Mountains and rivers testify: we guard you together
"When I follow the light, I walk with the light"
■Lu Weiqing Zhan Chuanyuan
"Guarding the tombs of 146 Red Army martyrs for 30 years", "Guarding the tombs of the martyrs for 57 springs, autumns and winters", "37 years of rooting in the frontier and guarding the tombs of comrades in arms"... It may be difficult for people to imagine that there is a kind of persistence behind these hot search news. And powerful power, and behind this power, what kind of inescapable affection lies.
Say goodbye to the hustle and bustle, and be with the grass and trees in the cemetery. This is the real life of the people who guard the tombs of the martyrs.
Their protection is not scaled by one day or two days, or one year or two years. Their unit of measurement is often "my whole life" or "the rest of my life".
Liu Fuchang and Guo Degang have successively guarded the tomb of the martyrs for half a century. The veteran Chen Jungui has guarded the tomb in the western border of the motherland for 37 years. Three generations of the Liao family in Guangdong have successively guarded the tomb of a Red Army commander... These invariant choices are so similar— - It has nothing to do with fame and fortune, sincerity and sincerity.
Protection is the deepest confession.
They said they were "just following the call of their hearts".
They used the long time that was almost stagnant in the eyes of others, and used their dedicated and thoughtful care of the martyrs' cemetery to express their memory, memory and respect for the martyrs.
The times call for heroes, and heroes shine in the times.
In their hearts, heroes should be remembered and worthy of admiration forever.
Tongjiang County, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province still retains a custom: local people will spontaneously go to the Red Army's tomb to worship on festivals such as the Spring Festival and Qingming Festival.
At that time, 1 in 10 people from Pakistan and China joined the Red Army.
For them, these Red Army martyrs are their relatives...
"The martyrs lying here were also the children of their parents back then. They exchanged their youth and life for our happiness today." In Guo Degang's mind, protecting the tombs of the martyrs means "helping these respectable dolls take care of their homes" .
He intends to guard every brick and tile, every grass and every tree in the Martyrs Cemetery until the day when it can't be done.
For Liao Congji, the third-generation tomb keeper of the Liao family in Guangdong, there is no other reason for guarding: "Revolutionary martyrs sacrificed their lives for everyone to live a good life. What is it for us to do this!?"
"When I follow the light, I walk with the light." For no other reason, it is because they have found the best reason.
Respect from the heart, through the silent guardianship for decades, is constantly releasing a noble and pure energy.
The light of ideal is eternal, and the light of faith is eternal.
For the guardians of these martyrs' cemeteries, while protecting the heroes, they also completed a jump in the spiritual world.
How ordinary this guardian is, how great they are.
Mountains and rivers testify: we guard you together
■Pei Xinming accounted for Chuanyuan
During the Qingming Festival, a certain ministry organized an activity of "inheriting the legacy of our ancestors and continuing to win the war".
Photo by Liu Jiayuan
Qingming comes on schedule.
In this festival lingering with memory and longing, people's thoughts enter the "rainy season" again.
At this time, there was a solemn and dignified smell in the air.
While paying tribute to their relatives, people did not forget the martyrs.
If it is said that our ancestors gave us life, then these heroes poured out the flowers of happiness today with their blood.
For those tomb keepers, this Qingming day is just a microcosm of an ordinary day in their lives.
For a long time, they have been guarding these heroes.
Remembrance and reverence have long since turned into silent sacrifices in ordinary days.
Over the years, the silent tombstone bears witness to a heavy commitment - you protect happiness, and I protect you.
Keyword Commitment
"We are here so they won't be alone"
Many years later, veteran Guo Degang will still remember the first time he met Liu Fuchang in the Luban Red Army Martyrs Cemetery.
In the spring of 23 years ago, Guo Degang and his comrades came to this martyr's cemetery in Luban Town, Renhuai City, Guizhou Province to visit the tomb, and met Liu Fuchang.
Guo Degang sincerely admired the old man who "guarded the tombs of 146 Red Army martyrs for 30 years".
At that time, the meticulousness of the old man Liu Fuchang in his work attracted the attention of Guo Degang.
The tombstones are scattered, and the old man carefully wiped the tombstones one by one.
After wiping the top and then bending over to wipe the lower part, the old man was obviously struggling.
"I'll help you." Guo Degang didn't realize that the words he blurted out had become a promise.
This "help" word, he will use his life to honor.
"As a veteran, I understand them better." Guo Degang explained why he had the idea of guarding the tomb.
