Learning from the past, from the "red landmarks" that the general secretary checked in, and to understand the "code" of the oriental miracle
Revolutionary cultural relics are the best testimony to the red chapter that has been turbulent for a century.
As the Communist Party of China is about to usher in its centennial birthday, and when the education of party history is being carried out by the whole party, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission recently issued important instructions on the work of revolutionary cultural relics, pointing out that revolutionary cultural relics carry the heroism of the party and the people. The glorious history of struggle records the great history and moving deeds of the Chinese revolution. It is a valuable asset of the party and the country. It is a vivid teaching material for carrying forward revolutionary traditions and revolutionary culture, strengthening the construction of socialist spiritual civilization, stimulating patriotic enthusiasm, and invigorating the national spirit.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has frequently clocked in on "Red Landmarks", telling touching "red legends" one after another.
We follow in the footsteps of the General Secretary, through pieces of revolutionary cultural relics, “red landmarks”, and lively “party history lessons”, to deeply understand the “code” of a century-old party that has gone through hardships and created an oriental miracle.
On October 31, 2017, Xi Jinping visited the Memorial Hall of the First Congress of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai.
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"One day, a young man was struggling to write a book at home, and his mother shouted outside:'You have to add brown sugar water to eat rice dumplings, have you eaten it?' He said,'I have eaten it, it's very sweet.' The old lady came in. At first glance, this young man was immersed in writing, his mouth was full of black ink."
When visiting the "Road to Rejuvenation" exhibition, General Secretary Xi Jinping vividly described the "smell of truth".
Pointing to the Chinese translation of the "Communist Manifesto" in the showcase, the general secretary said, "Who is this person? It is Chen Wangdao, who wrote this book."
With the truth in mind, the Communists embarked on the journey of salvation and survival.
Paying homage to the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping warned the entire party that "the entire history of our party was started from the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Coming to the Zunyi Conference site and the Zunyi Conference Exhibition Hall, General Secretary Xi Jinping commented that the conference was “combining the basic principles of Marxism with China’s specific reality, insisting on an independent path, firm and correct political lines and policy strategies, and building a strong and mature The central leadership collective of the People’s Republic of China has left valuable experience and important enlightenment";
In the Yangjialing Central Auditorium in Yan'an, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that “the key to our party's invincible experience and trials lies in continuous innovation in practice and theory”;
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These "red landmarks" clearly answer why the Communist Party of China can step by step a righteous way of socialism with Chinese characteristics in places where there is no road.
In May 2019, Xi Jinping came to Yudu County, Ganzhou City, where the Central Red Army’s Long March assembly started, and presented a basket of flowers to the Central Red Army’s Long March Departure Monument.
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Guizhou on the eve of the Spring Festival in 2021.
In the depths of Mount Wumeng, on the bank of the Wujiang River, General Secretary Xi Jinping said affectionately: “From the cliffs here, you can imagine how difficult it was for the Red Army to forcibly cross the Wujiang River!”
With so many difficulties, so many ups and downs, and so many sacrifices, the heroes gave their blood and lives in exchange for the infinite magnificence of the motherland and the prosperity and peace of the people.
From the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, to the Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Tower in Jinzhai County, to the Red Army Long March Memorial; from the Victory Day of the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese War, to the Martyrs Memorial Day, to the National Memorial Day for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre... When paying homage to the heroic spirits, the scene of General Secretary Xi Jinping remembering and paying tribute to the heroes moved people's hearts.
Mountains and rivers serve as monuments and history testifies.
The historical landmarks mark the spiritual monuments of generations of Chinese Communists who have never regretted their deaths and have stood upright with sacrifice and dedication.
On September 16, 2020, Xi Jinping was in the "Half Quilt Warmth" thematic exhibition hall in Shazhou Yao Village, Wenming Yao Township, Rucheng County, Chenzhou City, to learn about the local red education situation.
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What is the Communist Party?
The Communist Party has a quilt of its own, and it has to cut half of it for the common people!
In the southern section of the Luoxiao Mountains at the junction of Hunan and Jiangxi, the story of the "half quilt" has been passed down to this day. In November 1934, three Red Army female fighters passing through Shazhou Village, Rucheng County, Hunan Province lived in the home of Xu Jiexiu, a villager. Some quilts were cut in half and left for her.
In the fall of 2020, standing in front of the statue of a Red Army female soldier cutting the quilt and sending it to the villagers, General Secretary Xi Jinping said with emotion: "Our army is the team of the people, and the feelings of our Communists and ordinary people are the feelings of sharing a quilt."
After a hundred years of endless struggle, the heart of innocence has not changed.
In Lankao, Henan, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited the Comrade Jiao Yulu Memorial Hall.
Pictures and objects vividly showed Comrade Jiao Yulu's glorious image of "all the people in his heart, but he did not have himself." The general secretary said emotionally: "Comrade Jiao Yulu is a role model for the county party committee secretary, and also for the whole party. example".
At the Huaihai Battle Memorial Hall, he said affectionately: "The Huaihai Battle is the victory of the trolley. We must give back to the people and let the people live a happy and beautiful life."
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I will live up to the people without me.
These "red landmarks" record the Chinese Communist Party's unchanging answer to the question of "who am I, for whom, and whom I rely on".
The country is the people, and the people are the country-on the bright red party flag, the background of the "people" has always been glorious after wind and rain.
At special time nodes, we look back into the depths of history time and time again.
The power of faith, the firm will, the fearless spirit, the mighty power of practice, the deep feelings... the history is a lesson to record the endless life of an immortal nation and reveal the mission of a great political party.
The historical trend is vast, and on the land of China, the bright light of "red landmarks" illuminates our journey towards rejuvenation.
Planning: Huo Xiaoguang
Coordinator: Wu Jing, Wang Xuan, Wang Yu, Lin Hui
Lead writer: Shi Yucen
Vision | Editor: Wu Jingjing, Hao Xiaojing, Bao Yuhan, Zhu Gaoxiang
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