After the victory of the War of Liberation, a series of preparatory work began, including the establishment of the national flag.
According to the statistics of relevant departments, a total of 2992 national flag patterns were received nationwide, and then the judges screened them, unanimously agreed that the yellow map on a red background was more consistent, and reported to the senior leaders for approval and selection.
At the same time, the judges also selected three patterns. Each painting has a big Venus on top, and under the big star are one, two and three horizontal bars, and the topic that cannot be avoided is the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Pearl River.
If I were to look at it, I would prefer the second one.
The "two bars", the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, clearly represent the northerners and southerners, and until now it has been a symbol and symbol of Chinese. Before the symposium on the determination of the national flag, General Zhang Zhizhong put forward different opinions.
It was a weekend, and Mao Zedong was chatting with a friend in the office when Zhang Zhizhong suddenly knocked on the door.
"Zhizhong you are coming, sit fast, this is the new tea bought yesterday, taste it."
"Do you know about the flag?" Zhang Zhizhong went straight to the subject, and there seemed to be a lot of dissatisfaction hidden in his heart.
"I know, I think the first one seems to be more appropriate, a Yellow River and a star, completely represent our entire country and people, do you personally have any different views?"
"I am very opposed, this is a symbol of a country, a bar in the middle splits the red flag in half, doesn't this become a split country?" Besides, you said that this represents the Yellow River, how many people know? Not to mention that this is a golden hoop stick is good."
Mao Zedong thought about it in situ and said, "There is some truth in what zhizhong said, so let's hold a forum on the international community in a few days, and we will also discuss it, and then you will come here."
For Zhang Zhizhong, this person, you may feel strange. He was a second-class general in the Nationalist Army, and although he had fought with our organization, the premise was for the motherland.
After learning of our original belief, Zhang Zhizhong used his identity to do a lot of things for us, so he also received preferential treatment after the founding of New China.
A week later, Mao Zedong specially invited the big men of the literary and art circles to sit together and discuss the national flag together.
Let's be honest, it has been carried out to this extent, and generally there will be no major changes, but small details to make an adjustment. But Zhang Zhizhong had great dissatisfaction in his heart, and Mao Zedong also noticed his thoughts.
"Some people oppose this Yellow River, and everyone's experience is different and the meaning is different, but in any case, inviting everyone to come today is to want a result that everyone agrees with."
Immediately afterward, Mao Zedong took out a pattern and said it was designed by Zeng Liansong. On a yellow map on a red background, the big golden star was surrounded by four small venus, and many people present directly clapped their hands and applauded, and Zhang Zhizhong also showed a satisfied smile.
Mao Zedong then explained this diagram: these four small stars represent workers, peasants, petty bourgeoisie, and national bourgeoisie, and the five-star red flag symbolizes the great unity of the Chinese people, and the ultimate goal is socialism.
Clear and concise, wouldn't it be nice to take out this picture earlier? From this time on, the flag entered a pending state of approval.
In September of the same year, at the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress, this was also officially finalized. Premier Zhou Enlai stressed at the meeting that the bright red five-star flag symbolizes the great unity of the Chinese revolutionary people.
It is hard to imagine, without Zhang Zhizhong, what form would our national flag be?
After the founding of New China, Zhang Zhizhong continued to run for cross-strait reunification, and wrote a letter for Chiang Kai-shek in the middle of the way, but unfortunately he could not reach his hands. No one can say whether Chiang Kai-shek will waver when he sees the letter.
In 1968, Zhang Zhizhong became seriously ill, and Mao Zedong rushed to visit him after hearing the news.
Zhang Zhizhong said: I have no regrets in my life, the only thing I lack is that I have not been able to contribute my strength to the liberation of Taiwan, this sacred territory, I hope Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou can pay more attention.
Mao Zedong could not hide his grief and shed tears in his office many times.
After Zhang Zhizhong's death, Mao Zedong said to his secretary: Such a complex and simple person, but his patriotic spirit is always worth learning.
The world's national flag, the five-star red flag is the most colorful, I want to say: I love my motherland.