In May 2001, an elderly Chinese lady in her eighties was invited by North Korean supreme leader Kim Chong-il to Pyongyang to participate in the "Sun Festival". Kim Jong Il even gave her a pot of Kim Jong Il flowers with his own hands.
After the event, Kim Chong-il had a long conversation with the old man. From the actions of the two at that time, it is not difficult to find that Kim Chong-il and this octogenarian lady have a deep affection.
In fact, this old man's name is Hu Zhenyi, a former female fighter of the Anti-Japanese Federation, and she has an extremely deep friendship with Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and his son.
It can be said that Hu Zhen-il is the Chinese woman who has been worrying about Kim Il Sung for half a century.
Kim Il Sung in China.
Kim Il Sung was born in 1912 into an ordinary peasant family in the Mangyongdae district of Pyongyang, North Korea. In 1918, his father, Kim Hyung-ji, led the family to Fusong in northeastern China to escape the enemy's arrest. From this moment on, Kim Il Sung, including his son Kim Jong Il, forged an indissoluble bond with China.
In 1926, after graduating from elementary school, Kim Il Sung went to school in Huadian County, Jilin Province. At the beginning of 1927, he transferred to Yuwen Middle School in Jilin Province. Here, Kim Il Sung's level of Marxist-Leninist theory and Chinese language proficiency laid a solid foundation.
In 1930, at the age of 18, Kim Il Sung formed the Korean Revolutionary Army, the first armed organization of Korean communists, in Etun County. In 1931, Kim Il Sung joined the Chinese Communist Party and immediately organized anti-Japanese guerrillas. During the protracted struggle, Kim Il Sung forged a deep friendship with many famous generals of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Resistance.
Until the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army carried out a frenzied sweep of the anti-Japanese forces in the rear, and the living environment of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation became more and more dangerous, and finally had to retreat to the territory of the Soviet Union for rest. In August 1945, Japan announced its surrender, and the Soviet side entrusted Kim Il Sung with the Soviet Red Army to return to the northern part of the Korean Peninsula and participate in the reconstruction of the Korean Communist Party.
At this time, the 33-year-old Kim Il Sung returned to his hometown after nearly two decades. On October 14, 1945, when Pyongyang held a grand rally to welcome the Soviet Red Army, Kim Il Sung made his first appearance in front of the public, officially beginning his half-century career in power.
Since becoming the supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Il Sung has maintained close ties with China. In June 1950, U.S. troops landed at Inchon on the Korean Peninsula, and the Korean People's Army led by Kim Il Sung was defeated and finally had to turn to China and the Soviet Union for help.
In the case of Stalin's undecided, ** resolutely decided to send troops to aid Korea. At this point, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, which lasted for nearly three years, began. During the three years, the Chinese people did not know how much effort they had put into fighting US imperialism, and hundreds of thousands of volunteers were buried in a foreign land.
Through the baptism of war and blood, the friendship between the Chinese and North Korean peoples has become stronger and stronger.
In the 60s and 70s of the 20th century, Kim Il Sung also maintained close ties with China, he visited Beijing many times, received teachings from the people, and had close contact with the leaders of the party and the state.
All in all, Kim Il Sung's life history is inextricably linked to China. He even said in a big way: Kim Il Sung's ability to become the supreme leader of the DPRK is inextricably linked to the support and help of the Chinese people.
And for nearly two decades in China, Kim Il Sung also formed a deep friendship with a Chinese woman named Hu Jin-il.
Hu Jinil and Kim Il Sung.
Hu Zhenyi, born in Shenyang in 1920, was still called Hu Zhengyi in 1937, and married Chai Shirong, then the commander of the Fifth Army of the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Army. Kim Il Sung was the commander of the First Division of the Fifth Army of the Anti-Japanese Alliance at that time, and he fought in a trench with Chai Shirong.
Later, the two went to the Soviet Union together and joined the 88th Brigade of the Soviet Red Army, when Chai Shirong and Kim Il Sung lived in a large house. Hu Jin-il's eldest son is only a year younger than Kim Il Sung's son Kim Jong-il, and because of this relationship, Chai Shirong and his wife Hu Jin-il are also good friends with Kim Il Sung, including his wife.
