Yangjiang veteran who went to Taiwan died in Taiwan, and many parties worked together to find relatives and hope that "the leaves fell back to their roots"

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This poem by the poet Yu Guangzhong, "Nostalgia is a shallow strait", is a portrayal of many Taiwan compatriots who have looked at their hometown and missed their relatives all their lives. Recently, the reporter learned through a message released on the Internet that Liu Dewen, an enthusiastic volunteer from Taiwan, has traveled to more than 20 provinces and regions in 18 years, helping many veterans who died in Taiwan to realize the "dream of returning to their hometown", including a late veteran from Yangjiang who went to Taiwan. In order to let the elderly fulfill the last wish of "returning to the roots of the leaves", Yangjiang Radio and Television Station contacted Liu Dewen and the toutiao cross-strait tracing public welfare project team to work together to help veterans find their roots and relatives.

Liu Dewen is the mayor of Xiangheli, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, due to a fortuitous request, he found the Kaohsiung Maoxiong Cemetery, a cemetery where thousands of single-deceased veterans were buried, and in order to fulfill the veterans' long-cherished wish of "returning to their roots", he began to embark on a journey to escort the bones of veterans home. Liu Dewen told reporters that the grave of Zeng Jingbo, a veteran of Yangjiang, was discovered when he recorded it, and the elder was born on September 9, 1917, and had no children in his life.

Liu Dewen, mayor of XiangheLi, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan: This veteran from Yangjiang lived in the veteran's pension center before his death, and he was buried in the cemetery of Kaohsiung after his death, and he has no descendants for a long time. We found out from this that we would like to help the veterans buried here, to see what information is used to spread it, so that their relatives in the interior know that they are buried in this place.

Liu Dewen said that most of these single veterans have no family in Taiwan, have no one to rely on, and many veterans have lived a life of poverty all their lives, and until their deaths, they are alone. Just across the strait, the "hometown" that cannot be returned holds their deepest emotions, and the nostalgia of not being reunited is also the biggest regret of the veterans in this life.

Liu Dewen, Mayor of Xianghe Li, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan: These veterans leave their hometowns as teenagers and shed tears when they think of their homes. They think that their parents, siblings, and his dearest land are in their hometown, where their roots are.

In order to expand the dissemination of family search information, in recent years, Liu Dewen has begun to cooperate with today's headline search, one of the largest public welfare tracing platforms in China, and with the help of the power of the Internet, the separated families on both sides of the strait can regain the news of their relatives. This time, Liu Dewen hopes to help the Yangjiang veteran find his relatives in the mainland through the local mainstream media.

Liu Jiaxing, head of the cross-strait family search project: Although he did not get married in Taiwan, he may have gone back to visit his relatives or written to his family after the opening up of the two sides of the strait in 1987, and released the information to see if he could help the veteran find his relatives on the mainland.

Liu Dewen, Mayor of XiangheLi, Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan: Our compatriots on both sides of the strait are all family members and have the same blood, and I regard such veterans as my father to help them return home.

Finding someone is not an easy task, and helping someone who has passed away to find relatives is like finding a needle in a haystack. But there are all kinds of difficulties, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, Liu Dewen, a volunteer, must do his best to send every veteran who has left home to return home. Because the leaves fall back to the roots, it is the most simple wish of the Chinese. Liu Lichang's kind deeds embody great love and righteousness, and show the feelings of blood on both sides of the strait that are thicker than water and watching out for each other. If you also have relatives lost in Taiwan, or have relevant clues, you can contact us.

Text: Huang Huiming

Camera: Feng Ji