Wiping the tombstones, planting flowers and plants, explaining the heroic deeds... Since then, the lush Red Army Martyrs Cemetery in Luban has ushered in Guo Degang's hard work all day.
It's not so much a commitment as it is an identification - an identification with the spirit of a martyr, an identification with the choice of the elderly Liu Fuchang.
With this recognition, Guo Degang, who is more than old, still guards here.
"We guard here, they will not be alone." Guo Degang's remarks are also the voice of more grave guards.
Cai Yongfa, a 75-year-old retired teacher, is also busy in a martyr's cemetery in Chashanling, Longshan, Deqing County, Zhejiang Province, more than 1,700 kilometers away from the Luban Red Army Martyrs Cemetery.
Just a finger count, he has guarded here for 57 years.
If this kind of guardianship is also counted as "generation", he is "the second generation of guard".
From his father's hand, Cai Yongfa took over the key to the gate of the martyr's cemetery, the tools for repairing the cemetery, and his father's entrustment: "When we are here, their deeds will always be alive. We must let more people know their sacrifices and sacrifices."
Far away in Xinjiang, on the western edge of the motherland, veteran Chen Jungui has been guarding the Jorma Martyrs Cemetery for 37 years.
At that time, Chen Jungui, who was still a recruit, and Zheng Linshu, the squad leader, were besieged by heavy snow on the way.
At the juncture of life and death, in order to save him, the squad leader unfortunately sacrificed.
In 1985, after retiring, he chose to obligately guard the tomb for the sake of the squad leader's entrustment of "taking care of his comrades-in-arms" when he was dying, and he has no regrets until today.
Chen Jungui pays special attention to the role of a lecturer: "I have seen people who left their own death at a critical moment, and I know how to spend a person's life."
The hero goes away and turns into tombstones in the cemetery.
According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 989,000 tombs of martyrs and more than 29,000 memorial facilities such as martyrs' memorial halls, pavilions and pagodas in China.
Accompanying it are countless ordinary grave guards who advocate heroes and protect heroes. They use their precious lives to carry out a guardianship that forgets time.
Guarding the tombs for the martyrs and placing them in the social value coordinate system is of extraordinary significance.
Commendation at the national level reflects the recognition of this ordinary and noble choice.
Just like Mr. Guo Degang who was awarded the seventh batch of national posts to learn from Lei Feng's pacesetters, many guardians of the tombs of the martyrs were also awarded this or that honor.
Fading the halo of honor, they are even more gratified that when the first group of worshipers are welcomed in the early morning, they can tell the heroic stories of the martyrs affectionately like the crisp chirping of birds in the forest.
keyword relay
"As long as someone remembers, they live forever"
The green hills are evergreen, and the spirit of the martyrs will last forever.
This kind of longevity is not only recorded in the literature, but also remembered in the relay protection of the tomb guards from generation to generation.
"I'll give it to you." With just four words, Cheng Zuquan felt a lot of weight.
From it, he could hear his father's expectations and trust in him.
Recalling the scene when he took over the task of guarding the tomb from his father, the caretaker of the Sanyuangong Martyrs Cemetery in Chengdong Street, Qianjiang District, Chongqing, still feels his shoulders sink suddenly.
In November 1949, the newly liberated Qianjiang River began to repair the tomb, to bury the 22 martyrs who died in the Second Civil Revolutionary War and the liberation of Qianjiang River.
Cheng Zuquan's father, Cheng Shaoguang, became the first generation of tomb guards.
Later, Cheng Shaoguang signed up to join the army and went to the battlefield to resist US aggression and aid Korea.
After returning from the battlefield, he decided to continue his duty to guard the tomb.
The experience of entering the dynasty and participating in the war made Cheng Shaoguang more dedicated to guarding the tomb.
Whenever he had time, Cheng Shaoguang told his son Cheng Zuquan the stories of the heroes.
His father's words and deeds made Cheng Zuquan's eyes shine with admiration for heroes, and gradually strengthened his determination to "take over".
Later, Cheng Zuquan often went to the cemetery to help his father work, and the father often told his son, "This is not good enough, and that is not good enough."
In the face of his father's scolding, Cheng Zu wholeheartedly said, "My father is indeed doing a better job than me."
"This child is a caring person, and he has feelings for the heroes." Until one day, after the father made this judgment, he handed over the task of guarding the tomb to his son.
Today, Cheng Zuquan, who succeeded his father, has been guarding for 15 years.
Over the years, Cheng Zuquan felt more and more that the tombs of the martyrs were not cold stones or mounds, but warm relatives.
