Although the Spring Festival has become a long history, it tells a story of warmth and pride, leaving a glorious and immortal legend that has become our eternal memory.
Forge ahead of the cultivation level
It was originally a happy Spring Festival for all families to reunite, but in old China, it was called "New Year's Pass" by the poor people. The tragedy of Yang Bailao and Xi'er's father and daughter in the opera "The White-Haired Girl" is the epitome of the Chinese New Year in poor families in old China.
Although he was not born in a poor family, soon after he was born, the family began to decline, his mother died early, his father often went out to earn a living, and he began to run the family at the age of 10, living with his two younger brothers. The Spring Festival is also like a "New Year's Pass" for ***.
In 1910, at the age of 12, *** left his hometown Huai'an to study in the Northeast, and then entered Nankai School in Tianjin. Thousands of miles away from home, the young man *** suffered from strong nostalgia.
In 1916, the school was on winter vacation, ** could not go back to his hometown for the New Year, from January 31 to February 2, before the Spring Festival, he wrote the script for the new drama "Qiu Da Niang", and personally sent it to the Tianjin Printing Bureau of the Commercial Press to catch up with the arrangement. After finishing his work, on February 2, Chinese New Year's Eve, the **** who was standing in the middle of the school felt lonely, and in order to divert his attention, he "took the newly published magazine of the Autonomous Encouragement Society of the school to read it, and after three o'clock, the whole book was almost exhausted", and the feeling of nostalgia for family came to his heart again: "What day is the husband today?" When it's not a family reunion? Yu Yeru's parents died, and Beitang didn't hear the voice of his son for a long time. Looking back on his knees, this situation and this scene, you don't have to read the chapter of Tate, you are already sad. Tonight, it is especially tearful, and I can't sleep at night. ”
Tears filled the pillow and I couldn't sleep at night, and it is still bitter to read today. At this moment, *** needs the comfort of family affection! During the period of studying away from home, ** transformed the strong longing for his relatives in his hometown into an act of silently serving the public - "taking the school as his home and his classmates as his brothers." ”
When he graduated, his classmates commented on him: "Gentleness and honesty, the most affectionate, sincere friendship, all friends and public welfare, do their best." * The dedication spirit of self-denial and self-denial cultivated during his student years doomed him to the ups and downs of his life, but he never severed his feelings with his friends, society, career, and mission.
In 1924, ** was ordered to return home from Europe. This is when he was the director of the political department of the Whampoa Military Academy
In September 1917, ** went east to Japan, "Mi Mi Qun Ke Ji Ji Soon after arriving in Japan, news came that my uncle had died. The dead are gone, and the living are like this. February 10, 1918 was Chinese New Year's Eve, ** asked friends to have a chat.
He wrote: "First, it is to avoid homesickness when living alone, and secondly, to take this opportunity to reunite with friends. The three friends talked until 3 a.m. before falling asleep. The next day during the Spring Festival, a few friends "cooked their own meals and were very happy".
On the same day, ** wrote in his diary: "There is a saying in our family: 'If you are unhappy on the first day of the new year, you will be bad for a year'", and now it is the first day of the new year", "Keep the family rules and don't think about him for the time being". In his diary, he set his ambitions: "First, I want to think of ideas that are newer than the present; Second, do what is up to date now; Third, we should learn the most recent knowledge. We must be free in our thinking, practical in our work, and real in our learning. ”
The test of "Nian Guan" did not knock down ***, but made him mature after hardships and cultivation. On February 15, 1918 (the fifth day of the first lunar month),* he wrote two poems: "The wind and snow are still unfinished, and a round of red sun has risen in the east!" ”
During the work-study period in France, on February 8, 1921, the day of the Spring Festival, ** sent a special letter to Yan Xiu, the director of Nankai University, who funded his study abroad, to "think about the blessing of peace and tranquility and refreshment of spirit".
On February 17, 1923, the second day of the Lunar New Year, just after the Spring Festival, *** attended the Provisional Congress of the Chinese Young Communist Party in Europe held in Paris, and decided that the Chinese Young Communist Party in Europe would join the Chinese Socialist Youth League as the "European Branch". Several times of cold and summer, tempering and baptism; One is renewed, and everything is renewed. ** Began to grow from a young student who pursued the truth to an increasingly mature professional revolutionary.
A new battlefield that never stops
In order to enable hundreds of millions of Chinese people to live a happy Spring Festival, during the revolutionary war years, the Spring Festival became a new battlefield for struggle.
After the peaceful settlement of the "Xi'an Incident" in 1936, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began negotiations on cooperation to resist Japan. On February 10, 1937, the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, ** came to the ancient city of Xi'an and had preliminary contact with Zhang Chong, the Kuomintang negotiator. On the day of the Spring Festival on February 11, ** formally negotiated with Zhang Chong and Gu Zhu. After several talks, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party finally reached the goal of cooperating in the fight against Japan.
After the start of the all-out war of resistance between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the task of ** became more onerous. Around the Spring Festival of 1939, he was entrusted to inspect the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui as the deputy director of the Political Department of the National Military Commission. On February 15, 1939, ** and Ye Ting arrived in Guilin by plane from Chongqing. On February 16, ** drove to the outskirts of the city to convey the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Party to more than 200 staff members of the Eighth Route Army Office and party members in the cultural circles, and called on party members to conscientiously shoulder the major historical responsibility of leading the War of Resistance against Japan, and establish the determination to resist the war to the end and the confidence that the war of resistance will be won. On February 18, it was the Chinese New Year's Eve, ** with Ye Ting and others left Guilin for Jiangxi; On the day of the Spring Festival on the 19th, the handsome and hurried *** appeared in Ji'an. Subsequently, ** went from northeast Jiangxi to the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army in Yunling, Jing County, southern Anhui.
