The Spirit of the Soviet Union: The Light of the Times of the Revolutionary Flame

Source: People's Liberation Army Daily WeChat, People's Liberation Army News And Communication Center Rong Media

Gannan and western Fujian, heavy mountains and mountains, green and continuous. History has left a strong mark here.

The great rehearsal of governing the country begins here -

From November 7 to 20, 1931, the First National Congress of the Chinese Soviet was held in Ruijin, Jiangxi, and the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic was proclaimed. Through the test of blood and fire, this place gave birth to the prototype of a country, paved the background of dreams, and became a rehearsal of the great plot 18 years later.

The Long March of the Central Red Army departed from here --

In October 1934, the central organs, the Central Military Commission and the main force of the Central Red Army assembled on the banks of the Du River, and after more than 600 battles and battles, crossed nearly 100 rivers, climbed more than 40 high mountains and dangerous peaks, crossed the vast grassland, completed a world-famous great expedition, and composed a magnificent epic poem that can be sung and wept.

In the years of revolutionary war, the great spirit forged by the Chinese Communists and the officers and men of the Red Army with their lives and blood spanned time and space and endured for a long time. In May 2019, during his inspection in Jiangxi, President Xi Jinping stressed that the spirit of Jinggangshan and the spirit of the Soviet Union carry the original intention and mission of the Chinese Communists and have forged the great revolutionary spirit of the Communist Party of China. These great revolutionary spirits transcend time and space and never go out of style, and are an inexhaustible spiritual motive force for us not to forget our original intentions and keep our mission firmly in mind.

The rivers are far away, and the sun and moon are constantly shining. In the middle of summer, the reporter came to this red land to explore the light of the times when the spirit of the Soviet Union was passed on and lived endlessly.

The people's hearts and minds

90 years ago, yeping, an unknown village, witnessed a major event that changed China and even the world - the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic was proclaimed here.

Walking into Yeping, the green pines and leafy ancient camphors have witnessed the chinese Communists' initial exploration of how to build a country.

"The establishment of Soviet power has enabled the working people to turn themselves over politically and truly become masters." Cao Chunrong, an expert on the history of ruijin party history, introduced that the citizens of the Soviet republic directly sent deputies to attend the workers' and peasants' and soldiers' congresses at all levels to discuss and decide on all national and local political affairs.

Who a regime is for, the institutional set-up is very telling. The Provisional Central Government of the Soviet Republic has set up a capable body of nine ministries and one bureau, including foreign affairs, military affairs, and finance, and has formulated and promulgated hundreds of laws and decrees, including the outline of the Constitution, electoral regulations, and land laws. Reduce the financial burden, ensure the interests of the masses, and strengthen the building of a clean and honest government... Every decision is for the happiness of the people.

President Xi Jinping pointed out: "Jiangshan is the people, the people are Jiangshan, fighting the Jiangshan and guarding the Jiangshan is the people's heart." "Everything done by the Provisional Central Government of the Soviet Republic has won the broadest support of our Party and our army from the people of the Soviet region.

According to statistics, Ruijin, with a population of 240,000, had a total of 113,000 people participating in the war. Before the Long March of the Central Red Army, the people of Ruijin subscribed a total of 780,000 yuan of public bonds for the revolutionary war and public bonds for economic construction, supported 250,000 quintals of grain, and together with 26 million silver yuan deposited in the Ruijin branch of the State Bank of The Soviets, all of which were dedicated to the Chinese revolution.

On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2016, President Xi Jinping went to Jiangxi to visit and comfort the vast number of cadres and masses, and along the way, he listened to Jiangxi's relevant work reports, inquired about the development of the old revolutionary areas, and stressed that the comprehensive construction of a moderately prosperous society must make the old revolutionary areas that have made important contributions to the birth of the People's Republic develop better.

President Xi's care and entrustment have greatly encouraged the people in the old areas, and the poverty alleviation forces at all levels in the military and local government have devoted themselves to poverty alleviation with more enthusiasm. In 2019, all 49 poor villages in Ruijin City took off their hats. Consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, and promote rural revitalization, Ganzhou Military Sub-district has fully promoted 19 villages to open the road of rural revitalization.

"The Red Army is coming, and the stomach can be eaten." The masses in Yunshishan Township, Ruijin City, said that when the Red Army "beat up local tycoons and divided up the land," it also helped the common people dig a well, and the people named the well "Red Well."

Today's Ruijin Sandbar Dam is full of tourists. The "red well" with a history of more than 80 years is still gushing and clear as ever.

(This article is selected from the special edition of the "Spiritual Genealogy of Chinese Communists" series of "People's Liberation Army Daily" with slight deletions; this special edition reviews the historical background and formation process of these great spirits by visiting red landmarks on the ground, etc., to feel the spiritual might, inherit the red blood, shoulder the heavy historical responsibility, and gather the magnificent strength to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.) ）

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