Chairman Mao died, 1.5 million people came to Tiananmen Square to mourn, 53 countries lowered their

At 0:10 on September 9, 1976, a great man of a generation passed away at the age of 83.

From the revolutionary period to the establishment of New China, for more than half a century, ** has shown amazing physique and vigorous energy. Since his teenage years, he has been particularly fond of physical exercise, especially climbing and swimming.

In May 1965, it had been 38 years since the establishment of the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base Area in 1927. This time, accompanied by the staff, ** climbed Jinggang Mountain again, and wrote the popular word "Water Tune Song Tou Re-ascending Jinggang Mountain". **In the poem, the philosophy of life is summarized: there is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb.

In the summer of 1954, Beidaihe encountered a typhoon. At this time, *** who was inspecting Beidaihe insisted on swimming in the sea. In the face of the three-meter-high waves lifted by the typhoon, the staff were all frightened, but they were not afraid of danger and swam in the wind and waves. After swimming, ** wrote the word "Waves and Sands Beidaihe" to commemorate the experience of fighting the waves in the typhoon.

In 1966, ** swam across the Yangtze River in Wuhan and swam 15 kilometers for more than an hour. At this time, *** was already 73 years old, and this move was recognized as a miracle at the time. In this regard, Guo Moruo sighed:

Juvenile tour of Xiaotang; Youth tour of Xiangjiang River; The elderly travel the Yangtze River.

The experience of bravely climbing the peak and fighting with the turbulent waves not only demonstrates his strong physique, but also interprets his spirit of fearless and brave struggle. In the words of ***, it is: civilization its spirit, barbarism its physique.

It is precisely because of the perennial insistence on exercising that even in old age, ** rarely gets sick. Even when he was sick, he refused to take injections and medicines, and insisted on overcoming the disease with willpower.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the young man planned the future development of China. He often works late into the night. Although he occasionally suffers from stomach problems, bronchitis and other diseases, they are all effectively controlled under his strong physique and timely **. But the insomnia caused by working at night during the war years became a major hidden danger in his body.

Sleep is precious to ***. Because of the need to deal with major events at home and abroad all the time, I often work until four or five o'clock in the morning, and after resting for two or three hours, I get up again to deal with urgent affairs, and then I enter a continuous working state day and night. **The guard next to Li Yinqiao said:

To calculate *** day's working hours, you can only use"weeks"to calculate.

On January 1, 1976, "People**" once again published two lyrics: "Nian Nujiao: Bird Q&A" and "Water Tune Song Tou: Revisiting Jinggang Mountain". At this time, *** was seriously ill, and the signature written by *** was printed below the title.

The day before the poem was published, he met with Julie, the daughter of former Nixon, and his son-in-law, David, in the study. The purpose of their visit was to prepare for Nixon's visit to China in a month's time.

When it comes to the two poems to be published, ** said casually:"One of them was a criticism of Khrushchev. "

This surprised Julie and David. What they didn't expect was that ** was already so old, still full of energy, and his thinking was agile and active. Julie sighed after the meeting:

His mind is even more energetic than the younger generation in China, and his life will surely become a prominent proof of the strength of human will.

On February 21, 1976, Nixon visited China for the second time, the same day as his first visit four years earlier. At this time, *** has died of illness, and Nixon is not the United States **, but *** still entertains him according to the specifications of **. The meeting lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes, longer than Nixon's first visit to China in 1972, and *** was holding his body to meet with Nixon. Nixon wrote in his memoirs:

When I visited China again in 1976, his health had deteriorated so badly that his words sounded like a grunt of monophonic words, but his mind was still sharp and profound. I felt very uncomfortable to see him in this situation, and no one could deny that he had fought to his last breath.

In fact, as early as 1972, before Nixon's first visit to China, ** had serious physical problems.

In September 1970, ** suddenly felt a little unwell, and under the persuasion of the prime minister, he did a check-up, and the results showed that it was pneumonia. At this time, the 77-year-old *** was completely ** after fighting the disease for nearly half a year.

On January 6, 1972, Marshal ** died of illness in Beijing. At this time, regardless of the potential hidden dangers of the body, I rushed to attend the memorial service of **. On that day, ** only wore an overcoat over his pajamas, and his beard didn't have time to shave, so he hurried to say goodbye to his comrades. At that time, it was the cold winter season, and the cold air in Beijing once again invaded the lungs of ***.

After attending the memorial meeting of **, ** did not rest well for several days, and had two comas while working. In the most serious case, the ** around me once exclaimed during the examination: there is no pulse.

**When the prime minister heard the news, his face was pale, and his legs and feet were no longer obedient. With the support of the staff, ** came to the chairman's hospital bed tremblingly.

Fortunately, *** was rescued in time. The medical team reported to *** and told him that he should have a full physical examination and that he should be recuperated. At this time, there are still a bunch of national affairs waiting to be dealt with, and he said that he would not agree to anything. Later, it was the prime minister who personally persuaded him to agree to the inspection and**, as for the rest, **Wan refused to agree.

