On September 26, 1949, at the invitation of *** and Lin Boqu, Situ Meitang attended a luncheon held at the Liuguo Hotel in Dongjiaomin Lane, Beijing. **It is hereby announced that we will consult your opinions on whether the new national name of China should be abbreviated to "Zhonghua**".
At first, several predecessors of the democratic revolution advocated retaining the abbreviation of "China**" out of their feelings for the democratic revolution. But after hearing this, the old man Situ Meitang stood up excitedly and spoke: "I am a person who participated in the Xinhai Revolution, and I respect Mr. Sun Yat-sen, but I have no good impression of the word 'China **'.
Our revolution has been victorious, and we don't even dare to change the name of the country, and I resolutely oppose what abbreviation ......His remarks were met with warm applause. Situ Meitang was over eighty years old, but he decided to take the risk and return to China.
In October 1948, when he was about to return to the United States, he wrote a "letter of tribute" to ***, expressing his willingness to accept the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and at the same time asking when the new CPPCC would open.
Since the north-south traffic had not yet been restored at that time, it took more than 80 days for the letter to be delivered to ***. After receiving the reply from ***, Situ Meitang immediately began to prepare to return to China.
However, when Kong Xiangxi learned of this incident, he specially set up a banquet to entertain Situ Meitang, persuading him not to be "taken advantage of" by others, and to stay in the United States with peace of mind when he is old, and there is no need to run around.
In this regard, Situ Meitang clearly refused, and he returned to China this time because he was motivated by patriotism, not by others, and completely voluntary.
On August 9, Situ Meitang boarded a plane to Hong Kong and wanted to take the route to Beiping. The Hong Kong government feared for its safety and immediately dispatched personnel to protect it. In the next half month, no matter how Situ Meitang went, there was an escort of "hugging and being inseparable" by his side.
Situ Meitang could not speak Mandarin, and the famous writer Situ Binghe took a leave of absence to serve as his secretary and went north together. When Szeto Meitang's cruise ship approached the port heading north, he looked at the police car escorting him all the way, and said humorously: "I really want to thank His Excellency Grant Hum, the Governor of Hong Kong, for his hospitality." ”
When the cruise ship passed through the Taiwan Strait, Situ Meitang and his entourage were told to prepare for the destruction of their identity documents, and they might even be intercepted and detained by the Kuomintang in Taiwan. Prior to this, Li Jishen, Guo Moruo and others secretly left Hong Kong without being discovered, but after that, the supervision became stricter.
Picture丨Situ Meitang and Situ Binghe The atmosphere on the cruise ship became a little tense for a while. However, Situ Meitang, who has been through the wind and waves, didn't care about it, and said firmly: "Who has not died in life since ancient times, and left Dan to take care of his sweat." ”
Fortunately, although we encountered several Kuomintang warships during the voyage, we were able to pass the unmanned search checkpoint by exchanging flags.
After six days and six nights of sailing, we finally arrived at the port of Tanggu, where the red flag was fluttering. The director of the Tianjin Municipal Communications Office personally greeted us at the port and arranged for us to stay at the Tianjin Hotel.
The next morning, after breakfast, we took the train to Beiping. There, we were warmly greeted by the head of the Chinese Communist Party and arranged for us to stay in the Beijing Hotel.
After arriving in Beiping, Situ Meitang proposed to go to Shuangqing Villa to visit*** Due to the higher terrain where the villa is located, you need to transfer to a jeep at the foot of Xiangshan to visit.
**Worried that Situ Meitang, who was over eighty years old, would not be able to withstand the bumps, so he asked people to change their rattan recliner into a sedan chair and carry Situ Meitang up the mountain. **I have been friends with Situ Meitang for a long time, and after really meeting, ** went out to greet him in person and personally helped him get out of the sedan chair, which greatly moved Situ Meitang.
1.Situ Meitang: Overseas Chinese democrats, representatives of the New Political Consultative Conference, advocate the deletion of the abbreviation of "Zhonghua**". After the end of the CPPCC meeting, he was elected as a member of the People's Committee and participated in the founding ceremony.
Before he returned to China, Situ Meitang did not plan to serve in the capital for a long time, but decided to return to the United States half a month after the founding ceremony.
In 1904, Sun Yat-sen went to the United States to carry out revolutionary activities, and Situ Meitang received warm hospitality when he heard the news, not only arranging for Sun Yat-sen to live in a hotel, but also ordering food to eat every day.
As a result, Sun Yat-sen stayed for a day or two, and felt that the cost of staying in a hotel was too great, and he planned to find another place to live and save money to fight the Manchu Qing Dynasty. As the "big man" of Hongmen, this money is nothing to Situ Meitang, so Sun Yat-sen doesn't have to worry about it.
Sun Yat-sen patiently persuaded that the revolution needed a lot of money, and if you save a little yourself, you can support the revolution a little more. Situ Meitang had a good impression of Sun Yat-sen's frugal style, so he arranged for him to live in the Hongmen dormitory and live with him.
Since then, Situ Meitang has been personally responsible for Sun Yat-sen's safety and food in the United States, and sometimes personally cooks a few specialty dishes for Sun Yat-sen. During the days when Sun Yat-sen and Situ Meitang got along day and night, they instilled in him a lot of revolutionary truths and encouraged him to rectify the Hongmen and unite the Hongmen brothers and overseas Chinese in the United States to support the revolution.
