Original title: Tens of thousands of people watched the flag raising in Tiananmen Square, and the crowd cheered “Happy Birthday to the Motherland”
“I love your motherland!” “Happy birthday to the motherland!” At 6 o’clock this morning, with the majestic national anthem and a ray of sunrise in the east, tens of thousands of citizens and tourists gathered in Tiananmen Square to witness the majesty of the rising five-star red flag Time to celebrate the 72nd birthday of the motherland.
“This year is very special. Our party is celebrating its 100th birthday. As a party member, I must come to the scene to experience the excitement of raising the flag.” Li Liang, a graduate student of the Central University for Nationalities who just came to Beijing this year, said excitedly. The great party is proud and proud, and hopes that the great motherland and our party will get better and better.”
At 6 o’clock exactly, the military band took its place around the flagpole. At 6:06, the tower blew the flag-raising horn, and the flag-raising ceremony officially began! The audience pointed their mobile phones and cameras at the distant tower to record this exciting moment.
With the command of “go on right”, the 96 flag guard formations of the three service guards of honor walked through the center of the tower and the Jinshui Bridge with a sonorous step. At 6:10, “Salute to the national flag-salute!” With a loud command, the flag guards and salute soldiers saluted, and the People’s Liberation Army Military Band played the “Volunteer March”. , Slowly rose in the solemn national anthem of the audience. The audience spontaneously sang the national anthem: “Get up, people who don’t want to be slaves!…” The singing voice was loud and the scene was full of enthusiasm.
At 6:11, after the ceremony, the national flag was raised to the top of the flagpole. Ten thousand peace doves soared in the sky and circled the square. In the music of the military band “Singing the Motherland”, people couldn’t help shouting “Long live the motherland!” “I love you.” Motherland!” Everyone was reluctant to leave for a long time. Some students saluted and saluted, some applauded and cheered, and some shed tears of excitement.
Source: Beijing Daily Client
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