(Revisit the sky to see the changes) Dian-Tibet Highway: the red seeds planted by the Red Army bear the fruit of national unity
China News Service, Diqing, July 29th. Title: Dian-Tibet Highway: Red seeds planted by the Red Army bear fruit of national unity
Reporter Miao Chao Shi Guanglin
Songpingzi Ferry, Musizha Ferry, Shicun Village Ferry, Hanshili Ferry, Shilin Ferry... In Jinjiang Town, Shangri-La City, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, on the bank of the Jinsha River, there are monuments of Red Army ferry crossings.
A year ago, 37-year-old He Jianqiu left his stable job in Kunming and returned to his hometown of Jinjiang Town’s ancestral house near the Shivun Ferry. He used his savings to renovate the ancestral house and transform it into a red ethnic group in the stone village. The cultural plaza, with an innovative design of immersive experience, better spreads the red culture to the younger generation.
He Jianqiu introduced that in 1936, under the leadership of He Long and Ren Bishi, the Long March of the Red Army 2nd and 6th Army came to the banks of the Jinsha River. With the help of local people on both sides of the strait from Shigu to Judian, 18,000 people leaned on 7 wooden boats and 2 With only rafts and more than 20 boat workers, it took 4 days and 3 nights from 7 ferry ports to cross the Jinsha River north into Diqing. They forged a deep friendship with people of all ethnic groups in the snow-covered plateau and sowed the fire of revolution.
The picture shows He Jianqiu being interviewed by reporters.
Photo by Liu Ranyang
That year, the Red Army rested for 4 days in Jinjiang Town, and Shicun Village was the resident of the Ministry of Health of the Red Sixth Army.
Although 4 days are short, with the cooperation of the villagers, the Ministry of Health of the Red Sixth Army collected a large number of herbs such as Chonglou and Coptis, concentrated on treating the wounded and sick, relocating the seriously wounded, raising food and grass, and making supplies and ideas for the snow-capped mountains. Prepare.
Four days later, the Red Army left Jinjiang Township and entrusted Qian Jiwang and other seriously injured soldiers who could not climb the snow-capped mountains and continue north to He Jianqiu's grandfather and the villagers.
He Jianqiu told reporters, "Qian Jiwang spent six months recovering from his injuries in my family's ancestral home. The whole family took care of his diet and daily life. Whenever there was a reactionary armed search, he would be hidden."
After recovering, Qian Jiwang changed his name to Qian Youfu and began working part-time in Jinjiang to make ends meet. Later, he married a wife and had children, and settled in Shixiang Village. He died in 1994 at the age of 74.
"Revolutionary sites are non-renewable red historical and cultural resources, which contain rich revolutionary spirit and heavy historical and cultural connotations." He Jianqiu used his savings to renovate old houses, which caused him to face the dilemma of being stretched from time to time. After visiting every ferry crossing and every battle relic passed by the Red Army, he told himself that he must persist in accomplishing this mission.
The picture shows the Chu Yuangou still flowing.
Photo by Liu Ranyang
Today, the Red National Cultural Square in Shicun Village built by He Jianqiu has been opened to welcome guests.
The first floor of the old house restores the life scenes of ordinary farmers in the 1930s, and the second floor is the Diqing theme exhibition hall for the Red Army's Long March.
Up to now, it has received more than 50 batches of various observations and learning, with more than 1,000 people.
When telling visitors about the history of the Red Army's Long March, He Jianqiu will also intersperse and tell a little-known story during the peaceful liberation of Tibet.
Behind the village where Hejian Qiuzu's house is located, there is a ditch more than one meter wide and flowing with clear spring water-Chuyuangou. The local villagers call it "Chuxionggou".
In 1950, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made the decision to march into Tibet. Among them, the supplies for the troops entering Tibet on the South Road were mobilized from all over Yunnan.
The soldiers and horses have not moved, the food and grass go first.
Following Chairman Mao’s instructions to “move on one side and build roads on the other side”, the troops marching on North Road into Tibet built the Sichuan-Tibet Highway from Sichuan.
On the South Road, while organizing the transportation of human and livestock supplies, construction of the Yunnan-Tibet Highway was started in August 1950.
The picture shows the aerial photography of Jinjiang Town, where the farmland is full of greenery.
Photo by Liu Ranyang
During the construction of the Yunnan-Tibet Highway, road builders from the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province were responsible for the road construction on the opposite side of the Jinsha River in Jinjiang Town.
At that time, people of all ethnic groups in Jinjiang Town often crossed the river to deliver vegetables and wash quilts to road construction workers.
From time to time, they also sang to each other across the river: Brother has a long way to help Tibet, and he is not afraid of hardship and tiredness in digging.
Singing a song and throwing it across the river is just to relieve my tiredness; my younger brother is not afraid of hardship in building roads, only for the early liberation of Tibet.
Little sister Jinjiang has a high level of consciousness, and she has a good harvest and presents her rations...
In order to repay the people of all ethnic groups in Jinjiang Town for their deep friendship, Chuxiong migrant workers decided to do a good deed for the people of Jinjiang.
At that time, Jinjiang Town had abundant water resources, but did not have a decent canal, so the Chuxiong road construction team sent personnel to build a 6-kilometer canal from Xiaolongtan into Anle River for irrigation and drinking water for humans and animals.
He Jianqiu said that this ditch was built and released in just half a month. To appreciate the Chuxiong migrant workers, the people of Jinjiang named this ditch "Chu Yuangou".
This ditch laid the foundation for Jinjiang Town to become a land of fish and rice in Diqing.
Today, rice, corn and other food crops are grown here, as well as vegetables such as tomatoes, lettuce, and lotus white, as well as fruits such as watermelon and mango.
At the beginning of last year, during the lockdown of many places in Hubei due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Jinjiang Town rushed to help Hubei with a total of 100 tons of pollution-free vegetables on the plateau. Nearly 300 party members and people worked overtime to help pick, pack, and get on the train for free.
The Jinsha River rushes forward. In the long river of history, the seeds of national equality, unity and progress sown by the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants blossomed and bear fruit, which provided internal impetus for the peaceful liberation of Tibet and brought a happy and warm life for all living beings. (Finish)