preface
Figure Song Qingling
On May 29, 1981, Song Qingling, who had spent her life fighting for the revolution, died of illness, and in accordance with her own wishes, the funeral was held in her hometown of Shanghai, and refused to be buried with her husband Sun Yat-sen.
On June 4, 1981, Song Qingling's funeral was held as scheduled, and everything was ready, but Deng Yingchao temporarily decided to start five minutes ahead, and everyone was very confused and confused.
Deng Yingchao said: I am responsible for anything that happened at the funeral, but what is the reason for this?
Song Qingling's last wish
At the end of 1978, Song Qingling was plagued by illness and could only stay in the hospital for recuperation, she knew that her condition had begun to deteriorate, and she couldn't help but miss her hometown, and after receiving a period of treatment, she returned to Shanghai as she wished, which was also the last time she returned to Shanghai before she died.
In these two months, Song Qingling lived with great peace of mind, everything around her was so familiar, as if nothing had changed, but her condition was really not allowed to stay for a long time, her physical condition was not as good as a day, every time she was homesick, she could only take out the photos taken by the photographer to see and ease her homesickness.
Figure Song Qingling, who is seriously working
In the spring of 1981, there was a heavy snowfall in Beijing, and the surrounding area was white, and at this time, Song Qingling could only lie in bed, she slightly propped up her tired body, looked through the window at the snowflakes flying in the sky, and had many thoughts in her mind, not knowing whether her hometown of Shanghai had warmed up.
Song Qingling is very aware of her physical condition, even if she continues to stay in the hospital for treatment, there will be no miracle, thinking about it again and again, she decided to report her idea to the central government: she hopes to be buried in her hometown of Shanghai after leaving.
This last wish of Soong Ching-ling caused some differences in their opinions, and a large part of the people believed that they should go according to Soong Ching-ling's own will and respect her ideas, but there were still many people who believed that Soong Ching-ling, as the wife of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, should be buried with her husband, and they had a deep affection before, and had been helping each other and achieving each other.
Figure Left Soong Ching Ling Right Sun Yat-sen
The central authorities were also very embarrassed by this situation, and in desperation, they could only find Du Shuzhou, soong Ching Ling's secretary, to relay it on their behalf and personally inquire whether the person concerned was willing to accept a joint burial with Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
After hearing this statement, Song Qingling immediately chose to refuse, and she told Du Shuzhou: "After I leave, don't be buried with Zhongshan, be sure to bury me back in the Cemetery of All Nations in my hometown of Shanghai, where there is my family." ”
Du Shuzhou listened to Song Qingling's intermittent words, solemnly nodded, after doing everything, silently closed the door, walked out of the ward, standing outside, he could no longer bear it, began to cover his face and cry, tears kept pouring out, he looked at Song Qingling so uncomfortable, but also very unwilling.
Du Shuzhou reported the true thoughts of Song Qingling's heart to the central government, and that part of the people was still difficult to accept, the two of them were so loving and happy, it was a natural thing to be buried together, but why Song Qingling had always insisted on burying back in his hometown of Shanghai, Du Shuzhou fell into meditation.
As her personal secretary, he had always known Song Qingling very well, and he also knew the real reason for doing so now.
In 1915, Soong Ching Ling fell in love with Sun Yat-sen, who was 27 years old, they were in love, they had nothing to talk about, age was not a problem in their hearts, but this relationship was unanimously opposed by their parents, and the young Soong Ching Ling could not listen to the advice at all, and unswervingly married Sun Yat-sen.
After this, the two of them have always put their own revolutionary causes first, Song Qingling closely followed the pace of her husband, for many years around the country, her life for the country and the people, but never really filial piety to her parents, which has become her biggest regret.
Since he said that he could not accompany his family well before he died, so that they could enjoy the happiness of the world, he could only bury himself next to his parents after leaving, and use another way to do his filial piety.
