China News Service, Changsha, May 24th, title: Yuan Longping's final farewell
Reporter Bai Zu and Liu Shuangshuang
On the morning of May 24, the farewell ceremony for the remains of Yuan Longping, winner of the "Father of Hybrid Rice", "Republic Medal", winner of the title of "Reform Pioneer", and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, was held at the Mingyangshan Funeral Home in Changsha City. Yuan Longping's relatives, friends and all walks of life The people paid their last respect to the scientist.
People lined up to enter the funeral home to bid farewell to Academician Yuan Longping.
Photo by Yang Huafeng
At 13:07 on May 22, Yuan Longping passed away in Changsha due to ineffective medical treatment at the age of 91.
Academician Yuan Longping used to say that "people are like seeds, to be a good seed".
Throughout his life, he wrote a footnote to this sentence.
The farewell ceremony scene.
Photo by Bai Zu
After the news of the death of Academician Yuan Longping was released, all walks of life were deeply saddened.
Outside the Xiangya Hospital of Central South University where the academician passed away, many people spontaneously went there and left bouquets of mourning in front of the hospital.
There are also people who specially pull the green seedlings, pinning endless grief.
Where the hearse passed from the hospital to the funeral home, the vehicle consciously stood still and its horns honked.
Countless people from all over the country spontaneously escorted Mr. Yuan and repeatedly called out "Grandpa Yuan, go well all the way."
In the past few days, in the condolence hall established by the Changsha Mingyangshan Funeral Home and the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center, the flower-presenting team has been in line from early morning to late night.
Some people rushed to Changsha for thousands of miles, just to send Yuan Lao on the last trip; many people placed orders online, and asked the courier brother to present flowers.
The social network is full of grief. Everyone offered flowers, burned candles, and lighted "stars" in the online condolence halls, and sent their sorrows away.
Netizens left messages in memory, expressing their gratitude and respect for the "catcher in the paddy field", and many younger generations expressed their voices of "carrying on the past and opening up the future and emulating Gong Yuan".
Citizens came to mourn Academician Yuan Longping with bouquets in hand.
Photo by Yang Huafeng
In the early morning of the 24th, Changsha changed from the continuous rainy days, the sky was like washing and the flowers were sad.
The Mingyangshan Funeral Home in Changsha City has become a "sea of flowers", layered with flowers that entrust the grief and dissatisfaction of people across the country, among which several bunches of golden rice ears are sandwiched from time to time.
Zhang Muchen, a third-year student in the ear of rice, put a picture of himself in the ear of rice, "A Dream of Enjoying the Cool under the Grass". In the painting, "Yuan Longping" was a bit younger. Standing under the ear of rice, he said, "My dream has come true." "; There is also a "Letter to Grandpa Yuan" on the right side of the painting, and the immature words and handwriting make people cry.
To mourn the people, the "words" they wanted to say were made into cards and placed in flowers.
"The wind of the gentleman, the mountains are high and the rice is long. I have the honor to live with you for the rest of my life. I hope you can go all the way." "Three meals a day, the fragrance of rice is permeated. Those who are full should always remember Yuan Gong." "Dear, beloved Grandpa Yuan Longping has gone all the way, and you will always live in our hearts."...The words and sentences on the card are full of dissatisfaction and nostalgia for Academician Yuan Longping.
The funeral home became a "sea of flowers".
Photo by Yang Huafeng
Around 7 o'clock, people wearing masks and holding flowers came to mourn from all directions, and some even pushed suitcases.
Due to the limited capacity of the memorial ceremony, the people bid farewell to Yuan Longping in the mass memorial hall specially set up in the funeral home. Among them, there are many gray-haired elders, teenagers led by their parents, and young people who come together. Can't see the end.
The endless stream of people conveyed continuous grief.
Jin Meitao, a 65-year-old from Cili County, Zhangjiajie, specially brought his grandson to see off Academician Yuan Longping.
Having experienced the age of under-eating, she choked and said that she often educates her grandchildren at home to cherish food, "I hope Yuan Longping will live more than ten years."
Long Deqin from Nanning, Guangxi came to Changsha to mourn with his children.
After receiving Ms. Long's order from the airport hotel to the funeral home, Changsha Didi driver Huang Jinbo directly cancelled the order, saying that he would send the mother and daughter there for free.
He said that Yuan Lao is the real superstar in his mind and the "star" he must chase.
At 10 o'clock, the farewell ceremony for Yuan Longping's remains began.
The elegy played, mourning and music hovered low, and all the people on the scene bowed their heads in silence.
The memorial hall is solemn, solemn, and simple, with flower baskets and wreaths neatly placed on both sides, expressing sorrow.
The portrait of Yuan Longping hanging above is a photo of him who was elected an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering when he was 65 years old.
In the photo, Yuan Long is smiling, his eyes are firm and piercing, looking into the distance.
Yuan Longping's body was covered with a bright red national flag lying peacefully among the flowers.
The farewell ceremony was extremely simple and there was no eulogy.
The mourners bowed to Yuan Longping's body three times and circled the coffin to bid Yuan Longping's final farewell.
Yuan Longping devoted all his life to the research and development of hybrid rice, and created a super hybrid rice technology system, making China's hybrid rice research a world-leading level.
He led the team to carry out research on super hybrid rice, and successively achieved the large-scale demonstration targets of 10.5 tons, 12 tons, 13.5 tons, and 15 tons per hectare.
In 2020, the goal of 3,000 jin of rice per mu has been achieved.
He has also been to various parts of the world to teach hybrid rice technology many times, and has made outstanding contributions to mankind to overcome food shortage and hunger.
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