After contact with Sun Yat-sen, Situ Meitang's patriotic enthusiasm was gradually stimulated, and he readily agreed to Sun Yat-sen's request. Following Sun Yat-sen's suggestion, Situ Meitang set up its headquarters in New York and set up Anliangtang branches in 31 cities, and at the same time gradually rectified Hongmen and united Hongmen brothers and overseas Chinese in the United States to support the revolution.
Under the leadership of Sun Yat-sen, the power of Anliangtang in the overseas Chinese society grew rapidly, laying a solid social foundation for the later revolution. After the failure of the Huanghuagang Uprising, Sun Yat-sen learned that the comrades in China needed $150,000 in emergency relief, and in desperation, he sought help from Situ Meitang.
Considering that it would take a long time to raise money directly, Situ Meitang decided to mortgage the four buildings under Hongmen to solve the urgent need. Sun Yat-sen was deeply appreciative of Situ Meitang's feat, and together with the Hongmen brothers, he set up a fund-raising bureau and launched a large-scale fund-raising campaign, which finally raised $150,000 to solve the urgent needs of the revolution.
After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Sun Yat-sen was unable to return to China because of the cost of travel, so Situ Meitang immediately raised $450 to help Sun Yat-sen embark on the journey back to China.
Before leaving, Sun Yat-sen held Situ Meitang's hand tightly, expressed his gratitude, and invited him to participate in the construction work after the victory of the revolution. Situ Meitang also held Sun Yat-sen's hand and told him to take care of himself on the road, as long as the revolution needs, the overseas Chinese will go all out to support him.
In 1912, Sun Yat-sen was elected as the Provisional Great University of China, and Situ Meitang mobilized Hongmen from all over the country and telegraphed more than 300 times, resolutely supporting Sun Yat-sen to become the first country.
Sun Yat-sen invited Situ Meitang to return to China to serve as the official of the first government to supervise the seal, but Situ Meitang politely refused out of patriotism, saying that he was only for the success of the revolution and the rejuvenation of China, not for fame and fortune.
Sun Yat-sen deeply admired the noble character of Situ Meitang. Later, Situ Meitang expressed his unwillingness to be an official to ***, and ** tried his best to keep it. Situ Meitang was moved by ***'s words and decided to stay in China and contribute to the construction of New China.
Under the arrangement of ***, Situ Meitang spent the rest of his life in Beijing.
Situ Meitang didn't have enough winter clothes because he was in a hurry to stay in Beijing, and **He*** sent someone to give him a customized coat after learning about it, and Situ Meitang cherished it very much and kept it properly.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Situ Meitang praised the land reform carried out in various places, because in the process of his growth, he deeply felt the pain of landless peasants. At the CPPCC meeting, he put forward and successfully implemented the opinions on the rural reform of overseas Chinese, taking into account the issue of land reform and the feelings and interests of overseas Chinese, which was valued and adopted, making the land treatment of overseas Chinese more reasonable.
Situ Meitang expressed a high degree of satisfaction with the practice of **.
In order to understand the actual situation of land reform, Situ Meitang, an 82-year-old overseas Chinese, went south to Guangdong to publicize the policy of **, and successfully called on overseas Chinese to support the decision.
Situ Meitang's actions in Guangdong had a huge impact, giving overseas Chinese a correct understanding of land reform, and at the same time shattering the lies of the Chiang Kai-shek clique about land reform. In 1951, Situ Meitang inspected the south again with the approval of *** and ***, and reported the real land reform situation to ***.
In the process of supporting the reform of overseas Chinese areas, he also unceremoniously pointed out the problems in the land reform. Later, Liao Chengzhi was entrusted to come to Guangdong to investigate, and discussed with the local government to formulate a method to correct the deviation of land reform, which was warmly welcomed by the majority of overseas Chinese.
In addition, Situ Meitang also cared about overseas Chinese, told his address in Beijing to the overseas Chinese and Hongmen brothers in the United States, and gave detailed answers to their questions.
He has made great contributions to the work of overseas Chinese affairs in New China. Because there are many scientific and technological talents and management experts overseas, Situ Meitang suggested to ** to create conditions for them to return to China to build the motherland.
*Took his advice very seriously, and soon established a reception desk for returning students, and encouraged and helped the families of international students to keep in touch with their relatives overseas. In this way, many students who went overseas before the liberation responded to the call of New China to return to China and settle down, contributing to the construction of New China.
On May 8, 1955, Situ Meitang died of cerebral hemorrhage. On the same day, ***, who had just finished attending the Bandung Conference, hurried to Situ Meitang's residence as soon as he got off the plane to say his final goodbye to him.
** Instruct Liao Chengzhi and others to immediately organize a funeral committee, arrange funeral matters, and publish an obituary to the world. The next day, Situ Meitang's coffin was moved to Zhongshan Park for burial, ** and others sent wreaths to express their condolences, ** and others saw the funeral.
On the morning of May 10, the ceremony of the High Priest Tu Mei Tang was held in Beijing, ** presided over the meeting, and Liao Chengzhi delivered a eulogy. After the end of the public sacrifice, ** Lin Boqu and others personally carried out the silk and buried Situ Meitang in Babaoshan, and the tomb number was Tianzi No. 3.
Although Situ Meitang has settled overseas for most of his life, he has shared ups and downs for the sake of national independence and national prosperity, and stayed in China in his twilight years, making outstanding contributions to the construction of the motherland and overseas Chinese affairs.
As Liao Chengzhi said in his eulogy: "The patriotic road that Mr. Situ Meitang has walked for decades reflects the path taken by patriotic overseas Chinese abroad since the Opium War, and is also the historical road taken by 12 million overseas Chinese, who are walking the broad road of supporting the motherland and socialist construction and defending the cause of world peace." ”