On April 25, 1949, Chiang Kai-shek left his hometown of Fenghua Xikou for the last time. Before leaving, Chiang Kai-shek stood for a long time in front of the cemetery of his mother Wang Caiyu. Chiang Ching-kuo wrote in his diary on that day: "Xikou is the place where the ancestral tomb is located, and once it is abandoned today, its deep feelings are even more indescribable than pen and ink can be described." ”
In Chiang Kai-shek's life, he would return to Xikou at every important moment, and here he had too many thoughts. On December 13, 1949, Chiang Kai-shek left the mainland by plane from Chengdu and never set foot on the mainland again. In recent years, there have been articles on the Internet about Chiang Kai-shek's return to Zhejiang in 1954.
After reviewing a lot of information, the author got an answer, which is true. What is certain at present is that Chiang Kai-shek's last secret return to Zhejiang was on May 7, 1954, to inspect the defense of the Nationalist army on Dachen Island. This historical material was found from the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and the direct source is Chiang Kai-shek's diary.
On May 6, 1954, Chiang Kai-shek secretly left Taiwan and took a warship to Dachen Island in Zhejiang Province. At 7:00 a.m. the next morning, the warship approached the vicinity of Dachen Island, and at about 10:00 Chiang Kai-shek landed directly on Dachen Island. Chiang Kai-shek wrote in his diary on that day: "Riding a jeep in a high valley station, I feel that the climate is pleasant, and I feel that my hometown is lovely, so that the climate is all the same as that of Putuo, and the humidity should be sixty degrees in early April, and the so-called cold spring season is still wearing cotton robes when it is not cold or cold, and the mountain traces occasionally see Laihua and silkworm mulberry, especially amiable, so that taiwan can not see it." ”
This is Chiang Kai-shek's return to Zhejiang after a gap of five years, although he has not returned to his hometown, but he is very happy. In the diary, "cute and happy" became a true portrayal of Chiang Kai-shek's mood during this trip to Dachen Island. Of course, chiang kai-shek's main purpose in coming to Dachen Island was to inspect the defenses here, and he hoped that it would become a "bridgehead" for his counterattack on the mainland.
In addition to the diary of that day, Chiang Kai-shek also reflected in his diary at the end of May of that year: "The inspection of Da Chen is the first time in five years that he has returned to Zhejiang, and his joy is equivalent to returning to his hometown of Wuling, and he is mentally unaware of why he is so happy." "It is not difficult to imagine that when Chiang Kai-shek stood on Dachen Island, he must have been overlooking the hometown of Fenghua Xikou Town, which has happy memories of his childhood.
Perhaps knowing that he might not be able to return to the mainland in his lifetime, Chiang Kai-shek in his later years focused on family life and enjoyed the happiness of his children and grandchildren. On the evening of April 5, 1975, Chiang Kai-shek died in Taiwan at the age of 88. It is true that Chiang Kai-shek did not return to his hometown in his lifetime, but this wish was finally realized by his most beloved grandson, Jiang Xiaoyong. On August 2, 1996, Jiang Xiaoyong, who was terminally ill (cancer), returned to Xikou Town with his family, the first time that Chiang Kai-shek's descendants had returned to the mainland.
Jiang Xiaoyong and his party entered Xikou Town as tourists, and they all bought a set of tickets and participated in 11 attractions. After the visit, Jiang Xiaoyong told the mainland side's entourage: "Although we are in Taiwan, the Jiang family will always be the descendants of Yan Huang's descendants. ”