He Zizhen's ashes were placed in one room.
In 1984, when the news of He Zizhen's death due to illness spread, it triggered a nationwide mourning. As for her funeral, the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China could not decide on its own, and could only report to its superiors.
The higher-level Central Committee Office also felt very tricky, so he could only ask the superior leaders for instructions, and finally asked for instructions
**After careful consideration, he said: "He Zizhen is an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, and our leaders should pay respect, and her ashes should be placed in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery."
**, established the specifications for He Zizhen's funeral. "The most important woman in my life" In 1938, 29-year-old He Zizhen embarked on a journey to the Soviet Union for recuperation with her pregnancy.
Although *** tried her best to stay, He Zizhen's resoluteness made her leave in the end. He Zizhen also went to the Soviet Union with Mao Anying, Mao Anqing and Li Min. In the Soviet Union in October, the weather was getting cooler, and the withered yellow leaves on both sides of the street made He Zizhen unconsciously touch his stomach and feel warm in his heart.
This is the life that she and *** conceived together, and it is also the most powerful motivation in her life in the Soviet Union.
He Zizhen gave birth to a son in a foreign country and named him Liuwa. Mao Anying, Mao Anqing and Li Min were excited about the arrival of this new life, and stroked the sleeping baby from time to time, their eyes full of love.
Mao An sighed: "The little brother really looks like his father. He Zizhen looked at the child, and her heart was full of hope and relief. The birth of Liuwa brought her comfort and alleviated her longing for ***.
However, this happy family did not last. Xiaoliuwa died of flu in the Soviet Union, and He Zizhen sought medical treatment everywhere, but his life was still not saved. Six-month-old Liu Wa died in her mother's arms, and He Zizhen's heart was full of grief.
He Zizhen fell into deep grief after Xiaoliuwa's death, and although she was mentally devastated, she did not fall because of it. Mao Anying and Mao Anqing's brothers' care and encouragement to He Zizhen made her start to cheer up.
They took the initiative to take over the responsibility of taking care of Li Min and helped He Zizhen share the pressure. Mao Anying's comfort and enlightenment made He Zizhen gradually realize that although Xiao Liuwa had left, she still had relatives and friends by her side.
In the company of the Mao Anying brothers and Li Min, He Zizhen's mood began to improve and slowly walked out of sadness. However, a letter from afar plunged He Zizhen into a new sadness.
During the days of recuperation in the Soviet Union, He Zizhen exchanged letters with *** frequently. Although the words in the letter were brief, the strong concern was overflowing. ** has repeatedly hoped that He Zizhen will return to China with her children, but He Zizhen insists on staying in the Soviet Union, ** although she is helpless, she respects her decision.
Maybe it's the distance that makes the relationship between the two fade, or maybe it's He Zizhen's stubborn personality that makes it possible for the two to separate. One day, He Zizhen came to the newspaper reading room as usual.
The newspaper reading room was as quiet as ever, and the students listened attentively to the newspaper reader on the stage solemnly reading the latest news. He Zizhen listened to it with relish, but the next news shocked her.
The newspaper reader read aloud word by word: "TASS reporters interviewed *** in Yan'an, and they talked for a long time in the cave. While bidding farewell to the reporter, ** went out with his wife. ”
This news was like a bolt from the blue, making He Zizhen unbelievable. It wasn't until the newspaper reader had read all the news in the newspaper that she barely came to her senses. He Zizhen walked out of the newspaper reading room with her hands on the wall, her legs trembled, and she began to regret her original decision, she should not insist on staying in the Soviet Union and separating from ***.
He Zizhen regretted not being at the beginning, but she knew that regret was useless. The grief of her loss of a child had just been relieved, but it came back to her heart. Since then, He Zizhen's mental state has become very bad, and he often sits alone in front of the window without saying a word.
Soon, during his treatment in the Soviet Union, he took time to visit He Zizhen. He Zizhen wrote a letter, hoping that *** could help bring it back to *** After reading the letter, he replied: "I have received your letter, everything is fine."
I hope you can study hard and strive to make greater progress in politics. After that, we will be comrades. The letter was written very clearly, He Zizhen heard this, and sighed, she understood that her fate with *** had come to an end, and becoming a comrade was a relief from the past.
