In 1961, Comrade Liu Shaoqi took his wife Wang Guangmei to Wangjiawan for an inspection, and when passing through Shaoshan, Wang Guangmei proposed to go to Chairman Mao's hometown of Shaoshan to have a look.
Comrade Liu Shaoqi and Mao Zedong are old comrades-in-arms, and the ups and downs of the decades are vividly remembered, Liu Shaoqi nodded and said, "Then go and see." ”
Shaoshan is located in Xiangtan County and Liu Shaoqi's hometown of Tanzichong where Ningxiang County is located, close together, from Wangjiawan past only a dozen miles, when leaving, Liu Shaoqi instructed not to notify Shaoshan, we just want to see the current as is, no need to arrange anything.
On the way to Shaoshan, it will pass by Charcoal Chong, and the comrades accompanying him asked Liu Shaoqi if he wanted to go home to see, and Liu Shaoqi looked out of the car window and shook his head and said, "Forget it, I don't have anything to worry about." Wang Guangmei looked at the little white hair on Liu Shaoqi's head, and held his hand tightly in his heart, although everyone did not understand this sentence in their hearts, but it could be felt that Liu Shaoqi's mood to go to Shaoshan was urgent.
Two years ago, Chairman Mao returned to his hometown once before going to Lushan for a meeting, and when he heard that he had gone to the Mao Family Ancestral Hall and to his parents' graves, Liu Shaoqi was overwhelmed with emotion. More than 30 years ago, Mao Zedong took his younger brothers and sisters to embark on the revolutionary road without hesitation, and now that his younger brothers and sisters have been sacrificed, liu Shaoqi can't help but have tears in his eyes when he thinks of Chairman Mao's family, and the revolutionary career of Jin Ge Iron Horse for decades flashes in his mind one by one, as Chairman Mao's comrade-in-arms, Liu Shaoqi sincerely admires Chairman Mao in his heart.
A series of bumps made Liu Shaoqi come back from his memories, the Shaoshan Road that had just rained was very muddy, the road was not good, and it was already night when he arrived at Shaoshan, Liu Shaoqi decided to visit Chairman Mao's former residence the next day, because Liu Shaoqi had instructed him not to tell the staff of Shaoshan in advance, so few people knew about this matter.
Figure | Shaoshan Chong
The next day, April 9, when Liu Shaoqi and Wang Guangmei came to Chairman Mao's former residence in Shaoshanchong, the staff here were surprised. The local leader said: "You should say it in advance when you come, so that we have to clean up and clean up." Liu Shaoqi smiled and said, "Hasn't anyone come to visit, and you haven't cleaned it yet?" The crowd laughed.
Since 1950, Comrade Mao Zedong's former residence has been restored according to the original appearance for tourists to visit, just last month, Comrade Mao Zedong's former residence was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units, and every day tourists are in an endless stream, Liu Shaoqi and his wife as an ordinary tourist into the upper house.
The facilities and utensils in Chairman Mao's home are all in the original appearance, Wang Guangmei suddenly felt very kind, because liu Shaoqi's hometown accent is similar to here, to the former residence, Wang Guangmei saw that there was a water wheel in the tool room, and there was a scoop of rice, Wang Guangmei did not seem to have seen it, Liu Shaoqi squatted down to introduce to everyone: "This thing looks very simple, in fact, there is very little this in rural homes." ”
Walking to the kitchen, the first thing that catches the eye is a large iron pot, although the staff cleans every day, but the thick local atmosphere comes to the face, Liu Shaoqi said: "This big stove is the same as the big stove in my hometown, there is a big pot and a small pot, big cooking, small boiling water, there is an iron jar next to it, it is used to boil water, when cooking a fire, the water in this jar is hot, can be used to wash vegetables, etc., is warm water." ”
Figure | Liu Shaoqi and Wang Guangmei in Shaoshan
While speaking, Liu Shaoqi lifted the lid of the pot, and Wang Guangmei was surprised: "This pot is actually so big?" Liu Shaoqi smiled and said, "Yes, this pot can be enough for 6 people to eat, and Chairman Mao's family was a prosperous family." Just after saying that, everyone suddenly fell into contemplation, and seeing that everyone was no longer speaking, Liu Shaoqi said movingly: "Hey, it's a pity that they all sacrificed, Chairman Mao's family is full of loyal martyrs." "Admiration came over me.
Inside, is the bedroom, each bedroom is hung with photos of Chairman Mao's family, he first walked into the bedroom where Mao Zedong lived when he was a child, here is a photo of Yang Kaihui and Mao Anying brothers, Liu Shaoqi listened to Chairman Mao, this room has a building entrance, you can climb up the ladder at night.
