Snow, an American journalist who conducted long-term interviews in the northern Shaanxi base area twice in 1936 and 1939, discovered that the Chinese Communists there had an "Oriental magic" in them.

He saw Mao Zedong wearing patched clothes, Zhou Enlai sleeping on a tukang, Peng Dehuai made a vest with a parachute captured by the enemy, and Lin Boqu, who was the People’s Commissar of Finance, wore a pair of glasses with a broken leg and tied with a rope to his ears. on.

The frugal and simple style of the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party left a deep impression on Snow.

  In Jinggangshan, Mao Zedong wrote late into the night under dim lighting in order to save wicks; after the founding of New China, Zhou Enlai wore a patched coat to travel to various countries; Zhu De wrote a 2,000-word long article on the phenomenon of extravagance and waste in the context of the national economic recovery Warning...

  Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, “practice economy and avoid waste” has become a social fashion that General Secretary Xi Jinping has vigorously promoted.

  On March 1, 2021, when Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the opening ceremony of the training class for young and middle-aged cadres at the Central Party School, he pointed out that frugality, simplicity and freedom from extravagance are the heirlooms of our party.

Now, our living conditions are better, but the spirit of hard struggle is indispensable at all. We must persist in self-cultivation with thrift, thrifty in business, and persist in doing everything with strict economy and diligence.

  (Co-produced by the Central Archives of CCTV)

  Director System|Li Ting

  Producer|Luo Hongbing and Wang Shanshan

  Chief Editor | Geng Zhimin

  Master Planner|Han Renwei

  "The Cultivation of Communists" series

  Executive Editor-in-Chief|Du Xiaodong

  Editing of this episode|Wu Xiaodan

  Photography Team|Li Jianming, Han Zhaojing, Chai Minghang, Wang Chenhui, Xing Guangjian, Cao Zhiping, and Cao Shibo

  Editing|Jia Hao Cheng

  Visual Group|Gao Lingxiao, Han Xiao, Chen Jiaxin, Wang Hao

  Music Group|Wang Anran Cheng Chi

  Commentary|Li Chun Wang Shuaitian

  Production Team|Yang Bo Yujian Zhao Zhongxia Liu Yong Li Ziyou Wei Zili

  Information Team|Kou Linyang, Wang Shuai, Cao Hanxiao, Jiang Yunfang, Li You, Han Xue, and Qiao Pan Teng

  Propaganda Team|Cai Shanshan, Li Wenyan, Wang Cong and Hu Junwei

  Academic support for this film|Jiang Xuan, School of Marxism, Renmin University of China