There are many “Chongqing elements” in the “‘Don’t Forget Your Original Heart, Remember Your Mission’ Chinese Communist Party History Exhibition” being held in Beijing. What kind of touching story is behind it? Upstream news tells you.
In the showcase of the exhibition, there is a precious manuscript on display. It is the manuscript of “Qinyuanchun·Snow” presented by Mao Zedong to Liu Yazi during the Chongqing negotiations.
Also appearing in the showcase are the water bowl and copper water spoon that Mao Zedong used during the Chongqing negotiations.
During the Chongqing negotiations, the manuscript of “Mao Zedong’s Talk” was also shown in the exhibition as a first-class cultural relic.
According to experts, Mao Zedong’s visit to Chongqing for peace talks was a sensational event at home and abroad, and Chongqing was also boiling with it. Not only ordinary people, the arrival of the CCP delegation led by Mao Zedong has also become the focus of discussion and attention of various democratic parties.
When meeting with people from various parties, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and others actively promoted the policy of peace, democracy, and unity, and did a lot of united front work to push all anti-Japanese political parties and patriots to unite and fight together.
In their many exchanges with old friends of the CCP such as Soong Ching Ling, Yu Youren, Zhang Lan, Liu Yazi, Guo Moruo, etc., they exchanged frankly and in-depth on the international and domestic situation after the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan, the “two roads” facing China and many other issues. The opinions are discussed and the solutions to the problems are discussed together, which fully demonstrates the importance of the Communist Party of China to the democratic parties and the respect for the democrats of all parties.
At 11 o’clock in the morning on August 28, 1945, I took a flight from Yan’an to Chongqing. On the morning of October 11, 1945, after making the last direct negotiation with Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong went to Jiulongpo Airport at 9:30 in the morning, 9:40 in the morning. The plane took off at five minutes and returned to Yan’an at 1:30 pm to preside over the Politburo meeting of the CPC Central Committee and report the entire process of the Chongqing negotiations.
On most days of Mao Zedong’s Chongqing negotiation schedule, work was arranged from morning to night.
“On August 29, I discussed the content and procedures of the negotiations with Zhang Zhizhong in the morning. I had direct discussions with Chiang Kai-shek for the first time in the afternoon.”
“On August 30, I visited Soong Ching Ling and Hurley respectively in the morning. Those who visited Guiyuan where they lived were Liu Yazi, Shen Junru and others. In the afternoon, I went to Special Garden to visit Zhang Lan and others. I attended Zhang Zhizhong’s banquet in the evening.”
“On August 31, I went to the National Political Conference in the morning and attended a banquet by Shao Lizi. In the afternoon, I met with the leaders of the League of Chinese Democratic Political Corps in Guiyuan.”
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“On October 8th, I attended Zhang Zhizhong’s farewell banquet and delivered a speech. More than 500 people from all parties and circles attended the meeting.”
“On October 9th, the “Double Ten Agreement” was signed in Guiyuan in the afternoon. At 4 pm, Chiang Kai-shek went to Guiyuan to pay a return visit to Mao Zedong and talked for more than ten minutes. Then he went to the National Government Hall with Chiang Kai-shek to attend the Double Ten National Day reception. After the meeting Back to Guiyuan. In the evening, go to Linyuan Chiang Kai-shek’s official residence to say farewell.”
According to experts, after 43 days of patient and arduous negotiations, concessions and fierce struggles, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party finally reached the “Double Ten Agreement.”
The Kuomintang recognized the legal status of the Communist Party of China and its various parties, as well as the status and number of the People’s Army led by the Communist Party of China. Although the Kuomintang and the Communist Party failed to reach an agreement on the liberated area issue, they agreed to leave it to the CPPCC meeting.
Although the Chongqing negotiations and the signing of the “Double Ten Agreement” ultimately failed to prevent the Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek from launching a civil war, as Zhou Enlai said: “We do not think that we have gained nothing because Jiang broke these agreements. Because all the Chinese people recognize it. Given this fact, I believe that the status of the CCP cannot be denied.”