Since then, ** has had an extra medical rescue team by his side, ready to respond to unavoidable dangers at any time.

On February 21, 1972, Nixon visited China for the first time, and the medical team around him was always on standby. The meeting, which was originally planned to last 15 minutes, lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes, making the medical staff present nervous. Wu Xujun, who was the head of the medical team at the time, once recalled:

All the personnel were in a state of first-class combat, and the chairman was already 79 years old at the time, and he was in poor health. Because it was a state of imminent war, we opened all the medicines and sucked all the cardiotonic agents that we might need into the syringe.

** The first meeting with Nixon was transmitted to the world via satellite. In front of the camera, ** is still in good spirits, but all the staff present can clearly feel: ** is still in good spirits, but his body is gradually aging.

On August 24, 1973, the 10th Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing, which was the last time to enter the Great Hall of the People. At the end of the meeting, *** was supposed to leave the venue first, but because he was no longer able to stand, he was changed to *** to watch the delegates leave the audience. The delegates at the meeting stepped forward to shake hands with the chairman, and they were reluctant to leave for a long time.

In 1974, ** was 81 years old. He also had heart problems because of a lung infection. An electrocardiogram showed that he had cor pulmonale and his hands and feet began to swell. Thinning *** can barely eat when the condition is severe, and sometimes needs painful nasogastric feeding to maintain nutritional intake. And ***'s favorite swim has also become difficult at this time. However, *** still showed as strong as ever, insisting on swimming in the water when going to Changsha. Chen Changjiang, squadron leader of the guard regiment, recalled:

The chairman's hands and feet were already swollen, and he said that there was not much energy, and that there were not many opportunities to deal with the water, and that this might be the last time. A few minutes after entering the water, I saw that the chairman was much better than walking on the shore, and that he was free in the water.

In addition to cor pulmonale, ** also contracted cataracts in 1974 and was almost blind in both eyes. Not only can he no longer swim, but he even thinks that reading is more important than eating, and it has become very difficult. **At this time, although the mind is very clear, I often cry bitterly alone.

In the spring and summer of 1975, **'s condition was temporarily effectively controlled. On July 28th, the 5th day after cataract surgery, Tang Youzhi, the doctor in charge of the operation, discovered a strange thing.

On that day, *** was reading a book, and Tang Youzhi was behind him. He suddenly heard the chairman crying bitterly, and when he looked back, he was holding a handkerchief to wipe his tears. Tang Youshang stepped forward to persuade the chairman and said: Your eyes are only 5 days old, so you can't cry like this. He saw that the chairman was reading a poem: "Nian Nujiao Dengduojinglou".

This is a poem written by the Song Dynasty poet Chen Liang. among others"The dangerous building is still looking at it, sighing at this, a few people have met in ancient times. "'s poems are sad and desolate, which makes *** feel a lot in his later years, and he misses his relatives and comrades-in-arms who have passed away, and he was so sad that he couldn't help himself.

In October 1975, the weather turned cooler. ** Symptoms such as cough and lung infection again. Speech is slurred, wheezing worsens, and it is very difficult to walk. On October 21, during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, he pointed to his head and said:"This part is normal, I can eat and sleep. "He patted his leg again and said"This part is not very easy to use, and it is a little untenable when walking"。

In the torment of illness, on December 26, 1975, ** spent his 82nd birthday, which was also the last birthday of his life.

In 1976, sad news followed. On January 8, 78-year-old *** died of illness; On July 6, the 90-year-old ** passed away. Watching his comrades-in-arms leave one by one, the sick *** could no longer go to see them off, and could only shed silent tears on the hospital bed. This blow after blow has exacerbated the condition of ***.

On May 11, 1976, when the medical staff examined ***, another terrible condition was discovered: the chairman's heart showed signs of myocardial infarction. Although ***'s heart condition has been less than ideal, this is the first time this condition has appeared.

**Pale, short of breath, very serious. At this time, his body was obviously unfit to attend foreign affairs activities. But after the death of the Prime Minister, meeting with foreign leaders is a job that no one can replace except ***. Whenever foreign friends visit, ** did not refuse. On the second day after the myocardial infarction was detected, ** met with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. When *** just stood up and shook hands with the guest, he suddenly sat down on the chair.

On May 27, ** met with Pakistani Prime Minister Bhutto, which was the last time he received foreign guests.

On the night of July 27, 1976, there was a big ** in Tangshan that shocked China and the rest of the world, and Beijing felt a strong earthquake. At that time, the *** who was sick in bed was unusually calm, but the staff was in a hurry. Taking care of the safety of ***, the staff agreed to transfer to the new residence after several persuasions. Regarding the daily debriefing, you have to see it in person. When it was reported that 240,000 people had died in **, ** wept again.

