On May 29, 1981, Soong Ching-ling, the wife of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a pioneer of the revolution, died of illness in her Beijing apartment, and in accordance with her last wishes, her ashes were buried in the Soong Cemetery (now Soong Ching Ling Cemetery) of Shanghai Wanguo Apartment. So, why didn't Soong Ching Ling choose to be buried with her husband Sun Yat-sen after his death? Speaking of which, we have to talk about what happened that year.
Song Qingling
During the Republic of China period, there was such a sentence in society: the Chen Family Party of the Jiang Family and the Sister Kong Jiacai of the Song Family included the "four major families" at that time, and the Song Family Sisters referred to Song Meiling, Song Ziwen and others who controlled the country's diplomatic power at that time. In this famous family, the eldest sister Song Yiling loves money, the second sister Song Qingling loves the country, the younger sister Song Meiling loves power, and their father, Song Jiashu, is a close friend and comrade of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, the forerunner of China's democratic revolution.
Three sisters of the Song family
After the eldest sister Song Xialing graduated and returned to China, under the recommendation of her father, she became the secretary of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and because she married Kong Xiangxi, she deliberately gave the secretary work to her sister Song Qingling. In 1915, Mr. Soong Ching Ling and Dr. Sun Yat-sen married a revolutionary partner in a foreign country, and since then they have been dependent on each other in hardships and hardships, life and death together, and later, the two returned from Japan, began to travel thousands of miles, and jointly experienced major events such as the Southern Expedition and the Northern War, the rebellion against Yuan, and the protection of the country and the protector of the law.
Sun Yat-sen and his wife
On March 12, 1925, Dr. Sun Yat-sen died of illness and left in his will"
The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still have to work hard
With his strong will and weak body, Soong Ching Ling shouldered the important mission of inheriting the legacy of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, defending the New Three People's Principles and implementing the three major policies. When Chiang Kai-shek successively created the "Zhongshan Ship Incident," the "Sorting Out Party Affairs Case," and the "April 12 Counter-Revolutionary Incident," Soong Ching-ling and a number of kuomintang leftist members jointly issued a telegram condemning them severely and openly announcing a complete break with Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei.
Jiang Wang confluence
After the outbreak of the "918" incident, the national crisis deepened day by day, and the anti-Japanese salvation movement continued to rise, Soong Ching Ling called on the Kuomintang side to stop the civil war and unite to resist Japan, and took advantage of his special status and lofty prestige to build a bridge of communication between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and spared no effort to build a broad anti-Japanese national united front. After the "1.28" Shanghai Campaign began, the officers and men of the Kuomintang Nineteenth Route Army, under the leadership of Generals Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai, rose up one after another to resist the Japanese aggressors.
Jiang Guangnai and Cai Tingkai
After the outbreak of the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Song Qingling published a large number of articles and speeches, expounding the firm stand and resolute proposition of adhering to the anti-Japanese resistance, and initiated the organization of the "Alliance for the Defense of China" in Hong Kong, publicizing the arduous Chinese War of Resistance to the rest of the world, and collecting medical equipment, medicines, cash and other relief materials to be transported to the front, making great contributions to the great cause of the War of Resistance. After Japan's surrender, Chiang Kai-shek tore up the "peace agreement" and brazenly launched a civil war, but Soong Ching Ling resolutely opposed it, actively called for peace, and collected medicines and other strategic materials for the People's Liberation Army.
Song Qingling and his friends
After the founding of New China, Soong Ching Ling was elected as a director of the World Peace Council, and subsequently visited many countries and regions, made friends extensively, and did a lot of work to enhance friendship among peoples around the world. On May 29, 1981, Soong Ching Ling died of illness at the age of 88 in her Beijing apartment, and it is reasonable to say that her ashes should be buried next to Dr. Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum, but soong Ching Ling's will was to choose to be buried in the Soong cemetery in the Shanghai Wanguo Apartment, for which she explained in her will: I cannot share the lofty honor that belongs to Dr. Sun Yat-sen.