It is another year of spring and green grass, and another year of Qingming.
On this day, tens of millions of people from the land of the motherland brought flowers to the tomb of the heroes, bowing their heads to mourn and cherish the memory of the heroes.
Heroes stand up in times of crisis and do their best in ordinary days.
They see their faith and convictions and show their family and country feelings, which are visible philosophies and vivid values.
Only by advocating heroes can heroes be produced, and heroes can be produced by striving to be heroes.
From the establishment and improvement of the national meritorious commendation system, to the establishment of the martyrs memorial day, to welcome the remains of volunteer martyrs to return to the country... Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has attached great importance to promoting the spirit of heroes and commending heroes and models, and "advocating heroes." "Learning from heroes, defending heroes, and caring for heroes" has increasingly become a social trend. Heroes of China Land have emerged in large numbers, injecting powerful spiritual power into the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Advocating heroes rooted in people's hearts
In the spiritual pedigree of a nation, the hero is the most eye-catching symbol.
Xi Jinping pointed out profoundly, "The motherland is the most solid support of the people, and heroes are the most shining coordinates of the nation." "A hopeful nation cannot be without heroes, and a promising country cannot be without vanguards."
Say it as your heart’s voice.
Xi Jinping has a strong complex of heroes.
In 2014, my country established the Martyrs' Memorial Day.
Since then, on September 30th each year, Xi Jinping has attended the commemorative activities, presented flower baskets to the heroes of the people, and deeply cherished the great achievements of the heroes.
To investigate in Zunyi, Guizhou, Xi Jinping went directly to the Red Army Mountain Martyrs Cemetery after getting off the plane and presented a flower basket to the Red Army Martyrs Monument; went to Ningxia to investigate, Xi Jinping presented a flower basket to the Red Army Long March Memorial in the rain...
Jinggangshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, East China Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery... Even though time goes by, even though the mountains are high and the road far away, Xi Jinping has never forgotten these heroes.
Every deep bow, every affectionate look up, expresses respect and memory for the heroes.
Advocating heroes is the spiritual force that will always maintain the combat effectiveness of the Chinese nation.
"August 1st Medal", the highest honor of Chinese soldiers.
On July 28, 2017, Xi Jinping personally gave medals and certificates to the 10 heroes who won this honor for the first time.
On September 29, 2019, the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People burst into applause. Xi Jinping awarded the "Republic Medal", "Friendship Medal" and National Honorary Medal to the winners of the National Medal and National Honorary Title respectively. Yu Min, Sun Jiadong, Yuan Longping... …Names, legends, traveling through the years, resounding through the golden hall, spreading across the land of China.
On September 8, 2020, the People's Palace welcomes the representatives of the heroic people!
At the National Commendation Conference for Fighting the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic, the party and the people dedicated the highest courtesy to the loveliest people-Zhong Nanshan, Zhang Boli, Zhang Dingyu, Chen Wei, and countless soldiers in white who have returned from the battle against the epidemic.
At this moment, pay tribute to the hero in the name of the country.
"Their names and achievements will not be forgotten by the country, the people will not be forgotten, and history will not be forgotten, and will forever be engraved on the monument of the Republic!" The general secretary's voice is deep and powerful.
Recalling the difficult years, paying tribute to ordinary heroes, and inspiring the spiritual power of the nation...
The heaven and earth are heroic, and the ages are still awe-inspiring.
Xi Jinping cherishes the memory of the sages and martyrs, pays tribute to the heroes and models, and has a clear orientation, leading the whole society to form a trend of respecting and honoring heroes.
In the early spring, in Jinan Hero Mountain Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, a nearly 70-year-old man was walking around with his 5 or 6-year-old grandchildren, facing the hero monument. The old man told the little guy about the Battle of Jinan seriously, and then taught the little guy how to face it. The respectful salute to the monument and the tombstone of the martyrs deeply affected the people around.
Learning heroes light up people's hearts
In the party’s centuries-long struggle, countless heroes and ancestors have performed innumerable and epic heroic feats in the persistence of ideals and doctrine, in the test of life and death and blood and fire, and in the choice of sacrifice and dedication.
