Menu before the death of the great man**, teary-eyedThe Last Supper
The Comrade Memorial Hall of Shaoshan *** treasures a meaningful souvenir, which is not only a part of the daily life, but also a vivid portrayal of the chairman's lifelong revolutionary struggle.
These 23 recipes and recipes record the eating habits of ***, and as the founder of the People's Republic of China and the respected leader of the people, **'s eating habits undoubtedly reflect the changes in his physical condition.
Before the '60s, chili peppers were a common ingredient in the chairman's menu, and it was his favorite food. The chairman's health is good, as can be seen from the film and television productions and the images of the time, he is in good spirits and has high morale.
However, during the revolution, due to the blockade of the enemy, the economy and materials were strained, and even high-level leaders such as the chairman and the prime minister had a rather difficult diet, and chili peppers were not eaten at every meal.
The chairman regarded fried chili peppers as a treasure and ate only a little at each meal, which was his most important food at the time. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the chairman's diet improved, but he still insisted on eating chili peppers, which became an indispensable item on his table.
The feat of swimming in the Yangtze River is admirable. It is recorded that between 1956 and 1966, he swam the Yangtze River 17 times, and even participated in the Yangtze River crossing in Wuhan at the age of 73.
While people cheered for the leader's healthy health, illness was creeping up on him.
In the 60s of the 20th century, there were some problems such as bronchitis and stomach problems in the body, and in order to recuperate the body, doctors and staff restricted the chairman's diet, and the menu was mainly light, but chili peppers could still be seen.
After the 70s, ** physical condition deteriorated, especially in the winter of 1971, suffering from a serious geriatric disease - cor pulmonale, arrhythmia, hypoxia, shock, coma.
On February 12, 1972, ** suddenly went into shock, and although he was rescued and turned to safety, he was obviously emaciated. Although the body is broken, the mind is clear. The effects of hypoxia are obvious, unable to walk as before, only a few steps indoors accompanied by intense wheezing.
Since then, the time spent in bed has increased, daily activities have been affected, the voice of conversation has changed, and it is difficult to express ideas accurately.
At the side of the chairman, only a few close staff members were able to understand his thoughtfulness. Most of the documents had to be read out by his secretary, and his hands often trembled when he signed them, and these symptoms were seen by the staff around him and anxious.
As a result, the chairman's diet has attracted much attention, with his favorite chili peppers not on his menu, and even braised pork is hard to find. On December 26, 1975, this was the last birthday of the chairman, at this time his health was very bad, and he could not do many things in person, and even the staff needed to feed them spoonful by spoonful to his mouth.
However, the chairman was still very happy on this day, because his closest daughters, Li Min and Li Ne, as well as the staff who took care of him, came to the Zhongnanhai swimming pool to celebrate his birthday.
According to custom, a bowl of longevity noodles must be eaten on your birthday. The staff specially invited the pastry chef to make noodles for the chairman, but when the longevity noodles were put into the pot, an unexpected thing happened - the noodles were all broken, and none of them were whole.
Although it was too late to make a new bowl, the staff had to temporarily replace the hand-rolled noodles with somen noodles. Despite this, the chairman still ate very happily, drank some fathead fish soup, and after the birthday party, he saw an apple from North Korea, and he made an exception to eat a big apple from North Korea.
Fast forward to the Chinese New Year's Eve in 1976, which was the last Spring Festival spent by the chairman. On this most important festival for the Chinese, the president is still lonely.
According to tradition, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is a reunion dinner and should be spent with his family, but at this time, the chairman did not have any guests to visit, and there were no relatives around him, only his staff accompanied him.
26 years ago, Mao Anying died, and the chairman lost his dearest relatives. On the occasion of the Spring Festival, the chairman of ** was separated from the families of Li Min, Li Ne and Mao Anqing, and felt lonely.
In order to relieve the chairman, the staff planned to prepare the chairman's favorite braised pork for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, but the doctor firmly objected to it considering the chairman's physical condition. So, the staff followed the doctor's advice and prepared light dishes such as Wuchang fish and rice.
Although the chairman did not eat much, he heard the sound of firecrackers outside, and the chairman showed a smile that he had not seen for a long time. **The chairman has always attached great importance to the Spring Festival, and worked hard to improve the food of his comrades during the revolutionary war years, even during the encirclement and suppression, he asked the quartermaster to prepare a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve meal for the soldiers.
