National Defense Town: A touch of green among thousands of flowers
On the eve of National Day, pupils from Siliugu Village, Handan City, Hebei Province listened to the story of the Red Army’s Long March in the Qiangjun Theme Cultural Hall of the Red Film Culture Museum of the village.
Wei Xingshe
On the afternoon of September 28th, students from the National Defense Class of the Third Middle School in Liuyang City, Hunan Province carried out national defense education activities in Gugang Town.
Photo by Jiang Yucong
In late September, at the site of the Anti-Japanese War at the main peak of Songshan, the instructor told the visitors the history of the War of Resistance in front of the topographic map of the Songshan Battle.
Photo by Xia Chao
In late September, the General Office of the State Council forwarded the "Opinions on Promoting the Standardized and Healthy Development of Featured Towns" by the National Development and Reform Commission, and put forward clear requirements and suggestions for the effective and orderly promotion of high-quality development of characteristic towns.
In recent years, various characteristic towns have sprung up in various parts of the country.
Among the many characteristic towns with a hundred flowers in full bloom, the national defense town is like a touch of green among thousands of flowers, enriching the development path of the rural economy, and becoming a vivid way to promote the simultaneous development of national defense education and economic construction, and the harmonious coexistence of red culture and small town culture. practice.
In Nanlugu Township, Handan City, Hebei Province, the construction of a red film town is unique and has an increasing influence; in Gugang Town, Liuyang City, Hunan Province, the national defense education of “One Body, Three Wings” is carried out vigorously; in La, Longling County, Yunnan Province In Meng Town, various anti-Japanese war memorial facilities have attracted countless tourists to visit and tour... Concern about the national defense around us, let us walk into the national defense town together.
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Nanlugu Township, Handan City, Hebei Province——
Follow the red movie through the gunpowder smoke
■Zhou Tongyi Li Shuling
Siliugu Village, Nanlugu Town, Congtai District, Handan City, Hebei Province, has the reputation of "China's No. 1 Red Film Village" and is a well-known film village and red town in the country.
In the golden autumn of October, the author drove here, and red film cultural symbols can be seen everywhere in the streets.
Movie posters such as "Sparkling Red Star" and "Reconnaissance of Crossing the River" drawn on the walls of buildings on both sides of the street attracted many tourists to stop and watch.
The red film that is rarely seen in ordinary times makes the tourists who come to visit lament, "This trip is worth it."
Handan was once a revolutionary base for the Eighth Route Army's struggle against the enemy. The feat of "nine thousand soldiers entering Handan and 300,000 troops leaving Taihang" marked this land with a deep red mark.
The site of the headquarters of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, the site of the government of the Shanxi-Hebei-Lu-Yu Border Region... In Handan, there are 88 old revolutionary sites like this one.
"Inheriting the red gene and integrating the revolutionary spirit into people's lives is our original intention to promote the red culture." Li Xuejun, secretary of the Congtai District Party Committee, told the author that the Red Movie Town of Siliugu Village was a demonstration base construction project for National Defense Town initiated by Handan City. , Is hoping to lighten the torch of rural cultural construction with films reflecting the prosperous years and create a unique rural red culture.
In 2017, the Red Film Culture Museum, led by the Handan Military Division and the Handan National Defense Education Office, was established in Siliugu Village, covering an area of more than 1,600 square meters. The museum houses nearly 20,000 pieces of red film films, projectors, and movie posters. The museum has been rated as a patriotism education base in Hebei Province and a national defense education base in Hebei Province.
"This red movie town with rich content and diverse forms cannot do without the help of red movie lovers." said Luo Shimin, former director of the Handan National Defense Education Office.
In the screening hall of the Red Film Culture Museum, the author met Wei Shaoxian, a fan of red film collectors.
He donated valuable red collections to the museum and won the National Defense Education Person of the Year Award.
"Red movies are an intuitive and effective way for young people and the general public to receive revolutionary traditional education." Wei Shaoxian told the author that there are fewer and fewer copies of classic revolutionary historical themes, and these precious historical materials should not be allowed to sleep in the warehouse. Play its due educational role.
To this end, he took out more than 400 movie films, projectors, movie posters, and real-life pictures from his home for exhibition and shared them with more people.
"To build a beautiful village, on the basis of hardening, greening, lighting, and beautification, after communicating with experts from relevant planning and design institutes, we and relevant government departments decided to introduce the red film town into the beautiful rural construction of Nanlugu Township to create A national defense town with a civilized rural style and a unique red culture," said Zhou Shibin, political commissar of the Handan Military Division.
In Nanlugu Township, in addition to Siliugu Village, there are more than 20 villages that have "linked" to movies, gradually building a red film town industry alliance.
The charm of the red film town is beginning to show, and it drives the development of characteristic industries.
In 2016, Siliugu Village was built a kilometer film cultural pedestrian street.