According to Hu Zhenyi's memories in his later years, one day in 1937, Chai Shirong returned to his residence with a man after a military meeting, and he introduced Hu Zhenyi to Kim Il-sung, who was known as a beautiful man.
Later, the two families went to live in Khabarovsk, the Soviet Union, because they lived in the same house, and they formed a deep friendship with each other.
In 1945, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was about to be won, Hu Zhenyi's husband Chai Shirong was wronged and died of illness soon after. And with the help of the Soviet Red Army, the Japanese forces in northeastern China and the Korean Peninsula have been defeated one after another. On the eve of the reconquest, Hu Jin-il and Kim Il Sung's family broke up. On the occasion of parting, Kim Il Sung presented Hu Jin with a few pieces of gold jewelry and half a small bottle of gold as a souvenir, and then each embarked on the journey back to China.
In his later years, Kim Il Sung, in the fourth volume of his memoirs, wrote fondly about the years he fought side by side with his old superior, Chai Shirong, in China.
After Kim Il Sung became the leader of the Korean People's Republic, he kept inquiring about the whereabouts of Hu Jin-il and his family. More than half a century later, the DPRK consulate in Shenyang unexpectedly learned of Hu Jin-il's whereabouts and immediately reported the situation to Pyongyang, who was immediately invited by Kim Il Sung.
The reason why Hu Jin-il and Kim Il Sung broke off contact for half a century was because after the liberation of Northeast China, Hu Jin-il returned to China to participate in the city's reception work, and traveled half of China from the northeast to the southwest. In 1953, Hu Zhenyi came to Chongqing with his children to work. She has successively served as the deputy head of the People's ** District of Yuzhong District, Chongqing, and the deputy director of the Standing Committee of the First Chongqing Municipal People's Congress. He retired in 1985 and served as an honorary advisor to the Chongqing Association for the Promotion of the Elderly in 1988.
In addition, the original name "Hu Zhengyi" was changed to "Hu Zhenyi", because of this relationship, the North Korean side has not been able to find the exact whereabouts and specific information of Hu Zhenyi. On May 6, 1994, Hu Jin-il and her son arrived in Pyongyang by train, and as soon as she stepped off the train, she was shocked by the grand welcome ceremony on the platform.
I saw that the railway station square was crowded with people, red flags were displayed, and there were slogans in the two languages - welcome Hu Zhenyi. As soon as she went to the guest house to settle down, the ** bell rang, and a familiar and friendly voice sounded in the earpiece. Kim Il Sung's first words were: "Hu Jin-il, you are my old comrade-in-arms, I have been looking for you for 50 years, rest well at night, and we will meet again the next morning." ”
On May 7, 1994, Kim Il Sung hosted a banquet for Hu Jinil's mother and son in Pyongyang. After taking his seat, Hu Jinyi found that the leading cadres of the DPRK had to stand up and be respectful when they spoke to Kim Il Sung. At first, Hu Jin-il also stood up and spoke to Kim Il Sung, but Kim Il Sung hurriedly waved his hand and said: "You are different from them, you are my most honored guest, my best friend, you talk like me and don't stand up." ”
After the banquet, Kim Il Sung earnestly retained Hu Jin-il: "You must stay with me for at least a month, have a good tour of North Korea, and see all over the place." ”
A month later, Hu Zhenyi left North Korea, and the two sides agreed to find an opportunity to get together again in the future. Kim Il Sung died on July 8, 1994, more than a month after Hu Jin-il left North Korea.
His son, Kim Jong-il, like his father when he was alive, has sincere feelings for Hu Jin-il and still invites him to visit North Korea every year. In May 2001, Hu Jin-il went to the DPRK to attend the Sun Festival at the invitation of Kim Chong-il and was cordially received by Kim Chong-il.
In September 2008, when 88-year-old Hu Jin-il passed away due to illness, Comrade Kim Chong-il immediately sent a touching message of condolence. With the death of Kim Jong-il and the fact that Kim Jong-un has become the third generation of the DPRK's leader, we cannot help but recall what Hu Jin-il said at the Chongqing Association for the Promotion of the Elderly at a forum to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China: The DPRK and China are separated by a strip of water, and the people of the two countries have forged a deep friendship, and they must work together in the future.