According to He Zizhen's niece Kong Dongmei, ** once said: "Although He Zizhen has gone through hardships with me, she is the most important woman in my life. ”
This sentence fully reflects ***'s deep admiration for He Zizhen. In the difficult life of a foreign country, He Zizhen was riddled with illness, and after divorcing ***, her spirit suffered a huge blow, and her body became weaker and weaker.
However, she did not give up hope of survival, as she had three lovely children to take care of. Mao Anying and Mao Anqing are very sensible and have never caused any trouble to He Zizhen, and the youngest Li Min often accompanies her and brings her warmth.
In a foreign country, Li Min struggled to raise three children alone, while He Zizhen gritted his teeth and persisted with the power of maternal love. However, this originally warm and happy family was shattered by the outbreak of the Soviet-German war.
After the outbreak of the war, the Soviet Union entered a state of readiness, and He Zizhen was forced to work in a children's home. To meet the demands of the war, He Zizhen learned skills such as sewing, cooking, sewing clothes, and teaching students Chinese.
She often worked late into the night, and her body was under increasing pressure as a result. As the war situation became tense, He Zizhen's life became more and more difficult. Although these experiences were very different from her original purpose in coming to the Soviet Union, she had to persevere.
Recalling the days in the Soviet Union, He Zizhen was always reluctant to recall, perhaps that period was her most painful period.
He Zizhen and Li Min expressed their plight in a letter to the Comintern. Although they worked hard in the Soviet Union, the most worrying thing was their physical condition.
He Zizhen had four bullets in her body, and the pain made it difficult for her to sleep. She also suffered from various ailments in her body, such as headaches, back pain, and lower back pain, which made her miserable.
From the letters, we can see that He Zizhen's life in the Soviet Union was very difficult, and she was even on the verge of a nervous breakdown. However, in order not to starve the children, He Zizhen decided to be self-sufficient.
She found a wasteland, cultivated it with her thin shoulders, and planted a lot of vegetables. However, the impact of the war made the children's home very scarce, and He Zizhen's living expenses were not only suspended, but the children's home also added more tasks to her.
I'm going to take my Jiaojiao away, I'll take care of what happens, you don't have to worry about it. ”
The power of maternal love between Grandpa Mao and Li Min changed their fate, and this time, Li Min bravely survived. In order to take care of Li Min, He Zizhen was unable to complete the task on time, which caused the dissatisfaction of the director of the children's home.
He Zizhen begged the dean to give her more time, but instead of sympathizing with her, the dean threatened to report to his superiors that if He Zizhen could not complete the task on time, he would report her laziness to his superiors.
He Zizhen did not flinch from this, she argued with the dean and severely criticized the dean. This made the dean feel embarrassed, and he viciously said that he would send He Zizhen to a mental hospital.
He Zizhen had heard this sentence many times, but she didn't care, she was determined to take care of Li Min at home. However, not long after, a group of strangers broke into He Zizhen's home and forcibly took her away, saying that they were from a mental hospital and wanted to take He Zizhen to the hospital.
He Zizhen desperately denied that she was sick, but a group of people forcibly took her into the car. Since then, He Zizhen's already crumbling body has fallen into a new abyss.
The walls of the hospital cut her off from the outside world, and she lost all contact with the outside world. She misses her daughter every moment and wonders how she is doing. It has been two years since I saw Li Min again.
That day, after He Zizhen was discharged from the hospital, he saw the figure that he thought about day and night from a distance. Li Min grew up a lot, and when she saw He Zizhen coming out, she ran forward excitedly, and the mother and daughter hugged each other tightly.
He Zizhen's life in the Soviet Union almost exhausted her life, she originally wanted to go there to recuperate and study, but she did not expect that she would suffer from various diseases because of this.
Wang Jiaxiang took his wife to the Soviet Union in 1947 for recuperation, during which he found He Zizhen's whereabouts. When he saw He Zizhen, he was startled by her haggard appearance and learned that she had a very difficult life in the past.
After seeing He Zizhen firmly state her desire to return to her motherland, Wang Jiaxiang decided to help her realize this wish. With the help of Wang Jiaxiang, He Zizhen returned to China with Li Min and Mao Anqing.
Although it was very painful for He Zizhen to be separated from Li Min, she understood that it was the best choice for Li Min to live with ***. So, she reluctantly sent Li Min to ***'s side, and she chose to live alone in the Northeast.
Without her daughter by her side, He Zizhen's life is very lonely. She once revealed to others her two wishes: one is to hope to regain the opportunity to work, and not to let her work because she used to be the wife of ***; The second is that I hope to see *** again, even if I only shake hands once.
