and talked about a lot of books." Chen Zhonghan said, "I went to Fuzhou to see him. There was no shelf at all. One mouthful, one teacher Chen. His head teacher at the time was named Qi Rongxian, and Xi Jinping also visited him when he fell ill after retirement."
On the eve of Teacher's Day in 2016, I met with Xi Jinping at Bayi School. There was a detail that moved Chen Zhonghan.
"When I met that day, I said, I hope you can govern the country better and achieve greater development in all aspects. He said, thank you for your entrustment, I remember it in my heart. After hearing the word'entrustment', I was very moved. "
The three-foot podium is a national destiny.
Teachers carry the important task of spreading knowledge, spreading ideas, spreading truth, shaping soul, shaping life, and shaping newcomers.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has set an example and respected teachers and teachers, and the teacher-student sentiment passed down from generation to generation has become a warm force to push forward China's education, and has turned into an unswerving feeling of inspiring hundreds of millions of students to strive for the country.