Every year when the Qingming Festival is approaching, he always stops other activities half a month in advance, takes his wife for a thorough cleaning in the park, and prepares the heroic deeds materials for preaching...
Two generations of relay, more than 70 years of dedicated protection, from blue silk to gray hair, from the prime of life to the twilight, until life is cast into a tombstone.
A story similar to the Cheng family's father and son is quietly staged in front of many martyrs' tombs in the land of China.
In Lumiyan Village, Nanfang County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, there is a tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The tombstone is only engraved with the words "Tomb of the Red Army Company Commander Liu".
Since more than 90 years ago, protecting this martyr's tomb has been a matter of four generations of Feng Lian's family.
"It's more convenient to guard my home here." In Feng Lian's view, cultivating soil, planting trees, offering memorial services, and doing these things are all natural.
Now, besides guarding the tomb, Feng Lian, a teacher, also tries to pass on this sense of responsibility to the students.
On Martyrs' Memorial Day and Qingming Festival, she will bring her students to visit the graves to cherish the memory...
"I don't know whose relatives he is, then he is the relatives of all of us." Feng Lian said to the students.
More stories of relay guarding the tomb seem to tell people: everyone's family protection for the revolutionary martyrs is as sincere as the martyrs willingly shed blood and sacrificed for everyone's happy life.
In Wangping Village, Shaxi Town, 177 kilometers away from Lumiyan Village, there is the Red Army Martyrs Cemetery, the revolutionary base of Sichuan and Shaanxi.
Wang Jiangang, 70 years old this year, succeeded his father in the old Red Army as the second-generation voluntary tomb guard. He stayed here for 28 years.
This is a piece of history he often tells people: In January 1934, the General Hospital of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army moved into Wangping Village, where many seriously injured Red Army soldiers were buried. Most of them did not leave any information. On their tombstones, There is only one bright red five-pointed star.
Not afraid of life and death, asking for nothing in return, and not even leaving any information... How can the condensed blood of the martyrs not arouse the deep admiration of later generations.
In Moxi Village, Xinhua County, Loudi City, Hunan Province, with the persistence of several generations, tomb-sweeping for the Red Army martyrs has become a local tradition.
Luo Fuwen, a young man born in the 1990s, is the fourth generation of tomb guards in the village. He said: "As long as someone remembers, they will live forever."
A netizen left a message when paying tribute to the martyrs online: "Praise the parents who brought their children to the martyrs' cemetery to lay flowers. They are implanting a simple national spirit and heroic feelings into the lives of the next generation!"
keyword inheritance
"The best protection is to keep the spirit of the heroes alive"
"They were once as youthful as we are today."
Every time I go to the Zhuji Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Park to visit the tomb, the soldier Chen Bo will think of this.
Every time, his heart hurts.
As the backbone of the ideological education of the Zhuji Squadron of the Shaoxing Detachment of the Zhejiang Provincial Armed Police Corps, Chen Bo is very familiar with the Zhuji Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Park.
The army camp is very close to the Martyrs Memorial Park, about a 10-minute walk away.
Like the relationship between other troops and the Martyrs Cemetery, Zhuji Squadron often comes here to organize various activities: recruits go down to visit and pay their respects, volunteer labor in the park, sweep the tombs of the martyrs...
Although he often comes here, every time he reads the deeds of Martyr Yu Xiusong, Chen Bo is deeply shocked.
As an early revolutionary activist of the Chinese Communist Party, Yu Xiusong left home at the age of 17 to join the revolutionary cause, determined to be a person who is beneficial to the country and the people.
"The ancestors were so young that they resolutely left their hometown in search of the door to serve the country. Today, what reason do we have to worry about when we wear military uniforms!?" Every time he takes an education class, Chen Bo will share his feelings with his comrades, and it will be imprinted in his heart over and over again. .
"It's like being pushed forward by a force", Chen Bo quickly grew into the backbone of ideological education in the squadron.
"The best protection is to keep the spirit of heroes alive." Chen Bo's experience is the epitome of the growth of many young officers and soldiers.
There are martyrs' cemeteries near many troop stations, some troop camps have martyrs' tombs or monuments, and some companies are the honor companies where the heroes used to be.
In the eyes of the heroes, the new generation of military camps marched in batches, inheriting the spirit of heroes and struggling to grow up.