After discussion, the CCP unanimously decided to choose to respect Song Qingling's own wishes, and after her death, she was directly buried in her hometown of Shanghai, and issued an order to prepare relevant matters in advance and hold a state funeral.
At that time, Li Jiazi, deputy director of Shanghai, did not dare to delay for a moment after receiving this order, and even personally went to visit Song Qingling, who was seriously ill, at that time she was already in the advanced stage of cancer, although treatment had never been interrupted during this period, but her situation was still worse than a day.
Pictured In the middle, li jiachi wearing white clothes
Li Jiazhu saw Song Qingling lying sick on the bed, very distressed, in order not to delay her rest time, can only choose a long story short, together discussed the details of the funeral, Song Qingling said that she does not want to make a big fuss, everything from Jane.
After hearing this, Li Jiazi fell into a dilemma, the central government demanded a state funeral, but she herself wanted to do it simply, and after thinking about it, he decided to synthesize the opinions of both sides and directly reduce the number of people who had planned to attend to two hundred.
In May 1981, Song Qingling's condition had completely deteriorated, and the doctors were constantly busy and difficult to get better, and everyone knew in their hearts that she might not have had much time, and Li Jiachi could only continue to speed up the progress after learning the news, and handed in a detailed plan in a short period of time.
In order to be able to meet the wishes of both sides, all his ideas must be considered comprehensively, and the central government has been paying close attention to this matter, and as long as there is a need, it will immediately send people to help.
Li Jiazhuo paid great attention to details when preparing, and even took out a white handkerchief embroidered with Song Qingling's favorite flowers, thinking that when the funeral began, he would put this handkerchief into her hand, and with her departure, Li Jiazhuo's every idea was as far as possible.
On the evening of May 29, 1981, Song Qingling, who had been running for the revolution all her life, died of illness, and the people of the whole country fell into endless grief, and the people around her could not cry.
After joint discussion, the central government decided to prepare a public memorial service and a memorial meeting for Soong Ching Ling in Beijing two days later, and on June 3, the Great Hall of the People was very solemn, and the speeches of the leaders were particularly heavy, accompanied by the sound of everyone's sobbing, and the memorial meeting ended smoothly.
Picture Song Qingling's memorial service
Song Qingling's state funeral
On June 4, 1981, it was so hot in shanghai in the summer, the fiery sun was mercilessly baking the earth, the oncoming breeze was like a heat wave on the face, and the originally lively street was now incredibly quiet, because it was on this day that Mr. Soong Ching Ling's funeral was held.
Early in the morning, people began to prepare for related matters, they were in a hurry, the expression on their faces was very serious, many leaders and outstanding people from all walks of life came from all over the country to send her on the last journey, in addition, there were many ordinary people who admired her on the Cemetery of Nations, including many old people and children.
Deng Yingchao and others did not dare to delay for a moment, and directly arrived in Shanghai by plane, everything went according to the previous plan, and the leaders could sit at the State Guesthouse for a while and wait for the official start of the funeral.
However, Deng Ying was very uneasy, and even personally contacted Li Jiachi, saying that he hoped to go to the scene to see for himself and determine whether there was anything wrong.
Figure Deng Yingchao
At that time, Shanghai was already crowded, not only was it difficult for vehicles to move, but even people could not walk around, but Deng Yingchao still insisted on going to the scene, walking alone in the crowd, and it took a long time for her to finally come to the funeral site.
The Cemetery of All Nations is full of wreaths, people from all walks of life stand on the ground, because the summer weather is very hot, none of them are dissatisfied with hair sweat, and even some old people have almost fainted, Deng Yingchao looked at such a scene, his heart was very moved, but more than that, he was distressed about them.
The noonday sun is the most poisonous, so stuffy that people can't breathe, if they stay in a crowded place for a long time, the elderly and children must be the first to be unbearable, and may even suffer from heat stroke or even faint.
