More than 100 years ago, Lin Zexu wrote this: If the opium does not end for a day, the minister will not return for a day, and he will vow to be consistent with this matter, and there is no reason to stop it. It can be seen that he wants to cut off the perseverance and perseverance of opium. Kung Fu pays off, and after hard work, Lin Zexu finally burned all the opium in Humen, which is what shocked China and foreign countries to sell cigarettes in Humen. In China, in order to commemorate Lin Zexu's contribution to the nation, many monuments, ancestral halls and museums have been built for people to visit and remember. However, what is incredible is that in New York, the United States, a Lin Zexu Square was built, and a statue of Lin Zexu was erected on the square.
Love the people like Zi Lin Ze Xu
Born in Fujian, Lin Zexu grew up in a poor family and lived in poverty, but it could not hinder his enthusiasm for reading, and when he was 8 years old, he wrote a sentence "The sea is endless and the sky is the shore, and the mountain is high and I am the peak", so bold words can see his ambition. When he grew up, he went to Hanlin Academy to work as an editor by taking the imperial examination, and was sent as an official about 7 years later. Because of his outstanding achievements during his term of office, he was deeply valued and has been steadily moving forward since then. Uncle Guan, who loves the people like a son, is affectionately called Lin Qingtian. Later, because the opium flow was very poisonous, Lin Zexu saw that the people were depressed and heartbroken, so he decided to ban smoking. Initially, Lin Zexu successfully banned smoking in Jiangsu, and then was put in charge of opium affairs in Guangdong. In Guangdong, Lin Zexu made a bold move to destroy opium, and the famous Humen cigarette sales shocked China and foreign countries. Although after Humen sold cigarettes, the Qing government was pressured by imperialism to remove Lin Zexu from his official position, but because of his outstanding ability, he later reactivated it. All the thorny problems that cannot be solved are almost all lin Zexu, and where Lin Zexu has been, the economy has been greatly developed. At that time, he was very famous in China, and even foreigners had to pay tribute to his name.
Anglo-American opium was rampant
It is said that in order to paralyze the minds of the Chinese people, the British and American imperialists further invaded China and seized property from China, and they brought opium to China. The simple Chinese really suffered from it, but fortunately, there was a national hero Lin Zexu who ended this invasion without smoke of gunfire. As the saying goes, ten years east of the river and ten years of he west. China's opium was destroyed, and Chinese people away from opium. But what caught Britain and the United States by surprise was that opium actually spread in The country, the British and American people wanted to smoke opium regardless of life and death, and the government wanted to find a drug hero to come out in order to deter people, but it could not be found at home; at this time, Lin Zexu, who was famous overseas, just fit their personality, and this kind of realist hero had a suitable deterrent effect on Britain and the United States at that time. The great proletarian thinker Marx also denounced the opium trade and gave Lin Zexu's feat of destroying opium in China more than once.
The efforts of the Chinese
This has to start from the United States Lin Zexu Foundation, the foundation is established in 1995 global non-governmental organization, its chairman is Wong Ke Chung, this Chinese grew up in Hong Kong, for the British colonialism in Hong Kong left behind by the crimes are deeply affected, according to Wong Ke Chun recalled, when he was a child, the British ruler spread the concept of education, emphasizing that due to the Sino-British trade disputes caused by a series of commercial wars, led to the occurrence of the Opium War, and the reason why Hong Kong belonged to Britain, It was because of the defeat in the commercial war that this treasure land was compensated to them. Fortunately, Huang Kejun was not seduced by this educational concept, and when he grew up, he wanted more compatriots to know the ins and outs of the Opium War, he did not want the historical truth to be covered, and at the same time carried forward Lin Zexu's noble spirit of anti-drug, anti-drug and saving the country and saving the people, and then decided to erect a bronze statue of Lin Zexu in New York, USA. However, it is not so easy for a Chinese to erect a bronze statue of Chinese in the United States, and the patriotic Huang Kejun wants to go and seize Lin Zexu's heroic deeds of breaking the difficult ban on smoking, which is undoubtedly a very good reason. For about two years, the foundation worked tirelessly to promote Lin Zexu's anti-drug spirit to the New York City government, and the kung fu paid off, and in 1997, the year of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, a bronze statue of Lin Zexu was erected high in New York Plaza.
Exquisite design
In addition to the support of huang Kejun's ideas from the members of the foundation, many celebrities in China also particularly admired his approach, when Professor Li Weifeng of Xiamen University took the initiative to ask Miao to be the main designer of the statue. After the bronze statue was seated, Lin Zexu put his hands behind his back, held his head high, dressed in a pint of official clothes, wore the summer hat of a Qing Dynasty official, and stood in a posture that promoted righteousness and exuberance; his eyes were shining straight ahead, and his resolute eyes expressed his indomitable heroism, and also expressed the open-mindedness of the Chinese people to open their eyes to the world. In 2000, Lin Zexu Square was expanded with the joint efforts of Mr. Huang Kejun and other patriotic Chinese. What is even more proud is that in front of the bronze statue there is also a Confucius Square, on which stands a bronze statue of Confucius, and there is also the famous mainland educator, politician, calligrapher Mr. Yu Youren inscribed "Chinese Soldier Loyal Martyrs' Square", and behind the bronze statue is the Towering World Trade Building.
Memorable days
In addition to building Times Square in the United States to commemorate Lin Zexu, the United Nations has also designated June 3, the day Humen sold tobacco, as "International Smoking Day." In 1987, China began reform and opening up, the economy ushered in a great recovery and prosperity, people embarked on the days of getting rich and well-off, however, in many Western countries are facing new challenges, that is, drug abuse and drug smuggling are becoming more and more serious, the situation is very severe, at this time the United Nations remembered the feats of Lin Zexu Humen tobacco sales decades ago, and also designated June 26 as "International Anti-Drug Day", and this day is the second day after the complete end of Humen tobacco sales. If a country lives and dies by profit, it is better to avoid it because of misfortune and happiness. In addition to being politically capable and deeply loved by the people, Lin Zexu is also a veritable poet and thinker. For the advanced technology of the West, he did not reject, but advocated learning, and encouraged the development of national industry and commerce, it is said that Lin Zexu was the first person in China to understand the "International Law", and at that time was called the first person to "open the eyes to the world".