Figure | Yang Kaihui and Mao Anying Mao Anqing
In 1917, Mao Zedong and Yang Changji soon met Yang Kaihui, Yang Kaihui was Yang Changji's daughter, Yang Changji and Mao Zedong's mentor, Yang Changji assured that he would hand over his daughter to Mao Zedong, which was undoubtedly the greatest trust in Mao Zedong. After meeting Mao Zedong, Yang Changji found that Mao Zedong had many advantages that ordinary people did not have.
The love of reading alone is enough to make many people stop, Yang Changji once asked Mao Zedong: "Why do you want to apply for the teacher training examination?" Mao Zedong said frankly: "The students all said that it was to study better, I think I am not, I just came to try, I don't know what I am suitable for." Yang Changji learned from Mao Zedong that before Mao Zedong came to normal school, he had been a soldier, and he had also applied for a commercial school, a lawyer school, and even a soap school, and planned to learn to make soap, because he felt that the advertisement said that "foreigners think that Chinese do not pay attention to hygiene, and it is a good thing to learn to make soap", so he learned.
Yang Changji was greatly impressed to hear Mao Zedong's opinion, and he told Mao Zedong the address of his home, hoping that Mao Zedong would often discuss these things with him. It was at Yang Changji's house that Mao Zedong met the beautiful and beautiful girl Yang Kaihui, who gradually had a good feeling for this young man. Yang Changji said: "Runzhi, you remember, you are different from others, I think you should also know, China is now lacking is not a lawyer, nor a teacher, let alone a soap worker, so what is missing?" Yang Changji gave this question mark to Mao Zedong, and he already had the answer in his heart: he was really powerless to save the country with his own strength, but he could cultivate Mao Zedong.
Figure | Mao Zedong and Yang Kaihui
After graduating from Mao Zedong University in 1918, Yang Changji recommended Mao Zedong to Peking University, and although he was a small librarian, he completely changed Mao's fate. A professor at Peking University said: "Mao Zedong should be said to have taken a small step from Shaoshan to Changsha, and then from Changsha to Beijing is a relatively big step, without two trips to Beijing, he may not go to all of China, or even to the whole world, in other words, there would be no later great Mao Zedong." This sentence can be said in one sentence.
In January 1920, when Yang Changji was critically ill, he agreed to Yang Kaihui's love affair with Mao Zedong, and he told Yang Kaihui that he was very relieved of Mao Zedong's personality. This winter, Yang Kaihui and Mao Zedong held a wedding in Changsha, when Mao Zedong could be described as prosperous, their stories were envied in the eyes of many students, and Yang Kaihui's knowledge and revolutionary ideals could be said to be completely integrated with Mao Zedong.
Yang Kaihui's love for Mao Zedong is also unswerving to death, in 1930 Yang Kaihui was arrested by reactionaries, in the face of the enemy's severe torture, Yang Kaihui did not mention Mao Zedong half a word, and finally was brutally killed, he used blood donation and ideals to support the trust of her husband Mao Zedong, when Yang Kaihui was 29 years old, Mao Anying was only 8 years old.
Figure | Mao Anying
As for Mao Anying, since returning to China in 1945, Chairman Mao has carried out a "great transformation" of Mao Anying, who had a tragic childhood, first going to the grass-roots level for a long time to exercise, and then participating in the land reform, which, in Chairman Mao's words, is his favorite son. After the founding of New China, in order to defend his family and defend the country, Mao So mao volunteered to participate in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and Chairman Mao gladly agreed.
After Mao Anying's death, Liu Shaoqi and Premier Zhou had suggested to Chairman Mao that they hoped to transport Mao Anying's body back to China and return the leaves to their roots. Chairman Mao said with tears in his eyes: "Qingshan is buried with loyal bones everywhere, so why should Ma Ge wrap the body back?" In this way, Chairman Mao left his beloved son in the three thousand miles of rivers and mountains he had fought.
Figure | Mao Zemin
Coming out of this bedroom, Wang Guangmei came to another bedroom, where there is a photo of Mao Zedong's two younger brothers, the photo of Mao Zemin wearing a suit and tie, of the three brothers, only Mao Zemin wore a suit, Chairman Mao once said that when he was a child, his father originally planned to let Mao Zedong inherit the family business, but Mao Zedong did not want to be the boss of the rice, his father gave the abacus and the account book to Mao Zemin, as everyone knows, Mao Zemin relied on the extinction of the plan plate, and became the boss at the mountain beach. Later, he became the first bank governor of the Soviet government on Jinggangshan.
