Data map: On October 1, a huge portrait of Sun Yat-sen stood in front of the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu

　　China News Service, Beijing, April 2 (Lv Linghan) A portrait of Mr. Sun Yat-sen will be erected on Tiananmen Square in Beijing every "May Day" and "Eleventh".

Why is there such a special arrangement?

　　Behind this are the reasons for the official festival etiquette activities, and more importantly, it comes from the admiration and respect of all Chinese people for this great national hero, great patriot, and great pioneer of China's democratic revolution.

　　Sun Yat-sen took revolution as his mission throughout his life, and vowed to "urgently save the people from water and fire, and help the people of the building."

In the process of searching for the way to save the country and the people, despite repeated setbacks and hardships, he has always insisted on "my ambitions, never move forward, continue to work harder and harder."

　　There was a widely circulated anecdote: In 1913, Sun Yat-sen failed to seek Yuan Yuan and was forced to avoid living in Japan.

At that time, some people lacked confidence in the future of the revolution, and wanted to ask Sun Yat-sen's "eight characters" to estimate bad luck.

　　"Isn't my "eight-character" bad, don't revolutionize it?" Sun Yat-sen was very angry, and said: "Just explain my "eight-character" to you: defeat the warlord, and the revolution will come to the end!" Then, he went on to say, "I will also give you a'eight-character': Persevere in perseverance, save China!"

　　From this story, you can get a glimpse of his unwavering and unwavering determination to the ideal of "revitalizing China", and you can see his heroism and persistent pursuit as a great revolutionary.

　　The Chinese Communists have always regarded themselves as the most steadfast supporter, the most loyal collaborator, and the most loyal successor of Mr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary cause.

　　On the 90th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen’s birthday in 1956, Mao Zedong said in his article "In Memory of Mr. Sun Yat-sen": "He spent his life wholeheartedly trying to transform China. He really devoted himself to death." "Modern Chinese, except for a small child." Except for the reactionaries, they are all the successors of Mr. Sun’s revolutionary cause”, “We have completed the democratic revolution that Mr. Sun did not complete and developed this revolution into a socialist revolution. We are completing this revolution.”

　　As a result, at the founding ceremony of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, a portrait of Sun Yat-sen was placed in Tiananmen Square.

Since the 1950s, a statue of Sun Yat-sen will be erected in front of the Monument to the People's Heroes every "May 1st" and "Eleventh".

　　The leaders of the Communist Party of China spoke highly of Sun Yat-sen, summarizing Sun Yat-sen’s great historical merits as "First, leading the Revolution of 1911, ending China’s two thousand years of feudal monarchy; second, creating the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, which led to the Northern Expedition. "Victory" believes that the Three People's Principles, the united front policy, and the spirit of hard struggle are the "most central, most essential and greatest legacy left to us" by Mr. Sun Yat-sen, and "the greatest contribution to the Chinese nation."

　　At the meeting to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen’s birth, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that during Sun Yat-sen’s death, the Chinese Communists firmly supported the cause of Dr. Sun Yat-sen; behind him, the Chinese Communists faithfully inherited the legacy of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, united and led the people of all ethnic groups in the country to fight bravely. , Keep going and make great sacrifices to complete the unfinished business of Mr. Sun Yat-sen.

　　Mr. Sun Yat-sen once drew up a blueprint for the future China in his mind in "Strategies for the Founding of the Country".

After the founding of New China, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese people have achieved great leaps one after another, creating many achievements far beyond Mr. Sun Yat-sen's vision.

Today, the portrait of Mr. Zhongshan is placed in Tiananmen Square during an important holiday, which is a nostalgia and tribute, as well as comfort and self-encouragement.

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