These two wishes haunted her until 1959. That year, Li Min's marriage was about to be held, and the *** who was far away from the field to inspect hurried back, and when passing by Lushan, he decided to visit He Zizhen, who was recuperating in Lushan.
According to Kong Dongmei's recollection, that day, He Zizhen saw *** He Zizhen who was concentrating on reading in a villa, and he was so excited that he couldn't control himself, and at the invitation of ***, he sat on the chair that had been prepared long ago.
The two hadn't seen each other for more than 20 years, and He Zizhen burst into tears, while *** patiently comforted her and asked her about her life in the Soviet Union. He Zizhen briefly recounted his experience and admitted his mistakes back then.
In the end, the two looked at each other and smiled, and the past grievances and misunderstandings dissipated like a cloud of smoke. This was the last time He Zizhen and *** met, and they never saw each other again.
However, despite their separation, they did not break off their ties because of this. Li Min acts as a bridge between them and keeps in touch. In 1950, He Zizhen settled in Shanghai under the arrangement of the organization, and although she was accompanied by her brother's family, she still felt lonely.
However, life in the USSR left a big impact on her body. Once, she suddenly fainted after listening to ***'s speech at a session of the National People's Congress, which frightened everyone.
He Zizhen's brother immediately rushed her to the hospital for treatment, and she was able to recover. However, her condition came and went, lasting into her later years.
He Zizhen suddenly had a high fever, and his family's efforts were to no avail, and he had symptoms of blood in his stool, and his condition was serious. The family rushed her to Huadong Hospital, but the doctors were unable to do so.
Kong Linghua, who was tutoring the children's homework, received a ** from the Central Office, saying that He Zizhen was seriously ill and in critical condition, and had prepared a ticket to Shanghai for them, hoping that they could leave immediately.
When Li Min heard the news that her mother was critically ill, she immediately rushed home to visit Shanghai with her husband and children. However, He Zizhen's condition was very serious at this time and he was unconscious.
Li Min was so anxious on the plane that she couldn't hold back her tears. Kong Linghua hugged her tightly and comforted her. Over the years, He Zizhen's condition has become increasingly serious, and Li Min has wanted to be by her mother's side many times, but her busy work schedule has made it a luxury wish.
As soon as Li Min's family arrived in Shanghai, they went straight to the hospital, and in front of them was He Zizhen, who was lying quietly on the hospital bed. With a pale face and a frowning brow, he seemed to be fighting fiercely against his illness.
Li Min stretched out his hand and touched his mother's pale hair, his heart full of pain. I haven't seen her for a few years, and my mother looks much older. Just as Li Min lowered his body and wanted to call "Mom", He Zizhen slowly opened his eyes.
As soon as he saw his daughter, who had been thinking about it day and night, He Zizhen's eyes instantly lit up, and his lips moved slightly, as if to say, "You are here." Li Min wiped away her tears, held He Zizhen's hand and said, "Mom, we came to see you, are you ** uncomfortable?" ”
He Zizhen pointed to his abdomen with dry fingers: "My stomach hurts." Although He Zizhen was very awake at the moment, her trembling voice showed that the disease was tormenting her mercilessly.
After a few days of **, He Zizhen's body temperature finally dropped, and her spirit improved a lot, and she even said that she wanted to eat something delicious when she was hungry. However, this is her return to the light before she died.
That night, her condition worsened again, and it was eventually irreversible. This year, she was 75 years old. News of He Zizhen's death quickly spread across the country, triggering grief among many people.
As for her funeral, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee did not decide on her own, but asked the Central Committee Office for instructions. However, the Central Committee Office also felt very difficult, and finally had to ask *** After learning the news, he pondered for a while, and then said: "Zizhen is a good comrade of the Communist Party of China, and all ** leaders should send wreaths, so put her ashes in a room." ”
The first room is the place where the ashes of the leading comrades are stored in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery. **'s words set the tone for He Zizhen's funeral specifications. On April 25, 1984, the farewell ceremony for He Zizhen's body was held in the hall of the Longhua Revolutionary Cemetery in Shanghai, and all the party and state leaders presented wreaths.
Comrade He Zizhen, a strong communist fighter and an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, was full of revolutionary enthusiasm and perseverance throughout her life, and was a model for us to learn.
* People's Radio broadcast the news of her death on April 26, giving a fair assessment of her historical merits.