Chen Shuxiang's bravery, Zhao Yiman's steadfastness, Lei Feng's spiritual light, Wang Jie's bloody courage... Xi Jinping treasures the stories of these heroes.
To learn heroic deeds and promote the heroic spirit, it is even more meticulous and repeated.
On September 2, 2015, Xi Jinping emphasized at the ceremony of issuing the "70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression" that "all national heroes, including the heroes of the War of Resistance Against Japan, are the backbone of the Chinese nation, and their deeds and spirit are the same. A powerful force that inspires us to move forward."
From August 21st to 22nd, 2018, Xi Jinping emphasized at the National Propaganda and Ideological Work Conference that “we must extensively carry out advanced model learning and propaganda activities”.
"Who doesn't like officials? Turn tears into rain. Life is sand dunes, death is sand dunes, fathers and elders are life and death..." Xi Jinping's affectionate song "Remembering Jiao Yulu" praised the son of Jiao Yulu, a good party cadre feelings.
He chose Lankao as his contact point. "An important consideration is that Lankao is the place where Comrade Jiao Yulu worked and lived, and it is the birthplace of Jiao Yulu's spirit."
He emphasized that Jiao Yulu's spirit "is the precious spiritual wealth of our party, and we must always learn from him."
On July 27, 2018, Wang Jicai, a national model of the era and hero of Kaishan Island, died of sudden illness while on duty.
In 32 years and 11680 days, Wang Jicai joined his wife to live a boring and lonely life into a glorious heroic epic.
Xi Jinping gave important instructions on the advanced deeds of Comrade Wang Jicai and emphasized that Comrade Wang Jicai has guarded the island and defended the country for 32 years, and with his perseverance and dedication without complaint and regret, he has written an extraordinary chapter of life in an ordinary post.
We must vigorously advocate this patriotic dedication and make it the value pursuit of fighters in the new era.
Like Wang Jicai, in recent years, a large number of shiny names such as Nan Rendong, Huang Qun, Song Yuecai, Jiang Kaibin, and Zhang Fuqing have been "circled fans" by countless people.
On the occasion of celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Outline for the Implementation of Patriotic Education in the New Era", which pointed out that "vigorously publicize heroes who have made contributions to the Chinese nation and the Chinese people, and publicize the emergence of the revolution, construction, and reform. "Heroes and Martyrs and Model Characters" "extensively carry out learning activities from advanced models, and guide people to transform their admiration and emotions into practical actions of starting a business and serving the country with loyalty."
Approach the hero and learn from the hero’s patriotic sentiment of “the heart of life, forgetting the family and serving the country”, the noble realm of “namely making the name of the hero, no selfishness”, and the spirit of dedication of “putting one’s life to the country’s disaster and seeing death as home”, Take the country's prosperity, national rejuvenation, and people's happiness as the unremitting pursuit, do every ordinary thing well, contribute your wisdom and talents to the long march of the new era, and become the strongest voice of billions of Chinese people.
Defending the hero is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people
"When the past no longer illuminates the future, people's hearts will linger in the dark." To destroy a hero is to destroy a piece of history; to destroy a piece of history is to destroy a spirit; to destroy a spirit is to destroy a nation.
In the process of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, defending and discrediting heroes is a life-and-death battle between solidifying and uprooting, casting and decimating the soul.
On November 30, 2016, Xi Jinping emphasized at the opening ceremony of the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the 9th National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association, “Have respect for the heroes of the Chinese nation, record and shape heroes with great color, so that heroes can be spread in literary works. , To guide the people to establish a correct view of history, nation, country, and culture, and never do things that blaspheme ancestors, classics, and heroes."
The heroes guard the country, who will guard the heroes?
Govern things in a small way, and govern legislation in a big way.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has attached great importance to the legislative work aimed at protecting the rights and interests of heroes and martyrs, and opened the curtain of defending heroes in the name of law and with all the strength.
