Liu Zhidan, one of the important founders of the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Region and the Northern Shaanxi Red Army, although he died young, but the contributions made during the war years we will always remember, in the 90s Comrade Liu Zhidan was named one of the 36 military experts of our army.
How famous he was, and there are still many allusions to him in the provinces of northern Shaanxi.
It is said that the American journalist Edgar? When Snow first came to northern Shaanxi, the first folk song he heard in northern Shaanxi was "Liu Zhidan in Northern Shaanxi".
We don't know much about the woman behind the hero, but Tong Guirong is not only a good wife and mother, but also an excellent revolutionary.
Tong Guirong was only 16 years old when she married Liu Zhidan, her husband carried out the peasant movement outside for many years, she waited for her parents at home, took care of the children, and Liu Zhidan, who had no worries, had later brilliant achievements, and later joined the Red Army with the encouragement of her husband.
Standing guard and sentry, transmitting new and leading women to make military shoes for the Red Army, becoming a part of Tong Guirong's life, she was known as "Liu Concubine" by everyone, but Tong Guirong also experienced a life and death test because she was "Liu Concubine".
In the spring of 1934, the enemy army invaded the Soviet zone, and one of the tasks was to dig three feet into the ground to capture Liu Zhida's family, and soon they learned that "Liu Zhida" and Guirong were digging wild vegetables on the mountain and sent some people to arrest them.
In the end, Tong Guirong was forced by the enemy to the edge of a cliff, Tong Guirong, who had no way to retreat, would not surrender, jumped off the cliff, the enemy knew that this time Tong Guirong had died nine times and withdrew, fortunately Liu Rong woke up, found herself caught in the bushes of the mountainside, after recovering her strength, she carefully climbed down from the mountainside, and waited until Liu Guirong, who was injured and limping, appeared in front of the villagers looking for her, and everyone cried with excitement.
After Liu Zhidan's sacrifice, he wiped away his sad tears with Guirong, returned to his own post to continue working, everything she did was loved and respected by the people around her, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Tong Guirong began to engage in early childhood education work, and in his later years he also served as a deputy to the National People's Congress for two years, the achievements were very high, and what made Tong Guirong most proud was her daughter Liu Lizhen.
Liu Lizhen is the only child of Liu Zhidan and Tong Guirong, she was only 7 years old when her father died, but under the education of her mother, she entered the journalism department of Yan'an University after graduating from high school, where she met her future husband Zhang Guang, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, she was admitted to China Medical University to study medicine, and after graduation, she began to learn Chinese medicine and acupuncture, and began a lifelong medical career.
Over the years, Liu Lizhen has successively served as the director of the Xi'an Medical Research Institute and the president of the Affiliated Hospital of the Chinese Medicine Research Institute, and has contributed to the medical development of the motherland for decades in his life, which can be described as a national pillar. Liu Zhidan's family of three are all admirable figures.