In the language textbooks of the past, we were most impressed by the texts related to the "Twenty-Five Thousand Mile Long March of the Red Army". I remember that at that time, we had no concept of the length of "twenty-five thousand miles", only that it was a long and incomparable journey.
This section of the road, which took the Red Army a full two years to complete, gave birth to many revolutionary martyrs. They endured long periods of starvation and frostbite, fighting with the enemy's mediation. In the end, many young lives also stayed in that period of revolutionary journey forever.
It was a history of bloody battles, guns and bullets, flesh and bones. Although it was finally won, it was a bitter battle.
It is reported that there were more than 2,000 women participating in the Long March at that time, but after the founding of New China, there were less than 100 women who still insisted on being in the revolutionary ranks.
Some people die, some people get married and have children, and they return to their hometowns. The Long March of the Red Army became a chapter in the history of these women.
And of these fewer than a hundred, one always stood in the ranks of the revolution. Known as the "Most Beautiful Admiral's Wife", she gave birth to a child on the grass on the Long March Road and is still alive at the age of 104.
Born rich and devoted to the revolution
Born in 1916 to a wealthy family in Hunan Province, the "Most Beautiful Admiral's Wife" was born in a private school and then attended a girls' school.
During his studies, He xianfo not only achieved excellent grades, but also wrote well and could draw.
Although she was born in a wealthy family, she was not squeamish, and was deeply influenced by her brothers and sisters to join the revolutionary contingent from an early age, which made her full of enthusiasm at a young age.
When the Japanese occupied the three eastern provinces, Jian Xianfo could no longer study in school, and she also wanted to go to the anti-Japanese with her brother and sister.
Seeing that his daughter's heart had already flown to the outside world, his father, Jian Chengyan, did not wait for his daughter to speak for himself, and proposed that she join the Red Army.
Subsequently, Jian Xianfo found his brother-in-law He Long and proposed the idea of joining the Red Army, but He Long did not expect He Long to agree.
In December 1934, at the age of 18, Jian Xianfo began to join the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. In the ranks of the Red Army, she was able to give full play to her own strengths, writing and painting beautifully, and every time she followed the Red Army to a place, she used red powder to write slogans on the walls and paint propaganda posters, so that the ideas of the Red Army penetrated deeply into the rural people everywhere.
And in this Red Army team, Jian Xianfo met his husband Xiao Ke under the mediation of his sister and brother-in-law.
Subsequently, the two people with comradely orientation soon came together and married, and in November 1935, the Pregnant Liujia Ancestor Buddha embarked on the road of the Long March.
On the first day of walking into the prairie, the Buddha gave birth to a baby boy. At that time, there was no shelter on the vast prairie.
At this time, Xiao Ke did not march together with Jian Xianfo because he had to command the troops. And her sister Jian Xianren is also in another revolutionary force.
After hearing the news that the Buddha was about to give birth, the two immediately rushed to her side, found an abandoned earthen fence for her, dug some turf as a mat nearby, and after a hasty rest, this temporarily erected simple house became the "delivery room" of the Buddha.
In the Red Army, where medical facilities were not abundant, the elder sister Jian Xianren served as the midwife of the First Buddha. However, the birth of the first Buddha did not go well, and he almost died in childbirth during the period.
But fortunately, the Buddha finally overcame this difficulty with her tenacious will. During the Long March, on the grass, the Buddha gave birth to a very healthy baby boy.
The baby boy is very well-behaved and rarely cries, which relieves the psychological burden of the new mother.
But at this moment, the red army's contingent was still stepping up its pace, and in order not to drag down the troops after giving birth, The Former Buddha did not dare to pause for a moment, dragging his weak body along with the Red Army's team.
Due to the loss of vitality, her body did not receive nutritional supplements and recuperation in time, and she immediately threw herself into the revolutionary cause, and several times, she fell off her horse as soon as she bowed her head on horseback.
Despite this, with her tenacious vitality and indomitable spirit, the Buddha walked out of the grassland with the troops while taking care of the newborn baby.
Brothers and sisters are pioneers of the revolution
After walking out of the meadow, some ordinary people saw the Jianxian Buddha wearing tattered clothes and holding the baby, and they wanted to exchange eight pot helmets for the baby in her hand.
Pot helmets are very precious food for the Ancestor Buddha, and even for others in the Long March team. Because on the Long March Road, hunger is a common thing, even if there is food to eat, it is also porridge less monks, not enough to fill the stomach.
Looking at the fragrant pot helmet, The Buddha was not moved, she said: Her child, no matter how many pot helmets she gives, she will not sell.
But it is regrettable that the children of The Ancestor Buddha were sent back to their hometown in Hunan and eventually died under the bombardment of the Japanese army.
She and her children walked together on one of the most difficult roads of the Red Army's Long March, but they were not spared the shells of the Japanese army. This was undoubtedly a great blow to the ancestor Buddha, who had become a mother at that time, and the loss of her beloved son became a pain that she could not forget in her life.
After the Long March, Jian Xianfo continued to engage in revolutionary work, holding important positions in both the Propaganda Department and the Local Intelligence Department. During this period, Jian Xianfo did not forget to go to the Military and Political University to recharge. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, she came to Xi'an to become an underground worker.
Before the liberation of China, the Buddha always stood in the revolutionary ranks and dedicated himself to the revolutionary cause of the motherland. Although the power of one person is insignificant compared to the thousands of revolutionaries, it is impossible to form a river without gathering a small stream, and any powerful force can only be gathered by relying on every small energy.
Like ants, their tiny bodies can carry food that weighs a hundred or even a thousand times heavier than themselves. That's because they work together, are united, and don't preoccupied with individual gains and losses.
And that is why our revolutionary ranks are growing and thriving day by day. It is because the people who support this team are revolutionaries like The First Buddha.
It is worth mentioning that the brothers and sisters of the Ancestor Buddha were engaged in revolutionary work. Her older brother and younger brother died in the revolutionary ranks at the age of 21 and 16, respectively, for their beliefs and ideals, and her only sister, Jian Xianren, died in 2004.
In 1955, Xiao Ke, the husband of The Ancestor Buddha, was awarded the rank of general, and in 2008, the old revolutionary like the Ancestor Buddha left us forever.
Today, at the age of 104, she lives in the hutongs of Beijing, living the life of an ordinary person, and the century-old man known as the "Most Beautiful Admiral's Wife" has influenced generations of people with her tenacious spirit.
The pioneers of Kangzhuang Avenue have influenced generations
The Buddha was born rich, but he did not value money, fame and fortune. At a young age, under the influence of his brothers and sisters, he threw himself into the revolutionary cause, and he could bear hardships and hardships. Fight only for the ideal in your heart.
Under the difficult and difficult conditions of the Red Army's Long March, pregnant her could not participate, but she became a member of this team.
Not only that, she didn't ask for any special treatment because she was pregnant. On the Long March, in a humble environment and the lack of medical staff, she endured great pain and hastily planted a tree. And because he did not want to drag down the entire Red Army team, he supported his weak body alone and completed the Long March for 2 years.
If it were not for the strong conviction in her heart that supported the Ancestor Buddha, and if it were not for her strong sense of responsibility and love for the motherland and the revolutionary cause, she would not have been able to persevere in such a difficult environment.
And it is precisely because the motherland has pioneers like the Ancestor Buddha, who have opened up a broad road for future generations with their own strength, that we can step on the footprints of those who have been stepped on by the martyrs and confirmed to be safe to a brighter future.
They are the hardest pioneers of the motherland and deserve the best gifts in today's peaceful and prosperous world.