Deng Yingchao thought about it before and then decided to contact the funeral leader Li Jiachi, and immediately expressed his thoughts: "Today's weather is really hot, the old people and children on the scene must not stay here for too long, if the funeral related matters have no problem at all, then can it be started directly at this time?" ”
Figure Deng Yingchao in old age
Li Jiachi knew Deng Yingchao's concerns, and then replied: "Everything has been prepared, and there is certainly no problem in starting now, but it has been said that the state funeral will be carried out at ten o'clock on time, so it is really difficult to explain such a temporary change." ”
"Song Qingling's funeral starts now, and whatever happens, I'm in charge," Deng Yingchao said emphatically.
After Li Jiachi heard this, he immediately informed him that the state funeral, which had been planned to start at ten o'clock, would be carried out five minutes in advance, and no one should delay.
At the funeral, Deng Yingchao looked at Song Qingling's portrait and cried into tears, many past events instantly came to mind, the two of them have known each other for many years, during this period has been in contact, the feelings can be described as very deep, and now that they are leaving, Deng Yingchao is very tormented in his heart.
Figure The funeral scene of Song Qingling in Shanghai
Although Song Qingling's funeral began five minutes earlier, nothing went wrong and ended smoothly, and after Deng Yingchao returned to Beijing, he wrote his mood in his diary: "Mr. Song Qingling, today Yingchao sent you the last journey, remembering Mr. Huang's past, as if yesterday, I miss you a lot." ”
At that time, the central government unanimously decided to hold a state funeral for Song Qingling, mainly because she had been serving the country all her life.
Soong Ching Ling's revolutionary career
In 1893, Song Qingling was born in a large family in Shanghai, her father was a famous wealthy businessman at that time, so she lived a very privileged life from an early age, and also received the best education, and when she was 16 years old, she went directly to a women's college in the United States for further study.
When the Xinhai Revolution broke out in 1911, Soong Ching Ling was very worried about the domestic situation and decided to return to China directly after completing his studies, and his father knew her ideas and ambitions, and under the introduction of him, he met Sun Yat-sen, who was 27 years older than himself.
Figure Song Qingling in his youth
At that time, Sun Yat-sen was short of a personal secretary, and after a period of contact, he felt that Soong Ching-ling's conditions were very suitable in all aspects, so he directly asked her wishes, and Soong Ching-ling naturally would not refuse, so he began his revolutionary career.
In 1915, Yuan Shikai declared himself emperor, and his behavior caused the dissatisfaction of many revolutionaries, and he took measures to resist at the moment, Sun Yat-sen was one of them, he directly issued a "second revolution" to encourage everyone to participate in it, but unfortunately he was hunted down by the Beiyang warlords.
Faced with such a situation, Soong Ching Ling was very worried, but the only thing he could do was to accompany Sun Yat-sen, not only to help deal with the work at hand all day, but also to take care of his life.
During this time, Soong Ching Ling simply made rapid progress, she learned the stability of Sun Yat-sen's encounters, learned his ability to constantly be flexible, and learned the firmness of dealing with the revolution, under the cooperation of a long time, they gradually developed feelings, regardless of the opposition of everyone, resolutely married.
In 1920, under the recommendation of Sun Yat-sen, Soong Ching Ling met Li Dazhao, they talked very happily, and many ideas coincided, after which Soong Ching Ling constantly came into contact with some Communist Party members and representatives of various countries, and many ideas gradually came to her mind.
Although it is said that Soong Ching Ling grew up in a better living condition and did not suffer from guilt, she could always put herself in the shoes of the people and feel the suffering of the people, and wanted to gradually change the status quo by her own strength, in this case, she and her husband Sun Yat-sen joined hands to gradually adjust the Kuomintang and accelerate cooperation with the Communist Party.
In 1921, Sun Yat-sen served as the provisional president, during which he continued to form an army, encouraging outstanding people from all walks of life and ordinary people to twist into a rope, and slowly everyone trusted Sun Yat-sen more, Soong Ching Ling was very happy to see this situation, and then he was even more busy.