*** in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War
During the Anti-Japanese War, he was stationed in Chongqing and did fruitful work for the people of various democratic parties. He personally stepped forward to help Mr. Tao Xingzhi move the Yucai School to the vicinity of the Eighth Route Army Office in Chongyan Village to protect the safety of Yucai teachers and students.
In the Spring Festival of 1946 after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the teachers and students of Yucai School were specially invited to the Eighth Route Army Office to celebrate the Spring Festival together. At the party, ** hoped that the teachers and students of Yucai School "should learn from the people and seek benefits for the public as Mr. Tao Xingzhi called for". And noted: "We are now negotiating with the Kuomintang and preparing to organize a democratic coalition**. Our delegation of the Communist Party of China is ready to propose that your principal, Mr. Tao Xingzhi, be the Minister of Education of the Democratic People's Republic of China. As soon as the words fell, the audience suddenly erupted in long-lasting applause and cheers.
For the victory of the revolution, ** and Deng Yingchao have always gathered less and separated more since they were united, and even on the day of the Spring Festival, the two are often not allowed to get together. Around the Spring Festival in 1948, ** moved to northern Shaanxi, and Deng Yingchao participated in land reform work in Fuping, Hebei. In the meantime, Deng Yingchao wrote to *** on the one hand, on the one hand, to ask for warmth, and on the other hand, to listen to his opinions on issues related to land reform. After receiving the letter, ** replied to Deng Yingchao twice, one of which was on February 9, Chinese New Year's Eve. In the letter, in addition to expressing his deep affection, he used a lot of space to help Deng Yingchao analyze how to understand the party's land policy and how to do a good job. Finally, ** to Deng Yingchao to wish "Happy Year!" ”。In this way, the revolutionary couple spent a fulfilling Spring Festival in mutual support and distant wishes.
A new journey of busyness
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was in charge of diplomacy for a long time. Before and after the Spring Festival, he often traveled all over the world to make friends, laying a solid foundation for New China's diplomatic undertakings.
At the end of 1949, ** visited the Soviet Union. Subsequently, ** also went to Moscow, as the plenipotentiary representative of China, and signed the "Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance" with the Soviet Union on February 14, 1950. On February 16, Chinese New Year's Eve, **accompanied *** to Stalin's grand banquet in the Kremlin; On February 17, the day of the Spring Festival, **drafted and *** jointly signed a telegram to *** to reply to questions related to land reform. At 6 o'clock in the evening, **escort*** to the Chinese Embassy in the Soviet Union to visit the staff and students, and wrote an inscription for the students: "Work hard, study hard." That night, ** with *** boarded a special train back to China, and when I entered the country, it was 10 days later on February 26, that is, the tenth day of the first month.
From the end of 1963 to the beginning of 1964, he led a delegation to visit 14 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe, which coincided with the Spring Festival. According to the suggestion, the delegation returned to Kunming and continued the visit after the holiday. During his stay in Chengdu, ** and ** and others visited Du Fu's thatched cottage, he personally counted the number of people, and asked the guards to buy tickets to enter the park. On the day of the Spring Festival on February 13th, **call*** and *** will continue to visit the three Asian countries for the first time tomorrow, and return to China on March 1, after everyone agreed, it is planned to still come to Chengdu for a rest, and write an outline of the report (visiting 14 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe). ”
On February 14, 1964, the second day of the Lunar New Year, at the invitation of President Ne Win, he visited Burma. ** He and Ne Win are already old friends, four years ago in 1960, still during the Spring Festival, Ne Win came to China to discuss the border issue between the two countries. On January 27, the Chinese New Year's Eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, after the talks, ** hosted a banquet for Ne Wen and his party at the Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant in Shuaifuyuan. On January 28, the Spring Festival, ** and Ne Win respectively signed an agreement on the border issue on behalf of their own country**, and the Sino-Myanmar border issue was resolved amicably. After 4 years, the visit to Myanmar during the Spring Festival was also a complete success.
The Spring Festival is also an important time for people from all walks of life to understand social conditions and public opinions. In the fifties and sixties of the 20th century, he participated in the Spring Festival group meeting held by the Beijing People's Art Theater many times. The first time was on Chinese New Year's Eve in 1954, after the group worship performance, ** went backstage to express condolences and held a symposium with the actors present, including all aspects of Beijing human art. For example, the imbalance between male and female actors, salary and housing problems, and even how many seats there are in the theater, how much a show can sell, how to distribute the income from the performance, and so on.
In April 1955, at the Bandung Conference every Spring Festival, he was busy with official affairs and had little leisure time, but whenever possible, he still tried his best to call the staff and relatives around him to have a reunion dinner with everyone. In 1961, ***'s nephew Zhou Baozhang was only allowed to enter Beijing and *** for the New Year, and he remembered it very clearly: in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, ** invited relatives, staff and their families in Beijing to the West Flower Hall in Zhongnanhai, and even adults and children were bustling to fill the West Flower Hall.
During the Spring Festival, it is also the time to teach the younger generations family style, and this time it is still the case. In his conversation with Zhou Baozhang, he said: "I hope you will take root at the grassroots level and always be an ordinary laborer." Zhou Baozhang kept this teaching and instruction in mind, and he worked at the grassroots level in obscurity as an ordinary worker until he retired, and after retirement, he still exerted his spare heat and actively dedicated. To this day, the younger generations of ** keep in mind his teaching: do not rely on relationships to rise up and be a pioneer on the road of life. This is a huge spiritual wealth left to future generations.