The signing of the “Double Ten Agreement” enabled the Kuomintang to accept the CCP’s policy of “peaceful nation-building”, which delayed the outbreak of a full-scale civil war and brought hope for the peaceful development of the country after the war.
The “Double Ten Agreement” also decided to convene a political consultation meeting attended by representatives of all parties and persons without party affiliation to discuss the grand plan of peaceful nation-building. This is actually the party meeting that the CCP has long proposed to convene, and it is an important part of the struggle for peace and democracy after the war. progress.
Ye Ting wrote “Poems of Prisoners” in Chongqing
Show the Communists’ infinite loyalty to the party
“The door for people entering and exiting is tightly locked, and the hole for dogs crawling is open, and a voice shouted: Climb out, give you freedom! I long for freedom, but I also know how the human body can be controlled by a dog’s hole. Climb out! I can only look forward to that day—the underground fire rushes and burns this living coffin with me. I should have eternal life in the fire and blood.”
In the exhibition hall, this precious manuscript shows the infinite loyalty of a Communist to the party in front of people, and the inscription is “six-faced layman.”
This is a poem written by Ye Ting, one of the founders of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and a member of the Communist Party, when he was imprisoned in the cell of the “Sino-American Cooperation Institute” in Chongqing.
In January 1941, Ye Ting was illegally arrested by the Kuomintang during the Southern Anhui Incident. He was imprisoned in Shangrao in Jiangxi, Enshi in Hubei, and Guilin in Guangxi. Finally, he was transferred to the Chongqing “Sino-American Cooperation Institute” concentration camp.
Ye Ting suffered all kinds of torture in prison, and remained steadfast and unyielding.
According to experts, in 1942, Ye Ting wrote a magnificent “Poem of Prisoners” on the wall of the second cell downstairs in the imprisoned Zhazidong Concentration Camp in Chongqing, under the name “Six-faced layman”. The manuscript was brought out by Mrs. Ye Ting’s wife Li Xiuwen during a visit to the prison.
This poem exposes the ugly behavior and extremely weak nature of the Kuomintang reactionaries, shows the great integrity of the revolutionaries, and expresses the lofty ambitions of dedication to the revolution. The whole poem is clear and clear, easy to understand, there is no gorgeous text carving, and no allusion is used, but the rhyme is loud, the emotion is fierce, the momentum is bold, the artistic conception is magnificent, the momentum is bold, the artistic conception is clear and complete, and it makes people read by the author Shocked by the awe-inspiring righteousness. This poem is a majestic movement composed of blood and life by revolutionaries.
“The door for people to enter and exit is locked tightly”, reflecting the helplessness and heartache of a generation of famous generals who could not ride the battlefield in the face of national disaster; “The hole for the dog to crawl out is open, and a voice shouted: Climb out, let you be free !” It expresses how contempt and resentment it is to the sinister and cunning faces of the Kuomintang reactionaries; “I long for freedom, but I also know that human bodies can crawl out of a dog hole!” It embodies the temptation of a determined revolutionist to reject the enemy. How resolute and thorough; I can only look forward to that day-the underground fire rushes to burn this living coffin with me, I should have eternal life in the fire and blood! “It shows how loyal communist fighters are fearless and strong in the face of the test of life and death.
The revolutionary spirit embodied in “Poems of Prisoners” runs through General Ye Ting’s life.
“Poems of Prisoners” is Ye Ting’s coagulation of infinite loyalty to the party, and is the precious spiritual heritage of the current revolutionary traditional education. This is a poem written with passion. It is a majestic movement composed by a revolutionary using his life. Although there is no magnificent writing, the rhyme is brilliant, and it reads so sonorously and heartily.
A “Poem of Prisoners” fully demonstrates his ambition and unyielding spirit.