——The “General Principles of the Civil Law of the People’s Republic of China”, which came into effect on October 1, 2017, clearly stipulates that “whoever infringes on the names, portraits, reputation, or honor of heroes and martyrs, or harms the public interests of society, shall bear civil liability”, and becomes a law The sword is an important basis for defending the rights and interests of heroes.
——On April 27, 2018, the Second Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress passed the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Heroes and Martyrs", which was formally implemented on May 1.
Establish a public interest litigation system that infringes on the honor and honor of the heroes, establish and improve the protection and management system of the heroic memorial facilities... This is a law that contains the people's deep cherishment of heroes and martyrs between the lines. It is also the first time that my country has protected and defended heroes and martyrs in the form of legislation. Legal rights.
——The "Amendment to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China (11)" implemented on March 1, 2021 clearly stipulates the crime of infringing on the reputation and honor of heroes and martyrs.
On February 19 this year, a Weibo blogger named "Spicy Pen Xiaoqiu" openly slandered and wantonly discredited the martyrs defending the country, arousing great indignation from the people of the whole country, and tens of thousands of netizens criticized him.
On March 1, the People’s Procuratorate of Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province issued a notice of the case, approving the arrest of the criminal suspect, the blogger of "Spicy Pen Xiaoqiu," on suspicion of infringing on the reputation and honour of heroes and martyrs.
Protecting heroes is the most basic respect for history; defending heroes is a monument to defending the national spirit.
In the land of China, this is what the people want.
Caring for heroes to win people's hearts
"Why is the banner of war beautiful and picturesque, and the blood of heroes dyes it red; why the earth is always here, and the hero's life blooms with flowers." Every hero has gone through hardships, and their stories are shining with family and country sentiments and dedication.
"Don't let heroes shed blood and tears." "Party committees and governments at all levels should care, care, and care for heroes." Xi Jinping's affectionate words inspired and inspired people who cared for heroes in the whole society.
There is such a heartwarming thing, which is spread in the border post.
On January 26, 2014, Xi Jinping inspected the Sanjiaoshan post and listened to the story of the "Acacia Tree".
More than 30 years ago, the veteran company commander Li Xiangen encountered a flash flood while leading a patrol, and died heroically to rescue his comrades.
In the second year, his wife Guo Fengrong, holding his two-year-old son Li Xin, came to the post and planted this "Acacia tree", leaving the thoughts in her heart at the border of the motherland forever.
After listening to the story, the general secretary was very moved and asked the relevant leaders to take good care of the relatives and children of the martyrs.
Soon, under the kind care of the general secretary, Li Xin was transferred from Aershan City to the office of the Xing'an League Administrative Office, and the problem of separation from his wife was resolved.
There is such a scene, engraved in the hearts of all soldiers.
On October 31, 2014, Xi Jinping attended the Political Work Conference of the All-Army in Gutian.
At lunchtime, he sat around with 11 grassroots cadres of the army and representatives of heroes and models, eating "Red Army Meal" with relish, talking with everyone, and serving the grassroots representatives around him with dishes from time to time.
There is such an exhortation that echoes in the ears of the people all over the country.
On December 31, 2016, Xi Jinping pointed out in his 2017 New Year message that “several comrades of the Chinese peacekeeping force sacrificed heroically and gave their precious lives for world peace. We miss them and we must take good care of their relatives.”
From raising the standard of regular pensions for martyrs, welcoming the remains of the Chinese People’s Volunteers in Korea to return to the country, to visiting Malaysia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea for the first time in the name of the country... the party and the people lifted heroes above their heads and cared for their families. , Arrange for the heroes and martyrs to remember and comfort the dead, and inspire and encourage the living.
This is an era of vicissitudes, and it is also an era of heroes.
Persevere like a hero, fight like a hero.
In the new era, the Chinese sons and daughters, who have gone through thousands of tribulations and overcoming obstacles, hold high the banner of heroes, glowing with a never-slack mental state and an indomitable charging posture, and are striding forward on the long march of the new era.
People's Daily Online reporter Huang Zijuan