(New Thought Leads New Journey·Red Footprint) The spirit will shine forever, and the original heart will shine in the future-the red holy land of Fujian that General Secretary Xi Jinping visited
Here, the Gutian Conference shines forever, and immortal chapters such as "A Single Spark, Can Start a Plain" light up the beacon of the Chinese revolution...
Here, more than 100,000 people participated in the Red Army and more than 26,000 people participated in the Long March. Only 2,000 people remained in northern Shaanxi. The Songmaoling Defence Battle and the Xiangjiang Battle... witnessed their passionate souls.
Here is where General Secretary Xi Jinping is very familiar and concerned: during his work in Fujian and the Central Committee, he came here 20 times and personally drew the blueprint for development; in 2014, he personally made decisions and led, and held the political work of the whole army in Gutian The meeting led the people's army to regroup and set off again.
"The red flag jumped over the Tingjiang River and went straight to Longyan and Shanghang." In the new era, the people in the old districts of Minxi kept their entrustment in mind, inherited the red gene, continued their struggle, and the beautiful picture of rural revitalization was slowly unfolding.
On the Long March, 24,000 children from West Fujian died heroically
[Listen to the red story told by the descendants of the martyrs]
This year's Qing Ming Dynasty, 64-year-old Zhong Tielin from Zhongfu Village, Nanshan Town, Changting County, Longyan City, together with more than 30 local villagers, came to Quanzhou, Guangxi thousands of miles away, to visit relatives buried there.
Zhong Tielin's uncle Zhong Zhaohuang was born in 1903.
"In 1931, the uncle joined the Red Army in Zhongfu Village, and there was no news after he left." Zhong Tielin told reporters that for decades, his family had been searching for his uncle's whereabouts.
It was not until 2017 that a reporter from Longyan TV took a photo of the roster of the heroes of the Xiangjiang Battle in Guangxi. Zhong Tielin finally saw the familiar name on the roster, and he knew that his uncle was stained with blood in Xiangjiang and gave a young life.
This is a miniature sculpture of the Red Army Long March Departure Mobilization Meeting taken in Zhongfu Village, Changting County, Fujian Province (photographed on April 27).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Qin Hong
[The history behind the story]
Longyan and Sanming in western Fujian are the core areas of the former Central Soviet Area.
During the Agrarian Revolution, more than 100,000 Minxi children participated in the Red Army, more than 26,000 people participated in the Long March, pioneered the way, blocked the backstop, fought the Xiangjiang River, crossed the Wujiang River, and flew over the Luding Bridge...More than 24,000 people died on the road, an average of one mile. Lu sacrificed a soldier from Western Fujian.
The Battle of Xiangjiang started at the end of 1934. In order to protect the main Red Army from breaking through the Xiangjiang River, the General Guard Red 34 Division, mainly composed of more than 6000 soldiers from Longyan and Sanming, died almost all of them. The names of most of them are no longer verified.
Su Juncai, director of the Research Office of Party History and Local Chronicles of the Longyan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, told reporters that more than 400 Changting martyrs were found on the famous gallery of martyrs from the Xiangjiang Battle in Xing’an County, Guangxi. Only 23 martyrs have descendants, and 6 of them have biological children. The rest are children of relatives who have adopted their names.
Western Fujian has a special weight in the hundred-year history of the Communist Party of China.
Gutian Town, Shanghang County, the old site of the Gutian Conference with white walls and blue tiles is solemnly vicissitudes of life.
In December 1929, the Ninth Congress of the Fourth Red Army was held in Gutian, which established the principle of "Ideological Party Building and Political Army Building", guiding the Chinese revolution from victory to new victory.
In Changting County, known as the "Little Red Shanghai", the Red Army had a unified military uniform for the first time, with its own hat factory, linen factory, printing factory, and arsenal; Sanming Ninghua, known as the "Central Soviet Area Ukraine" "It is an important supply and logistics support base for the Central Red Army...
Never forget the old district, never forget the people in the old district
[Listen to the general secretary telling the red story]
This red land in western Fujian is a place that General Secretary Xi Jinping is familiar with and cares about.
During the 2014 All-Army Political Work Conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping said affectionately during a meeting with representatives of the old Red Army and military martyrs in Gutian, Fujian, “I am very familiar with Western Fujian. This is the location of the former Central Soviet Area. China's establishment, party building, and army building have made important irreplaceable contributions." "We should never forget the old districts, and never forget the people in the old districts."
The director of the Gutian Conference Memorial Hall, Zeng Hanhui, clearly remembered that during the conference, General Secretary Xi Jinping acted as a "demonstrator" when visiting the site of the Gutian Conference and visiting the Gutian Conference Memorial Hall.