Ye Huaming, the fourth son of General Ye Ting, once disclosed that “The Poem of Prisoner” was a birthday gift given to Guo Moruo by Ye Ting when he was in prison. In November 1942, his wife Li Xiuwen, who had come to visit him, brought this “Poem of Prisoner” to Guo Moruo, expressing the revolutionary’s behavior. The dedication and heroism of truth.
Guo Moruo once commented in “Poems of General Ye Ting”: “Here is burning with infinite anger, but it also radiates clear brilliance. This is the real poem. He has a strong sense of justice, which makes him never surrender. At the same time, he has an insightful outlook on life that makes him surpass all suffering… His poems are written with life and blood, and his poems are himself.”
After the founding of New China, this poem was selected as a primary school text and used as a textbook for patriotic education.
The lofty revolutionary integrity and great patriotism revealed in the poems have educated generations of youth in China.
The lofty revolutionary integrity and great patriotism embodied in the poem inspired and educate thousands of revolutionary offspring.
“Xinhua Daily” printing presses are also available in Chongqing
Start an invisible propaganda war
In the exhibition hall, there is a seemingly ordinary printing machine, but after years of baptism, some parts are severely worn. The description of the exhibits read: The Xinhua Daily Press is used to print the “Xinhua Daily”.
Such a “Xinhua Daily” printing press is also located in Chongqing, and it is the “treasure of the town hall” of the Hongyan Revolutionary History Museum. It is displayed in an important position in the museum and is a physical testimony of the Chinese Communist Party’s organization and leadership of the National War of Resistance.
What’s the story of the Xinhua Daily printing press in Chongqing?
The entire 3231 issues of Xinhua Daily in Wuhan and Chongqing, as well as all 17 volumes of 405 issues of the “People” Weekly, are the historical mission accomplished by this printing press.
In December 1937, a flatbed printing press equipped with a German Siemens motor was purchased by Pan Zinian, a CCP reporter who was preparing for the “Xinhua Daily” and “People” weekly magazines, in a printing factory in Wuhan.
Soon, “People” Weekly and “Xinhua Daily” were first published in Wuhan. In October 1938, Wuhan fell, and the printing press moved to Chongqing.
During the Anti-Japanese War and the Liberation War, “Xinhua Daily” and “People” Weekly fought an invisible propaganda war.
The “Xinhua Daily” printed by this printing machine in Chongqing often publishes important articles by CCP leaders such as Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Zhu De, introducing the performance of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in the heroic resistance, reporting on the performance of the frontline military and civilian resistance, and publishing patriotism from all walks of life. The remarks made by democrats, including those of the Kuomintang patriotism and anti-Japanese war, became a clarion call and a banner to encourage the mobilization of the whole people for a lasting war.
In January 1941, the Southern Anhui Incident shocked China and foreign countries.
In the face of the slander and slander of the Kuomintang reactionaries, Zhou Enlai angrily wrote two inscriptions: “Eternal injustice, a leaf in the south of the Yangtze River. In the same room, why rush to fight each other?!” and “Sorrow for those who died in Jiangnan!”
The Kuomintang die-hards did not expect that on January 18, 1941, the “Xinhua Daily” published these two inscriptions, telling the world the truth about the incident in Southern Anhui.
At that time, in order to deal with the KMT news inspection, the comrades in the printing factory arranged two different formats. One was a sample without Zhou Enlai’s inscription to deal with the inspection, and the other was a sample with an inscription. They quietly used this printing machine to rush overnight. Printed. When the Kuomintang inspectors found out, the newspapers had already been sold on the street and had been printed five times as much.
The fearless spirit of struggle and witty means of struggle have enabled the “Xinhua Daily” to achieve a good publicity effect.
During the Chongqing negotiations, Mao Zedong praised “our “Xinhua Daily” is worthy of a front army.” This printing press is undoubtedly an important weapon.