During the Long March, Mao Zemin served as the captain of the National Bank of China, responsible for the grain, fundraising and all supply of the entire Red Army. Until 1938, Mao Zemin had been working diligently in the economic post and made many contributions, but unexpectedly, in 1942, Mao Zemin was arrested by the enemy, and in the spirit of never being a traitor, in the face of severe torture to extract a confession, Mao Zemin regarded death as a homecoming, and died heroically on September 27, 1943, at the age of 47.
Figure | Mao Zeqin
Mao Zeqin was Mao Zedong's younger brother, in fact, Mao Zedong also had two older brothers, because they all died prematurely, Mao Zedong became the eldest, so mao Zeqin was called the third brother. There is a bed and a desk in this room, and the photo of Mao Zeqin wearing a gray military uniform is infinitely nostalgic.
During the Jinggangshan period, Mao Zeqin became a division commander before he was founded, and before the Long March, Mao Zeqin stayed behind to fight guerrillas, and Mao Zedong and He Zizhen were worried about Mao Mao's safety, so they handed Mao Mao over to Mao Zeqin and his wife.
In 1935, Mao Zeqin suddenly encountered the enemy in a large mountain called "Red Forest" in Ruijin County, and in the fierce battle with the enemy, in order to cover everyone's retreat, he broke off and blocked the attack, and finally unfortunately was hit by the enemy, several bullets hit his chest, and he was only 30 years old when he died.
Figure | Mao Chuxiong
Along with Mao Zeqin's photo hangs a picture of his son Mao Chuxiong, who has never seen his father since he was born, and listened to Zhou Wennan say that your father looks very much like his great uncle Chairman Mao. Therefore, Mao Chuxiong has had a dream since he was a child, that is, he hopes to go to Yan'an to meet his uncle Chairman Mao.
In 1936, Zhou Wennan took Mao Chuxiong's composition to Yan'an to find Chairman Mao, and Chairman Mao saw it and said with relief: "His brush writing is really good, similar to Mao Zeqin." After inquiring about Mao Chuxiong's situation, Chairman Mao said that this child will become a great instrument in the future, which is the hope of the Mao family. Who knew that Mao Chuxiong also died heroically later.
In 1944, Mao Chuxiong, who had just turned 18, found Wang Zhen and said, "Commander Wang, I am Mao Zeqin's son, and I will go with your troops to my uncle in Yan'an!" Wang Zhen knew that this was Mao Zeqin's son and painfully brought him to the team. When Chairman Mao learned of this incident, he specifically instructed Mao Chuxiong to be taken to Yan'an.
In 1946, the Kuomintang authorities brazenly tore up the armistice agreement and the CPPCC resolution, and laid siege to the Liberated Areas of the Central Plains on a large scale, kicking off the prelude to a full-scale civil war. Wang Zhen considered Mao Chuxiong's safety and immediately sent someone to send Mao Chuxiong to Yan'an, but on the way he met a secret agent, Mao Chuxiong fell into the hands of the enemy, when Wang Zhen learned of this news, it was too late, the murderer received an order from Hu Zongnan to secretly bury Mao Chuxiong alive, when Mao Chuxiong was only 19 years old.
Figure | Mao Zejian
Mao Zedong's former residence also has a bedroom, this bedroom is the room of his sister Mao Zejian, Mao Zejian is not Mao Zedong's sister, but from childhood to live with Mao Zedong, Mao Zejian has a little named Ju Meizi, looks very cute, in that harsh environment at that time, she had to eat alone, the courage is also big, once learned Mao Zedong organized forces from all walks of life to drive the warlord Zhang Jingyao out of Hunan, she led a group of students to drive a feudal principal out of the school gate.
After the death of Mao Zedong's parents, Mao Zedong said goodbye to his parents in front of the grave, and took his younger brothers and sisters to embark on the revolutionary road without hesitation, in 1928, a year after Mao Zedong went to Jinggangshan, Mao Zejian and Chen Fen were unfortunately arrested, and their husbands were brutally killed in front of him, Mao Zejian was in tears, and on August 20, 1929, Mao Zejian wore shackles and handcuffs and calmly came to the execution ground. She shouted: "Fellow villagers, kill one Mao Zejian, ten million Mao Zejian will stand up!" "A generation of female Jie Mao Zejian, with a short life, composed a magnificent battle song for the revolutionary cause, and she was only 24 years old when she died.
