Soldier "the most beautiful tear"

  In the past few days, various events of the Beijing Winter Olympics have been in full swing.

Intense competition, enthusiastic shouts, happy smiles... People of different skin colors, ages and occupations are enjoying the joy and passion brought by the Winter Olympics.

  When the wonderful images of chasing and chasing on the field were swiped again and again, a photo at the opening ceremony was still unforgettable and moving: when the national anthem was played and the national flag was raised, the members of the honor guard brigade of the People's Liberation Army, The flag bearer Yan Zhen couldn't help shedding tears.

This detail made hundreds of millions of Chinese children "break the defense" in an instant, and was called "the most beautiful tear" by countless netizens.

  "This winter is very warm, and a single tear has ignited 1.4 billion souls again..." When the "March of the Volunteers" resounded through the National Stadium, and when the five-star red flag was flying high, at this moment, every Chinese son and daughter can strongly feel it. , Patriotism is never an empty phrase, it is kind and true, warm and touching.

The tears on the faces of the soldiers are a tribute to their duties, a tribute to the Olympics, and a deep confession to the motherland.

As Yan Zhen himself said: "What we raise is not just a flag, but also the dignity of the country and the pride of the nation."

  "What is patriotism? I want her to give everything for me, not love; I want to give everything for her, that's love!" A troop of honor guard duty.

Since its establishment 70 years ago, generations of honor guard officers and soldiers have regarded honor guards as more important than life, trained hard, kept improving, and successfully completed more than 4,900 tasks.

At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, they once again achieved "the appearance is shocking, and the appearance is wonderful".

  There is a saying that "a man does not cry when he has tears".

There is also a saying in the military camp, "If you lose your skin and flesh, you won't fall behind, and you won't shed tears if you shed blood and sweat."

In order to maintain the best mental state during the task, the honor guards often practice not blinking or crying under the conditions of wind and light.

However, the tears shed by the honor guards at the opening ceremony became the most vivid footnotes of patriotic dedication.

  The promise of a great country is as heavy as Mount Tai; the "city of two Olympics" is of extraordinary significance.

As the first global comprehensive sports event to be held as scheduled since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Beijing Winter Olympics has witnessed China's commitment to what it says it will do, and reflects China's unremitting sincerity in promoting global solidarity and cooperation and promoting the international community's "together toward the future" .

In the past few days, the international community has spoken highly of the Beijing Winter Olympics: "The importance of the Beijing Winter Olympics to the world is self-evident", "a successful and spectacular Winter Olympics"... After 14 years, the Olympic Torch is once again in Beijing. Ignite, how can we not be excited about it, proud of it, and admire it.

  "Clear love is only for China in my heart; warm tears spill over to the hot soil under my feet." The motherland, this hot word "tears fall when you hear it", poets sing her praises, often passionate and affectionate; soldiers defend her , willing to go through fire and water, and die without hesitation.

In this sense, swiping the screen is more than a tear!

It was the concentrated burst of thousands of Chinese hearts, strong national spirits, and national aspirations.

"Enter China without regrets in this life, and grow a flower family again in the next life", this is the source of power for the Chinese nation to continue to thrive and move towards rejuvenation.

  How many fiery emotions sublime in the moving, how much the strength of forging ahead is condensed in the moving.

In the fight against the epidemic, the people's army went retrograde, with letters of invitation and red handprints, which made many people cry; The soles of the feet, which were soaked white and full of folds, made many hearts tremble; during the border prevention and control struggle in the Galwan Valley, the back standing in the glacier with wide arms, that clear and handsome smile, that wrote The solemn oath on the helmet has made many people excited...

  "Why are there tears in my eyes? Because I love this land so much..." The sweat of soldiers sheds for the defense of the country; the tears of soldiers shed for the prosperity of the motherland.

This is faith and it is glory.

Every comrade-in-arms should transform their patriotism into the ambition to serve the country and strengthen the army, and always move forward with the motherland, develop with the times, and make progress with the army.

  (Author: Zhu Weiming is a political commissar of the Honor Guard Brigade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army)