However, it is very regrettable that during the negotiations between Sun Yat-sen and the Beiyang warlords, the old disease had an unexpected attack, although it was said that the treatment had been taken for the first time, but it was still to no avail, and in the spring of the following year, Sun Yat-sen died of illness, and Soong Ching Ling at that time was devastated and could not get out of his emotions.
But Song Qingling knew that there were more important things waiting for her to do at the moment, and after packing up her mood, she continued to devote herself to the revolution and complete her unfulfilled wishes.
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek ordered a comprehensive purge and killed many innocent revolutionary youths, and When Soong Ching Ling saw such a scene in Shanghai, he was very saddened, not only directly criticizing all their actions, but also saying that he would not participate in all the policies of the Kuomintang after this.
In the war of resistance against Japanese aggression for many years, Song Qingling constantly promoted the cooperation between the two parties and made many contributions to the final success, and she especially hoped that everyone's strength could be gathered together to drive out foreign invaders and let the people live a peaceful and happy life as soon as possible.
During the Liberation War, Song Qingling still insisted on her post and stayed in the mainland, she and Deng Yingchao led the women's liberation movement together, constantly changing their feudal thinking, in addition, Song Qingling was also very concerned about the food and clothing of some left-behind children, often donating money and materials, her love is in everyone's eyes.
Figure Middle Song Qingling Right Deng Yingchao
Before the founding of New China, Chairman Mao, Zhou Enlai and others unanimously decided to invite Soong Ching-ling to attend the founding ceremony, although she was very touched in her heart, but still chose to refuse, the main reason is because Beijing is her sad place, she does not want to come here again.
Soong Ching Ling's husband Sun Yat-sen died of illness in Beijing, that kind of heartbreak she has not dared to forget, in addition, in the process of sun Yat-sen's coffin migration, she forced her emotions to come to Beijing again, even if it has been decades now, but the heart is still resistant.
In desperation, they could only send Zhou Enlai's wife, Deng Yingchao, to Shanghai, and the two of them had participated in the revolution together for many years and had already established a deep friendship, and no one was more suitable than her.
After Deng Yingchao arrived in Shanghai, after a little rest, he went directly to Song Qingling's home, Song Qingling was very excited in his heart, and directly sent a big hug, the two sisters have not seen each other for a while, Song Qingling took Deng Yingchao's hand and sat down quickly, choking and saying: "I finally see you again." ”
At first, Deng Yingchao did not directly say that he intended to come this time, but constantly cared about the recent situation of Soong Ching-ling's life, and even talked about their past, and when the time was right, he took out two handwritten letters from Chairman Mao and Zhou Enlai, and formally said: "The new Political Consultative Conference is about to be held in Beiping, and the Central People's Government will be formally established." The CPC Central Committee and Chairman Mao earnestly hoped that Mr. Qingling would go north to discuss the great plan for the founding of the country. ”
Song Qingling looked at the sincerity of the two leaders and gradually wavered, Deng Yingchao did not want to force her to make a decision now, so he directly said: "You can think about this matter more, think about it and then give me a reply." ”
Song Qingling looked at her and nodded, "Then I'll think about it again." ”
A month later, Song Qingling personally went to Deng Yingchao and told her that he had made a decision to accept their invitation to attend the founding ceremony, Deng Yingchao was very happy after hearing it, and the two embraced each other excitedly.
After this, their feelings went further, although they could not often get together due to work reasons, but their hearts have always been worried about each other, after learning that Song Qingling was seriously ill, Deng Yingchao was very anxious, always worried about her condition, as long as there is time to visit the hospital.
After Song Qingling left, Deng Yingchao burst into tears, watching her revolutionary friend fall, her mood has been very unstable, but despite this, at the funeral, Deng Yingchao still first considered the people and thought about the people everywhere, and the life of the two of them was a life of struggle, and it was also a great life.