Thinking of this, Liu Shaoqi and Wang Guangmei walked out of the room with tears in their eyes, and the photos on the wall still echoed in their minds for a long time. Looking at Chairman Mao's kind parents, Liu Shaoqi couldn't help but sigh: How nice it would be if the children were still alive.
Figure | Shaoshan
Walking out of the house, Liu Shaoqi turned around and looked at this plaque under the eaves, which read "Comrade Mao Zedong's Former Residence", he stood for a long time and said to Wang Guangmei: "This plaque should be changed to a word, the former residence is not correct, Chairman Mao is still alive, it should be called 'Old Residence' better, what do you think?" Wang Guangmei felt that it made sense, so he told the secretary to write down the matter.
When they left, Liu Shaoqi and Wang Guangmei passed by a pond, and Liu Shaoqi smiled and said, "You may not know that Chairman Mao learned to swim here when he was a child, and as soon as his father hit him, he jumped into the pond, and his father didn't have any way to do anything." Looking back, Liu Shaoqi was full of emotions, as if he had seen the scene of Chairman Mao's family living happily half a century ago.
Touching the scene, Liu Shaoqi was moved to shed two lines of tears, if there was no revolution, would these people not have sacrificed? But if there is no revolution, how can there be a good life for future generations? Liu Shaoqi wondered whether Chairman Mao's eyes were moist when he returned here two years ago and faced his deceased relatives.
Figure | Chairman Mao's relatives
After returning to Beijing, Wang Guangmei went to Chairman Mao and said that he had gone to your hometown and visited the former residence of Shaoshan. Chairman Mao laughed and said that he already knew about this matter, and it may have been the comrades in Shaoshan who gave him a report, and Chairman Mao said that the predecessors were hard and the future generations were happy. It can be seen that Chairman Mao is also thinking about his deceased relatives all the time. Wang Guangmei also said that he wanted to change his name, and Chairman Mao felt that Comrade Shaoqi's words were reasonable, so he agreed to this matter.
Regarding Shaoshan, Chairman Mao once came back once in 1966, and when he left in 1959, he instructed the staff to build a house in Dishuidong, and this time when he came back, he lived here for 12 days, Chairman Mao's feelings for his hometown were difficult for outsiders to understand, and the staff recalled that this time back to Shaoshan Chairman Mao was deeply touched, and he often faced the current alone in a daze, probably thinking of his younger brothers and sisters, thinking of his deceased relatives.
Before Chairman Mao's death in 1976, he had proposed to return to Shaoshan again, but because of his poor health, this wish was not realized.
Since the last time Liu Shaoqi went to Shaoshan, the management department has redone the plaque on the door, changed the "Former Residence of Comrade Mao Zedong" to "Comrade Mao Zedong's Former Residence", and asked Comrade Guo Moruo to write his name. Until the death of Chairman Mao, it was restored to the "Former Residence of Comrade Mao Zedong", and on June 27, 1983, Comrade Deng Xiaoping inscribed the seven characters of "Comrade Mao Zedong's Former Residence" for the former residence of Comrade Mao Zedong.
In November of that year, Liu Shaoqi's wife, Comrade Wang Guangmei, came to Shaoshan again, when Wang Guangmei donated Liu Shaoqi's relics to Liu Shaoqi's former residence, and then went to the former residence of Chairman Mao in Shaoshan without stopping. Wang Guangmei said: This time, I have specially brought Liu Yuan and Liu Aiqin's two children with me, just to let them know how difficult it is for our great leader, Chairman Mao.
More than 20 years ago, Wang Guangmei came once and felt the great spirit of Chairman Mao's family full of loyal martyrs, and now with the next generation, Wang Guangmei hopes that children can also feel the hardships of the revolution and experience the greatness of their predecessors.
Figure | Former residence of Chairman Mao
According to the data, comrade Mao Zedong's former residence has 63,000 pieces of cultural relics, documents and materials, and more than 6,400 relics of his later life, of which precious cultural relics include: beds, cabinets, folding stools, square tables and wooden bamboo stools in Mao Zedong's bedroom, water tanks, cupboards, large stoves, etc. in the kitchen, stone mills, water wheels, and large water rakes in the agricultural tool room.
Over the years, there has been an endless stream of tourists visiting here, in addition to young people, there are disabled people with limited mobility, pregnant women, the elderly and children, no matter who they are, with unlimited remembrance of the revolutionary predecessors, leaving footprints here for thousands of miles, for remembrance, but also for gratitude.