As we all know, Chairman Mao has two major hobbies in life, the first likes to smoke, and the second likes to swim. Although smoking is harmful to health, Chairman Mao has never left his hand all his life, and in his view, smoking a cigarette when he works can also be regarded as a relief for himself. can
However, in the difficult years of the War of Resistance, it was not an easy task to obtain a regular box of cigarettes.
And swimming is a hobby that Chairman Mao has had since he was a child, and Chairman Mao's swimming never picks a place, swimming pools can also be used, rivers and lakes can also be, but compared to swimming pools, Chairman Mao prefers rivers, because swimming will be more wanton.
Chairman Mao loved to swim, and his swimming skills were admirable
When he was a child, Chairman Mao grew up by the Xiang River, and there was a clear pond in front of his house, so swimming became a major hobby of Chairman Mao's childhood. Chairman Mao, who loved swimming, also wrote swimming into poems, such as the well-known "Qinyuan Chun Changsha", which has such a sentence in the poem: "Once remembered no, to the middle of the current to hit the water, the wave to curb the flying boat." ”
This poem also reveals Chairman Mao's nostalgic feelings of swimming and playing with his companions when he was young. He loves rivers, lakes and seas, and he also likes to be close to the water. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in order to swim, Chairman Mao also went to Beidaihe for a vacation. As soon as Chairman Mao came into the water, he was immediately refreshed, and even the fatigue of his previous work was suddenly reduced by more than half.
You know, Chairman Mao was already old in the 1950s, and for an old man in his sixties, swimming in this natural pool was also a relatively dangerous thing. But Chairman Mao was never afraid, and he liked to challenge such waters.
Chairman Mao's life was full of ups and downs and excitement, so so many rich experiences also made Chairman Mao extremely adventurous. In the ten years from 1956 to 1966, Chairman Mao went to the Yangtze River many times to show his skills in order to swim.
You know, the Yangtze River is not comparable to other waters, as a graben, the Yangtze River is rough and wide, in case there are monstrous waves coming, then when people turn over on the boat, the scene is very dangerous. After all, they did not dare to let Chairman Mao take this risk, but everyone also knew that Chairman Mao had a relatively stubborn personality, and he had always been lenient and approachable, but once his temper came up, ten cows could not be pulled back.
Seeing that Chairman Mao insisted on swimming, the staff could only make precautions in advance. When all the protective measures were foolproof, the staff dared to let Chairman Mao go into the water. However, when everyone was always concerned about Chairman Mao's safety, they suddenly found that Chairman Mao's swimming skills were so superb that they even surpassed the professional divers he carried with him.
Not only was he able to swim quickly to the deep water, but he was also able to sleep on his back on the surface of the water, and sometimes when he was interested, he put an ashtray on his chest and lay in the water while smoking a cigarette and sleeping with his head on his back, which really stunned everyone around him.
Chairman Mao went into the water for the last time and was silent for a long time and said a word
However, although Chairman Mao's swimming skills are superb, there must be a sense of prevention, so every time Chairman Mao goes into the water, the staff will make preparations in advance. Swimming freely in the water has become Chairman Mao's rare leisure time.
Whenever he finished swimming, Chairman Mao was always full of excitement and his mood became very relaxed. During the years of swimming in the Yangtze River, Chairman Mao wrote several poems, the most popular sentence: "Only when I drink the water of Changsha, I eat the fish of Wuchang." Thousands of miles of the Yangtze River crossed, extremely eye Chu Tianshu. It was the inspiration he got when he crossed the Yangtze River.
But as the years passed, Chairman Mao grew older. In the early 1970s, Chairman Mao was diagnosed with a variety of diseases of old age. The discovery of these diseases also means that Chairman Mao is about to say goodbye to his swimming career.
The most dangerous time, in 1972 Chairman Mao also had a brief shock, so for the sake of Chairman Mao's health, the staff strictly controlled Chairman Mao's diet, but even if a lot of health protection work was done, it still failed to stop the development of the disease, by 1974, the 81-year-old Chairman Mao had puffy legs, walking needed help, but he remembered swimming on a whim in this year.
When Chairman Mao made this request, the staff did not want to agree. But everyone knows that no one can beat this stubborn old man, so in the end chairman Mao can only go to the swimming pool to have a swimming addiction. It was already the middle of winter, and the weather was so cold that even the young lads might not be able to withstand the biting cold in the pool.
But Chairman Mao was very excited, he dragged his body with limited mobility, resolutely went into the water, and did not expect that this tour would swim for 45 minutes. You must know that when Chairman Mao went into the water, all the people pinched a handful of sweat, and everyone's heart went to the throat, fortunately, Chairman Mao did not have any accidents, but his spirit was greatly improved because of swimming, which was indeed a happy thing.
Since then, for more than half a month, Chairman Mao has been soaking in the swimming pool. He swims for more than half an hour every time he swims. However, on the day of December 5th, Chairman Mao ushered in the last time in his life. On this day, as soon as he was launched, Chairman Mao felt uncomfortable, and the people around him discovered this in time, and everyone rushed to help Chairman Mao to the shore.
epilogue
Finally, Chairman Mao sat by the pool and was silent for a long time, before he sighed and said, "I am weak, my hands and feet are weak, and it seems that I have no chance of swimming this time!" This old man, who has always been strong, finally gave in this time, and his words also made the people present sad, and everyone understood that Chairman Mao's illness could not be delayed.
A year later, Chairman Mao was taken to the hospital, where he spent most of the last year of his life. On September 9, 1976, this great man who loved swimming, who had once accumulated water in the middle of the current and suppressed the flying boat, closed his eyes of wisdom forever and stopped swimming.
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