Using abandoned pit ponds to build a "Movie People's Home" theme restaurant, guests will play red revolutionary songs when dining. Each room has a different movie theme, including "Dongfanghong", "Shajiabang", "Red Lantern" and "Feiduo" "Luding Bridge" and other classic movies.
The "Red Star Fen Pi Workshop", which is based on the scene of the movie "Sparkling Red Star", is open from raw material procurement to production process, and is very popular among tourists.
"In the National Day holiday, many tourists come to Siliugu Village to experience the red culture. In addition to eating farmhouse meals and watching red classic movies, the characteristic farm products are also highly sought after. The movie culture pedestrian street brings benefits to farmers' income and wealth!" Nanlu Guxiang Party Secretary Lu Qiang said.
Gugang Town, Liuyang City, Hunan Province——
National defense education brand is growing
■ Luo Liwei Zhou Hongzhen
Liuyang City, located in the eastern part of Hunan, is an old revolutionary base area with many reputations, such as the hometown of fireworks, fireworks and seedlings.
In Liuyang City, a small town characterized by national defense-Gugang Town, has attracted more and more attention in recent years.
As soon as you enter Gugang Town, a ten-mile national defense cultural corridor appears in front of you.
The giant red road sign "Welcome to Gugang Town, National Defense Town", reminds visitors that they have come to the characteristic town of defense in eastern Hunan.
"Gugang Town in Liuyang City is a red fertile soil." Xiao Yuanwei, deputy director of the Armed Forces Department of Gugang Town, introduced that the founding generals Rao Zijian and Liu Ziqi were all born here. Revolutionaries such as Li Zhimin, Fu Qiutao, Luo Ruoxia and others left glorious footprints here. Hong Kong revolutionary martyrs lay here forever.
In order to allow the rich red resources to give full play to the benefits of national defense education, since the second half of 2018, Gugang Town has actively planned to build a national defense town, and embarked on a road with the characteristics of "one body and three wings" national defense education.
The so-called "one body" is based on the national defense education of the whole people; the "three wings" refers to the national defense education with characteristics of Liuyang No. 3 Middle School, the theme park of national defense education, and the construction of national defense culture in towns and villages. National defense education for the whole people is promoted in many aspects, such as training and beautiful rural construction.
In July 2017, Liuyang No. 3 Middle School established the first high school national defense class in Hunan Province. Now there are 9 national defense classes with more than 500 students.
The school recruits full-time instructors from among the veterans, selects and recruits cultural teachers with strong ideological and professional skills, and strengthens the education and management of national defense classes.
Li Wanting, a second-year national defense student, told the author that after one year of study, she not only improved her military quality, but also increased her academic performance ranking by 50 places.
It is understood that in the past two years, graduates of the National Defense Education Class of Liuyang No. 3 Middle School have increased their enrollment rate by nearly 20% higher than that of ordinary classes. Many parents want to send their children to national defense classes.
Liuyang No. 3 Middle School has a national defense education exhibition hall, showroom, lecture hall, etc. The school has a strong national defense atmosphere and effective national defense education.
In recent years, Liuyang No. 3 Middle School has been awarded a number of honors such as "National Defense Education Demonstration School for Primary and Secondary Schools" and "National Defense Education Characteristic School", and has assisted 6 high schools in the province to create national defense classes.
In April 2019, Liuyang No. 3 Middle School was established as a "Quality Student Source Base" by the Air Force Engineering University.
"This year, the school has 38 senior high school graduates enlisted in the army." Principal Zhang Xiaobao introduced that since the launch of national defense education in 2017, the number of students enlisted in the army has been increasing for 4 consecutive years.
On holidays, at the National Defense Research Base in Meitianhu Village, Gugang Town, you can always see students coming to study.
“Students train in the national defense camp during the day, do farm work in the fields, and sing military songs, listen to red stories, and learn national defense knowledge in the farmhouse at night. Each class is equipped with an instructor." Tang Lamei, head of the research base, introduced the national defense camp. Through the two methods of experience and search, students' patriotism and martial awareness will be cultivated.
Carrying out national defense quality development training, Gugang Town National Defense Education Theme Park is quite famous.
As the first choice for national defense training for young people on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi, its rich activity courses and complete hardware facilities have attracted primary and secondary schools in more than 10 counties and districts around Liuyang to organize students for training.
In late October, a batch of retired equipment including fighter jets and anti-aircraft guns will settle in Gugang Town.
"The infrastructure is still being improved. I believe that more and more people will come to visit in the future." said Yi Xianchao, the mayor of Gugang Town. With the opportunity of building a national defense town, the National Defense Education Cultural Plaza and National Defense Exhibition The museum, national defense education rooms, flag-raising stands and other related facilities set up in various villages are being constructed in an orderly manner.
The old appearance of Gugang Town has changed. There are more people returning to their hometowns to start businesses, and the enthusiasm of local youth to join the army continues to rise.
