Kapok Reminiscence Hero

——Visit the Guangzhou Uprising Martyrs Cemetery

　　■People's Liberation Army Daily reporter Hu Pu correspondent Bai Liang

　　If one kind of flower is used to describe Guangzhou, kapok is undoubtedly the most representative.

This plant, called the hero flower, has a fiery red color when it blooms, just like the blood of a hero stains the treetops.

　　94 years ago, in this city where kapok was in full bloom, a group of young Chinese Communists used a revolutionary torch to light up the city shrouded in white terror.

　　After 1994, the reporter came to the Guangzhou Uprising Martyrs Cemetery at No. 92, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, to pay homage to the martyrs who fought bravely and gave their lives in that uprising, and traced the magnificent history.

　　Enter the gate of the Guangzhou Uprising Martyrs Cemetery and walk straight along the wide and straight avenue, and you can see the landmark building of the cemetery-the Guangzhou Uprising Monument.

　　The shape of the monument is a huge hand holding a high rifle, breaking through three large rocks and pointing straight at the sky.

Explainer He Xiuting introduced that this shape symbolizes the great struggle of the Guangzhou Uprising led by the Communist Party of China to break through the oppression of the "three mountains" and to seize power by armed forces, and demonstrates the truth of "power comes from the barrel of a gun."

　　In 1927, the Kuomintang reactionaries blatantly rebelled against the revolution and massacred communists and revolutionary masses.

In order to save the revolution, after the August 7th meeting, the CPC Central Committee and the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee began to organize the Guangzhou Uprising.

　　In the early morning of December 11, 1927, under the leadership of Zhang Tailei, Ye Ting, Ye Jianying, Yun Daiying, etc., the National Revolutionary Army Fourth Army Teaching Corps, Guard Corps, Guangzhou Workers' Red Guards, and suburban farmers launched the Guangzhou Uprising.

　　On that day, a red flag was planted in the center of Guangzhou; on that day, the flames of revolution were burning; on that day, Yangcheng became a red world.

　　The Guangzhou Uprising was like a thunderstorm, shaking China and foreign countries.

The reactionary forces at home and abroad colluded with each other and frantically counterattacked.

In a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, the uprising troops withdrew from Guangzhou.

　　Although the Guangzhou Uprising failed, the flame of the revolution was not extinguished, and the Chinese Communists and the revolutionary masses were not deterred.

Just as Mao Zedong said in "On the Coalition Government": They got up from the ground, wiped the blood from their bodies, and buried their companions' bodies, and they continued to fight.

　　"Part of the uprising troops withdrawn from Guangzhou went to Hailufeng, some moved to Youjiang, Guangxi, and some moved to northern Guangdong, and continued to participate in the revolutionary struggle." According to the commentator, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, they headed towards Jinggang Mountain. , To Ruijin, to Yan'an, to the whole of China, the spark of revolution finally became a prairie fire.

　　In the Memorial Plaza of the Guangzhou Uprising Leaders Statue in the Guangzhou Uprising Martyrs Cemetery, there are 9 statues of the main leaders of the Guangzhou Uprising on display.

The instructor told us that Zhang Tailei, the main leader of the Guangzhou Uprising, was originally named Zhang Zengrang.

He once vowed to turn into a thunder that shattered the old world, so he changed his name to "Tai Lei".

On the second day of the uprising, he rushed to the front to command and was ambushed by the enemy and sacrificed heroically. He was 29 years old.

Zhang Tailei used his life to fulfill his zhengzheng oath and wrote a magnificent red poem.

　　Like Zhang Tailei, there are many revolutionaries who have sacrificed their lives for their ideals.

It is understood that more than 5,700 communists and revolutionary masses were killed in this bloody uprising that lasted three days and three nights.

　　Next to the memorial square of the statue of the leader of the Guangzhou Uprising, there is a group of statues for people to stop and admire-a pair of young men and women leaning against each other, their faces calm and firm.

The protagonists of this group of statues are Zhou Wenyong, one of the leaders of the Guangzhou Uprising, and Chen Tiejun, his revolutionary partner.

　　After the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising, they were both arrested due to betrayal by traitors.

At the last moment of dedicating their lives to the cause of the party, they announced the love they buried in their hearts to the public and held a wedding on the enemy's execution ground.

Facing the enemy's guns, they chanted revolutionary slogans and bravely offered justice.

　　In the introduction by the instructor, our thoughts were brought back to that period of magnificent history.

　　A spring breeze hits, and we see that the red kapok has quietly bloomed in this hero city...

　　(This article was published on the 1st and 2nd editions of Liberation Army Daily on March 1, 2021)