On the evening of September 2, ** had myocardial infarction symptoms again, this time much more severe than the previous one, and the area of the infarction was much larger.

On September 8, ** insisted on working for two hours and 50 minutes. He dragged his heavy body through the books, going back and forth 11 times.

After the work was done, ** suddenly there was a rush of fatigue. The medical staff found that ***'s heart was abnormal in the monitor and had entered a dying state. After several rescues, they pulled *** back from the line of life and death.

The medical staff greeted Zhou Fuming, the guard of ***. Zhou Fuming came to the chairman's bed, **'s lips trembled, as if he wanted to say something, but Zhou Fuming couldn't hear anything clearly. He brought a pen and paper and asked *** to write. The chairman laboriously drew three bars with trembling hands, and then put down the heavy pen and never picked it up again. After 5 minutes, ** raised his hand and knocked on the wooden bed twice. Some people speculate that the three horizontal bars represent Chinese characters"Three", knock twice on the wooden bed represented"Wooden"Words,** may be to learn about the election campaign of the Miki Takeo faction and the Fukuda Takeo faction in Japan.

Zhou Fuming asked ***, and **nodded. The staff found the news and read it for ***.

At 7 p.m. on September 8, 1976, ** was already in a deep coma, and he didn't even have the strength to open his eyes.

Politburo members and staff guarding outside the hospital bed quietly observed the fluctuating curve on the ECG.

The next day, September 9, 1976, when the pointer pointed to 0:10, the ECG curve suddenly became a straight line. A great man is gone forever.

Everyone present wept bitterly.

The staff who deal with the aftermath for *** have no time to immerse themselves in grief and must get busy as soon as possible. They cut out the gray tunic that accompanied *** to the last journey of his life, and put on clean new clothes for ***.

While the staff in Zhongnanhai were busy and busy, the people were still unaware of it, working and living as usual. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Liao Xudong, director of the quartz workshop of Shanghai Xinhu Glass Factory, suddenly received news: don't go home for the time being, there is a special task in the factory. Later, on the radio, everyone heard the announcer broadcast the bad news of ***'s death in an unusually slow and heavy tone. The news made the employees present cry bitterly. Liao Xudong recalled:

At that time, there was a heart-rending feeling that the sun had lost its brilliance and the blood had stopped circulating.

In the following 10 days, 53 countries lowered their flags at half-mast to express their condolences to ***, and 123 countries sent letters of condolence to the Chinese Embassy. On September 21, 1976, at the opening ceremony of the 31st session of the United Nations, all the representatives of all countries stood up in mourning*** United Nations Secretary-General Waldheim said in his speech at the General Assembly

The courage and determination to realize one's ideals will continue to inspire future generations. He was the most heroic figure of our time, who changed the course of world history.

When we met in Beijing in February 1976, our two leaders, representing radically different perspectives and philosophies, recognized that U.S.-China friendship was equally essential to our interests. The new relationship between China and the United States that has been established since then. It should be attributed to ***'s foresight.

At the same time, the leaders of 105 countries, including North Korea, the United States and Albania, either came to China in person or held a condolence ceremony at the Chinese embassy. US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger also led people from both the Democratic and Republican parties to the Chinese Liaison Office in the United States in Washington to mourn.

At 3 p.m. on September 18, 1976, a memorial service was held in Tiananmen Square. More than 1.5 million people from all over the country came to Beijing to attend the condolence ceremony. In the midst of great grief, the people bowed three times to the statue of ***, observed three minutes of silence, and said their final goodbyes.

Memorial gatherings are to be held at the same time in regions at or above the county level across the country. The whistles of trains, cars, and ships sounded together at this time, and the whole country mourned.

During the mourning period, more than 10,000 people from the DPRK went to the Chinese Embassy to offer their condolences. The Chinese Embassy has received more than 5,200 letters of condolence and telegrams from all walks of life in the DPRK.

At the same time, the people of the Federal Republic of Germany, Pakistan, France, Ethiopia, Congo and Jamaica launched a campaign to mourn ***.

The citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany carried the statue of *** surrounded by flowers and shouted:"Turn grief into strength, and glory will always belong to Comrade ***. "

In Lahore, Pakistan, more than 800 workers held a mourning ceremony. Because the portrait of *** was not found, the painter Bart painted for six hours on the spot, painted a huge portrait for ***, and everyone carried the portrait at the front of the mourning procession.

In front of the Paris Commune in France, more than 10,000 people held a ceremony to mourn ***.

Among them, the largest memorial ceremony is Ethiopia, where 100,000 people participate in the memorial ceremony.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa, after the memorial service, it is stipulated that an official commemoration ceremony will be held on September 9 every year.

Far away in Jamaica, in the Americas, an unknown black man rushed to the Chinese Embassy in Jamaica from a rural area hundreds of miles away and presented a bouquet of flowers to ***.

I would like to use this article to commemorate the great leader***