Xu Junbin, 23 years old, won the double first place in combat physical fitness and automatic rifle shooting in the brigade's "Brigade Victims" competition; Shu Jun, 21, won the brigade's "Righteous Vengeance" competition with a 5-kilometer armed cross-country and a 400-meter obstacle double championship... In the first In the "Five Heroes Company of Langya Mountain" of a brigade of the 74th Group Army, every officer and soldier who won the championship will plant a "gold medal tree".
The glittering nameplate hanging on the tree is not only a record of honor, but also their consolation to the martyrs.
"Today's good life was made by them. Remember that they have to live a good life and do a good job!" Grandpa often said this sentence, which was always kept in mind by Yuan Xiaoqun, a captain of a certain department of the Zhejiang Military Region. .
Yuan Xiaoqun's grandfather was a veteran of the Volunteer Army.
Growing up listening to the battle stories told by her grandfather, she planted the dream of joining the army and serving the country early in her heart.
Not long ago, film and television works such as "Changjin Lake", "Water Gate Bridge" and "Sniper" were released, which made Yuan Xiaoqun understand his grandfather's words better.
From enlisting in the army to being admitted to the military academy, and then growing into a captain officer, Yuan Xiaoqun has been on the mountain and the island all year round, running at the grassroots level.
Speaking of growing up, she said, "I want my grandpa to be proud of me."
From "being proud of the martyrs" to "letting the ancestors be proud of me", young officers and soldiers in the new era are writing their inheritance and development of the red gene with hard work and struggle in their posts.
Every hero is a spiritual monument
■Zhang Shunliang
Another year is the Qingming Festival, the green hills are faint, the grass is full of grass, and the memory is long.
Some people say that Qingming Festival is "the festival of roots".
If people have no roots, they are wandering wherever they go.
If a country has no roots, it will be weak at all times.
This "root" is the relatives, the homeland; the martyrs, the faith.
The heroic spirit of heaven and earth is still awe-inspiring.
The sky of history is as bright as stars.
They went on and on, practiced their ideals with their lives, guarded their long-cherished wishes with perseverance, and watered their dreams with blood, so that we can live a happy life today.
"The blood of the yellow sand is stained with the bones of heroes, and the stele will keep the name forever." Guangzhou Huanghuagang, Nanjing Yuhuatai, Jinan Hero Mountain, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier... The condolences come here, bowing their heads in mourning, burning the incense of remembrance, and forging ahead the driving force.
Flowers are offered to heroes, and condolences are offered to loyal souls.
Why is the battle flag so picturesque?
The spring breeze whispered: The hero's blood stained her red; why is the earth always in spring?
Shanhe answers: The life of a hero blooms.
Heart and blood, loyal soul forever.
Heroes left behind not only names, but also spirit.
Every tombstone of a martyr is a high ground of belief, and every hero is a spiritual monument.
The high ground is silent, forging the spiritual mountain of the Chinese nation; the silent monument consolidates the belief base of the Republic Building.
"The major events of the country are in the sacrificial and the military." The solemn commemoration is the inspiration that touches the soul; the affectionate memory is the awakening of the original mission.
Faithful to the present and the past, a clear heart and a clear mind, the unswerving belief of loyalty, the feelings of the family and the world, and the dream of a prosperous country and a strong army, will be passed down from generation to generation in the Qingming season.
Only with the backbone of the state can we stand firm; only with loyal souls can the army be invincible.
The road ahead cannot be smooth, and the blueprint cannot be achieved overnight.
We deeply feel the urgency of firm belief and the arduousness of our mission. Only by continuing to struggle and forging ahead can we continue to pass on our fine traditions and bathe our grand journey in glory.
Some people say: "The cemetery is the best place to think about life." Remembering is the yearning of the soul, and moving forward is the best memorial.
With the clothes on the body, the mission on the shoulders, in front of the tombs of the martyrs, under the monuments, "dialogue" with the heroic soul, "side by side" with the sublime, how can the fighting spirit of a strong country not be surging?
How can the footsteps of the strong army not move forward?
"I look up at the starry sky you have seen, the earth under my feet has changed time and space, and the red you left swaying in the wind is in my heart!" Only by not forgetting the root can we open up the future.
Look at the admiration flowing in the martyrs' cemetery, and look at the strong military ambition behind the fragrant flowers, which are condensing into a powerful force for forging ahead in a new journey and making contributions to a new era.
Today, many officers and soldiers may not be able to caress the tombstones and pay homage to heroic spirits, but we can build a "monument" to honor heroes and martyrs in our hearts, and build a "beacon tower" for a strong army to prepare for war.
This is the best consolation for revolutionary martyrs and the best nourishment for faith and belief.