“The general secretary is very familiar with the exhibition boards, cultural relics and the stories behind the memorial hall. He emotionally told the story of more than 6,000 Minxi children’s bloody battle against the Xiangjiang River at the scene, giving the comrades present a vivid party history class.” Zeng Hanhui said.
In recent years, General Secretary Xi Jinping has fondly recalled stories about the revolution in Western Fujian on many different occasions.
An instructor explains in the "Red Army Town" in Gutian (photographed on April 21).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lin Chao
[Inheritance behind the story]
"If the red flag is to fly for generations, the most important thing is to educate the next generation." Such a couplet was posted at the door of Zhong Yilong, a 93-year-old man in Changfengtou Village, Nanshan Town, Changting County.
The Songmaoling defense battle that took place at the junction of Liancheng and Changting in Longyan in September 1934 was the most tragic battle before the Long March of the Red Army. Tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers defended Songmaoling for 7 days and 7 nights at the expense of thousands of people. The transfer of the main force of the Central Red Army won precious time.
Since the 1950s, Zhong Yilong and villagers have spontaneously searched for the remains of the Red Army sacrificed in the Songmaoling Defense War. More than 3,000 remains of heroes were found in the mountains and forests, and they were properly buried.
For more than 60 years, Zhong Yilong has paid homage to the martyrs every year and tried every means to collect the life stories of these unknown martyrs.
This is the Songmaoling Martyrs Monument in Changting County, Longyan, Fujian (photographed on April 27).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Hongyi
In 2016, with the support of the local party committee and government, Zhong Yilong transformed his house into a red cultural pavilion, and displayed the red cultural objects collected over the past few decades, the roster of soldiers killed in the Songmaoling battle, and biographical profiles, attracting thousands of people every year. Visit.
Despite his old age and frailty, Zhong Yilong insisted on telling the story of the Red Army to elementary and middle school students, party and government visiting groups, etc. every year.
"I want more young people to know that the current good life is the blood and life of the revolutionary martyrs in exchange for and guarding." Zhong Yilong said, for today, they knew that they would die all their lives and insisted on participating in the revolution, we can not forget.
Zhong Yilong, a villager in Changfengtou Village, Changting County, introduces his Red Family Exhibition (photographed on April 27).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Lin Chao
Realize the revitalization of the old Soviet area with high-quality development
[Listen to the general secretary's development story]
Changting County was once one of the counties with the most serious soil erosion in the red soil region of southern my country.
During his work in Fujian, Comrade Xi Jinping went to Changting five times for investigations and continued to promote soil erosion control; after working at the central government, Comrade Xi Jinping gave important instructions twice, emphasizing that “to advance is to win, if not to advance, then to retreat”, and to continue Strengthen the control of soil erosion in Changting.
In March of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping mentioned during an inspection tour in Fujian that it is necessary to promote the comprehensive revitalization of the old Soviet areas and fully support the upgrading of characteristic industries, infrastructure construction and public service guarantees in the old Soviet areas.
This is located at Hongjun Street, Zhongfu Village, Changting County, Longyan, Fujian (photographed on April 27).
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Qin Hong
[Answer sheet behind the story]
In the early summer, in Hetian Town, Changting County, on the formerly browned Tangweijiao mountain, there are shades of green trees and fragrance of flowers and fruits.
“It turns out that the mountains are almost full of sand and rocks. When it rains, there are'waterfalls' everywhere. In summer, the surface temperature is as high as 72°C. Nothing can be planted, and the chickens raised can be hot to death.” Ma Xuemei, who started contracting this mountainous area more than 20 years ago Runs an agricultural development company.
She said that the former "flaming mountain" has now become a "flower and fruit mountain". The ecology is better and the soil has become fertile. The chestnut planted and the farmed Hetian chicken have good quality and good selling price. Last year, the gross income was more than 1.8 million yuan. More than 10 villagers were employed.
After years of continuous management, the soil erosion rate in Changting has dropped from 31.5% in the mid-1980s to 6.78% in 2020, and the forest coverage rate has increased from less than 60% to 80.3%, realizing the "barren hills-oasis-ecological homeland". Historic change.
The effectiveness of Changting soil erosion control is the epitome of the green development of the old areas in western Fujian in recent years.
"Ecology is Longyan's biggest development advantage and brand." Li Jiancheng, Secretary of the Longyan Municipal Party Committee, said that entering the new era, Longyan insists on the concept that green water and green mountains are the golden mountains and silver mountains, and continues to fight pollution prevention and control. The proportion of excellent water quality in major river basins has reached 100%. The proportion of days with good quality remains at the forefront of the province, and the forest coverage rate reaches 79.39%. Eco-agriculture, forest health, and global tourism will be developed in accordance with local conditions to create a happy Longyan with a warm temperature. The high-quality development of "good industry, rich people, and beautiful ecology" The pattern is taking shape, and the revitalization of the countryside is changing with each passing day.
Publisher: Zhao Cheng
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