Although he is a considerate leader of the people, he bears loneliness and desolation alone during this Spring Festival, which makes people feel moved.
In 1976, many major events took place in China. First of all, on January 8, the beloved Prime Minister passed away in Beijing. **After getting the news, he burst into tears, and his deep nostalgia for *** was overflowing.
** Fought alongside him and went through wars and hardships together. When the staff around him asked if he would attend ***'s memorial service, ** slowly said six words: "I can't walk anymore." ”
In the end, he could only lay a wreath to express his sorrow for ***. In the next few days, ** did not think about tea and dinner, and often hid alone in the corner and cried, like an ordinary old man.
At this time, he no longer had the pride of guiding the country back then, only the deep grief for the departure of his old friend. During this time, **'s condition worsened, he was irritable, he was reluctant to talk and he didn't want to see anyone.
In order to alleviate his condition, he must take oxygen on time every day. On July 6, the respected **Commander-in-Chief died, and ** sighed after learning the news: "Zhu Mao is not separated, and now that Zhu is gone, Mao is almost gone." ”
The staff around him wanted to comfort him, but he said, "Don't talk about it, I'm not afraid of death." In fact, as early as 1961, when Montgomery visited China, he had already talked about life and death.
Montgomery told him that his people loved him so much that he had to take care of his health. But *** only planned to live to be 73 years old, and he prepared five ways to die, including being killed by the enemy, falling to death in a plane, crushing to death in a train overturning, drowning while swimming, and being killed by bacteria when sick.
He was so calm about life and death, which shows his sobriety and wisdom.
Even in the face of life and death, can not give up the thoughts of comrades-in-arms, when China's Tangshan Da** happened, more than 20,000 people were buried under the rubble, ** deeply anxious, although in a semi-comatose state, still concerned about the rescue work.
However, the chairman's eyes had difficulty seeing clearly after cataract surgery and only relied on the secretary's dictation to keep abreast of the situation. When he learned of the great loss, the chairman cried out.
Faced with a series of blows, the chairman's body collapsed, and a myocardial infarction and a severe arrhythmia put him in a coma. In mid-August, a physical examination found that the chairman's heart was beating irregularly, and the final document "Tangshan Fengnan Area Earthquake Relief Notice" became the last circle of his life.
At the beginning of September, the chairman was critically ill again, and the medical team was ready to rescue him. In the last moments of his life, the Chairman continued to read books and documents, as if he were trying to complete unfinished business in the shortest possible time.
It was the time of the Japanese election, and one of the international issues that the president was most concerned about, he gestured to read a book about Takeo Miki, but after only a few minutes of reading, he fell unconscious again.
On September 8, 1976, the chef cooked coconut chicken soup, fish head soup, red cabbage beef soup and Wuchang fish soup according to the recipe. **Due to the exacerbation of the disease, the digestive capacity is greatly reduced, and the liquid food can only be consumed by nasogastric feeding, only 150 ml per meal.
Despite this, the four dishes were reheated repeatedly until *** woke up from a coma and began eating. However, at 7 p.m. that day, **'s blood pressure dropped dramatically and the ECG almost stopped responding.
At 7:10, he left the last words of "I'm feeling bad, call the doctor in." The dying moment has arrived, and many leaders of the Politburo have come to visit.
He held ***'s hand and it took a long time to let go. I believe he had a lot to say at that time, but he couldn't say a word. At 10 a.m. on September 9, 1976, after more than four hours of rescue, the great heart stopped beating, and the founder of the republic failed to eat a bite of food before his death, saving the Chinese nation from a century of decline and laying the foundation for the next hundred years of rejuvenation.
At 4 p.m. on September 9, the People's Republic of China announced to the world a sad news: the fall of a superstar is a sad thing for the whole world. News of his death spread rapidly around the world, and United Nations Secretary-General Waldheim spoke highly of his great contribution.
A total of 123 heads of state or ** heads of state around the world sent messages of condolence to the People's Republic of China, and 55 countries flew their flags at half-mast for the death of ***.
These countries include not only the countries of the socialist camp, but also many Western countries, which have fully demonstrated their personality charm and won the respect of the whole world.