La Meng Town, Longling County, Yunnan Province——
Polishing up the cultural card of the Anti-Japanese War
■ Zhang Jun Special Correspondent Ke Xu
On September 6, the State Council announced the third batch of 80 national anti-Japanese war memorial facilities and sites. The Huitong Bridge on the Yunnan-Burma Road in Lameng Community, Lameng Town, Longling County, Yunnan Province was selected.
The Huitong Bridge spans the surging Nu River and is the only channel connecting the two banks of the Nu River.
The Myanmar-Burma Highway crosses the Nu River here and circles the Songshan Mountain not far away.
From a distance, Songshan is like a giant tortoise entrenched on the Nu River Grand Canyon, becoming a super "bridgehead" guarding the Burma Highway.
"Songshan was the main battlefield of the Second World War in Western Yunnan, and it was also the first piece of land regained by China." Zhu Zhaomei, director of the Songshan Cadre Education and Training Base, introduced that there are 69 existing sites in Songshan, 816 remains, and well-preserved trenches. About 13,200 meters, bunkers, trenches, craters, etc. can be seen everywhere on 7 highlands, such as large and small pine mountains and loess slopes.
"These anti-Japanese relics are not only an important resource for national defense education, but also a precious carrier for the people to understand the history of the Anti-Japanese War." Longling County Magistrate Yang Shaoyan told reporters that letting the sleepy history burst with vitality has been the Longling Army for many years. Relentless pursuit.
In 2010, the Longling Army completed the survey of historical and cultural relics in Songshan and formed a survey report. It was decided to incorporate Songshan Anti-Japanese War culture into the overall plan for the construction of La Meng New Town, and to build a brand of anti-Japanese tourism culture, and a national defense town came into being.
"We further conducted planning and demonstration of the Songshan battle site and the Nu River left and right surveillance post sites within the territory, and invested funds to restore the anti-war sites, making them the main cultural carrier of the national defense town." Yang Shaoyan said, they also commented on Heng Heng The 700-meter Yunnan-Burma Highway passing through Lameng Town was rerouted, 65 residential houses in Dayakou Village were relocated, the Anti-Japanese War relics collection hall, Songshan Inn, mourning area, and Anti-Japanese War Memorial Square were built, and military-like national defense knowledge bulletin boards were added and completed. A relatively complete national defense cultural town.
In the "Guogang Civil Anti-Japanese War Relics Collection" in Dayakou Village, the reporter saw Yang Guogang, a farmer who collected Songshan Anti-Japanese War relics at his own expense.
This authentic farmer, who grew up listening to the story of the Expeditionary Army's War of Resistance Against Japan, relied on income from planting flue-cured tobacco and part-time work, and collected more than 5,000 anti-Japanese relics in 20 years and displayed them in his courtyard house.
In recent years, there have been more and more tourists in Songshan, and the popularity of Yang Guogang's collection has also been rising.
In 2014, Longling County Government invested in the construction of a new exhibition hall for Yang Guogang, with more complete and modern facilities, and it is still open to tourists for free.
"I want to let more people know this history through my collection." Yang Guogang said.
Walking into Dayakou Village, the reporter suddenly felt the national defense culture atmosphere of the border town.
On the former scorched earth, the houses with western Yunnan characteristics are neat and uniform, and the anti-Japanese signs can be seen everywhere in the village: the landscape retaining wall is shaped like a conjoined single-soldier trench bunker, and the cultural corridor is carved with wooden boards to commemorate the Songshan battle. The details remind future generations of the war heroes who dedicated their lives to the nation.
According to the staff of the colleagues, in the past two years, considering the special location of Lameng Town, the county and township levels are in the construction of new countryside, especially combining Songshan Anti-Japanese War culture and the protection of relics and relics, so that the construction of new countryside and the protection of relics are synchronized. Planning and simultaneous implementation will enable "historical sites to add color to new villages, and new villages to add color to historical sites".
On September 3, 2014, Longling County held a commemorative event for the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in Western Yunnan. Lameng Town was awarded the "Yunnan Songshan National Defense Town" by Yunnan Province.
Yang Chunkuai, the mayor of Lameng Town, introduced that in order to allow tourists to understand this history in detail, they developed a team of 58 local villagers to form tour guides in the villages around the main peak of Songshan.
From Dayakou New Village along the trails and plank roads, you can climb the Songshan Mountain. The Chinese Expeditionary Army sculptures, anti-Japanese war memorial towers, craters, trenches, bunkers and other war relics are scattered among the dense forests.
According to the staff, an average of more than 500 tourists come to visit here every day.
Provincial-level cultural relics protection units in Yunnan Province, the sixth batch of national key cultural relics protection units, the second batch of national red tourism classic scenic spots, patriotic dedication, guarding the country and border education base... Carrying memory, remembering history, the influence of Songshan National Defense Town, Radiation power is moving from Yunnan to the whole country.