In December 2020, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage approved the Chongqing Hongyan Revolutionary History Museum and agreed to copy two “Xinhua Daily” printing presses, one for the exhibition of the Chongqing Negotiation Memorial Hall for planning and construction, and one to be sent to the current Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee. Newspaper “Xinhua Daily”, used for display in the newspaper history hall. As a printing press, it has made great contributions to the party’s journalism and fulfilled its historical mission gloriously and satisfactorily. As an important cultural relic, the Chinese Communist Party organized and led the physical testimony of the anti-Japanese war, its story will be passed down forever.
Chongqing immigrants “leave their homes”
Millions of Three Gorges immigrants cast the Three Gorges Dam
“This is the first batch of Three Gorges immigrants to bid farewell to their homeland. On the evening of May 14, 2001, this should be a moment remembered by history. 1024 villagers from Guling Town, Yunyang County, Chongqing Reservoir Area, Chongqing bid farewell to their hometown. The ferry in the town, people come and go from here on weekdays, come and go, at this moment, the ferry they set foot on will no longer exist, they will not come back, they will be thousands of miles away in Rudong, Jiangsu Province The county settled down.”
“The last one to board the boat was Tao Weimin from Nanxi Town. Standing in front of him was his daughter. The joy of going out made the little girl urge her father to get on the boat. Tao Weimin was holding his niece. , Just over a year old, when the little girl woke up, maybe she didn’t know that they were already on Chongming Island, Shanghai thousands of miles away. Among the first batch of immigrants, the oldest was 82 years old and the youngest was just 20 days old. , This is their last look at their hometown.”
“Today, the last moving China trophy was awarded to the Three Gorges immigrants. One million Three Gorges immigrants received the Special Moved China Award. It was they who sacrificed the interests of Xiaojia, obeyed the interests of the country, and guaranteed the start and construction of the Three Gorges Project.”
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In 2002, at the end of the “Moving China” award ceremony held on CCTV, there was still the last trophy to be awarded.
On the stage at this time, photos slowly descended from the top of the stage. The protagonists in these photos are ordinary people among the millions of immigrants from the Three Gorges. That year, one million Three Gorges immigrants won the special award of “Moving China” for their feats.
In the award speech, the selection committee wrote: “Bring your wives and sons, stay away from your homeland, move your family, and bid farewell to your ancestors’ homes. You look at your hometown for your last gaze, and you hide your attachments in your heart. You give up your personal feelings and feelings. The benefit is to achieve the dream of several generations of Chinese from Gaoxia to Pinghu, and to benefit more future generations.”
In the exhibition, you can see the special contribution trophy and certificate of “Moving China-2002 Person of the Year” won by the millions of immigrants from the Three Gorges.
There are many precious exhibits in the showcase: in November 1999, Xi Jinping, then deputy secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, presented a pair of vases to the Wanzhou Immigration Development Zone in Chongqing City on behalf of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government; in March 2007, the then appointed Xi Jinping, secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, wrote an autographed letter to the counterpart support unit in Wanzhou District, Chongqing City. It reproduced the evocative spirit of the Three Gorges immigrants for the visitors.
It is reported that the one million immigrants from the Three Gorges are an unprecedented and magnificent immigration project in the Three Gorges area of the Yangtze River in order to build the Three Gorges Water Conservancy Project. It was the millions of Three Gorges immigrants, including the Chongqing Three Gorges immigrants, that created the magnificent Three Gorges Dam.
The ancient Three Gorges of the Yangtze River witnessed the vicissitudes of cutting off the clouds and rains of Wushan Mountain and going out of Pinghu from the Gaoxia Gorge. Millions of children of the Three Gorges “let down their homes for the country”, bid farewell to their homeland, renew their businesses, and built brand-new cities and villages.
The great practice of millions of Three Gorges migrants is not only a guarantee for the construction of the Three Gorges Project, but also has created tremendous changes in the Three Gorges reservoir area, and also embodies the evocative spirit of the Three Gorges migrants.
Upstream news reporter Li Sheng
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