In China's modern history, it was generations of ancestors who went forward and followed each other, and it was only with their lives and blood that they exchanged their lives and blood for today's world stability and national strength. The history of the bloody and tearful struggle of these sons and daughters of China still seems to be tenacious and dazzling. With the slow passage of time, those veterans who experienced the Long March of the Red Army, the War of Resistance Against Japan, and even the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea have all passed away one by one, which is regrettable.
However, there is another female Red Army who is still alive and is now 105 years old. She is a tenacious and courageous female fighter. She not only participated in the Long March, but also gave birth to her first child on the way to the Long March, and then actively participated in the revolutionary cause.
Her husband is Xiao Ke, a famous founding general in China, her son Xiao Xinghua was awarded the rank of major general under their careful teaching, and her brother-in-law was He Long, one of the ten founding marshals, full of glory and envy of everyone.
Join the revolution
In 1916, Jian Xianfo was born in a well-known wealthy merchant family in Hunan Province, and he did not worry about wearing snacks, which was already a very fortunate thing in that era.
At a time when many people are still struggling to fill their stomachs and make a living, Jian Xianfo has been able to receive a good education, she writes well, and her painting skills are also very good, which can be said to be a well-deserved show for everyone.
After the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the enthusiastic young girls all wanted to participate in the revolution to serve the motherland, and the First Buddha was no exception, and after having such an idea, she informed her father of all her thoughts.
Although Jian Chengyan's father, Jian Chengyan, was a businessman, he also understood things very well, and when he saw that his daughter had such lofty ambitions, he did not stop them, but said to her daughter very supportively: "If you want to participate in the anti-Japanese resistance, go and become a Red Army." ”
So in 1934, when He Long, the brother-in-law of Jian Xianfo, led the Red Second Army to Hunan, when he learned that Jian Xianfo intended to participate in the revolution, he happily accepted this sister to join his team.
Later, after joining the army, The Two Founding Generals Xiao Ke met, knew each other and finally fell in love with each other during the revolution, and walked into the palace of marriage together, and the two outstanding Communist Party members also did their best to contribute to the revolution.
Births are born during the Long March
However, the peaceful and stable married life did not last long, and with the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, the Red Army was forced to start the Long March. At this time, Jian Xianfo found that she was pregnant, although she was a woman, she still had a tenacious will, and she would never allow herself to drag down the march of the large army because of physical reasons, but she clenched her teeth and followed the pace of the soldiers.
On the first day of the Red Army's Long March into the meadow, the child of the First Buddha was born, because the grass was vast, deserted, and not even a shield could be found, and the environment was very harsh for ordinary people, let alone for a pregnant woman.
When her husband, Shaw, heard the news, found a fence made of earth abandoned by tibetans with the other soldiers, and dug some turf on the spot nearby. After a hasty renovation, this place was used as the delivery room of the Ancestor Buddha. Because there were no doctors and nurses, Jian Xianfo's sister Jian Xianren had to personally attend the battle to deliver the baby for her sister.
Fortunately, the child was born smoothly, and Jian Xianfo later recalled his newborn child, saying that he was particularly fond of laughing, not crying or making trouble, and the couple named the child "Fort Sheng", which means the child born in the earthen castle in the meadow.
After experiencing childbirth, the already emaciated Jian Xianfo became even weaker, coupled with the extremely harsh conditions at that time, it was impossible to ensure the nutrition of a pregnant woman, and many comrades in the team stuffed their only rations to the Jianxian Buddha, and some comrades even almost starved to death.
After experiencing these hardships, The First Buddha survived the most difficult part of the Long March with her child in her arms, and her tenacious will and greatness as a mother were really moving.
Enjoy your old age
After the end of the Long March, the couple sent their children back to their hometown in Hunan, where they were still struggling on the revolutionary front. However, in an air raid, the six-year-old Xiao Bao was killed by enemy fire, which also became the pain of the life of the Ancestor Buddha.
But this pain did not break the revolutionary will of the Ancestor Buddha, she turned grief into strength, still dutifully fulfilled her duties when she moved to the rear, completed one task after another brilliantly, and made many contributions to the revolutionary cause with her husband Xiao Ke on the front line.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, she successively served as deputy director of the Electric Power Design Bureau, the head of the Political Department, the deputy to the National People's Congress and other positions, and during her work in charge of the electric power sector, she put forward many suggestions, including the selection of outstanding talents from the electric power sector to be sent to institutions of higher learning for further study, laying a solid foundation for the development of China's electric power industry.
During her work, she called on everyone to learn more from young people, adopt new methods, and try new technologies. Under her leadership, the development of new China's electric power industry has made great progress, and the talent reserve has also been greatly improved.
Perhaps heaven could not bear to treat such an excellent woman, Xiao Xinghua, the second child of Jian Xianfo, was deeply influenced by his parents' revolutionary ideas, studied hard and studied hard, was admitted to Peking University, served in the Sports Commission after graduation, and was later transferred to the Armed Police Force, where he was awarded the rank of major general in 1997.
Today's elderly ancestors live in an old but not old courtyard in Beijing, which can be said to be a real peaceful old age.
brief summary:
The deeds of the Buddha tell us that who said that women are inferior to men, as long as they have a firm revolutionary will and a tenacious revolutionary spirit, no matter how great the difficulties they encounter, they can overcome, gender is not the biggest obstacle to success, whether they have a firm idea and an unchanged original intention is what we must constantly ask ourselves on the road to success.