In 1953, at the beginning of the first five-year plan, Chairman Mao missed his daughter Li Min.
However, in order not to delay the work, he decided to take his precious daughter to inspect the Ming Tombs Reservoir together.
The father and daughter are also rarely able to travel alone, so Li Min is very happy along the way and has been talking to his father.
At this time, Li Min felt the taste of home, it was good to have her father's company, and the taste of happiness was everywhere.
Chairman Mao was also very happy to see that his daughter, who did not like to talk much in ordinary days, actually kept talking today.
Listening to What Li Min was saying, Chairman Mao simply listened, and did not want to interrupt this pleasant atmosphere.
The car was driving with the father and daughter on the way to the Ming Tombs Reservoir, and suddenly saw the statue of Wang Babei stone monument next to it, and Chairman Mao hurriedly asked the driver to circle around the statue twice.
Li Min also scratched his head and wondered what this stone was good to see.
Chairman Mao looked at the inscription for a while and asked Li Min: Do you know why Wang Ba's backstone?
So, what kind of story is behind the Wang Babei Stone Stele, and how will Li Min answer?
First, Li Min was sent to the Soviet Union to study when he was a child
One winter in 1936, Chairman Mao led his army to Bao'an County in northern Shaanxi Province, a very small county town with a total of more than 4,000 people and not many houses.
(He Zizhen and his family)
The living conditions are not very good, the cave is often leaking, and the cave is very humid. There was no bed, no stove, no stove, so he slept on his own plate of clay and used bricks to support the kettle outside the cave to boil water.
He Zizhen was also injured at that time, and the wounded gave birth to Li Min, and the Red Army soldiers who had experienced life and death together also came to congratulate them after hearing the news. Chairman Mao even smiled and beckoned them to come into the house and sit down, and after inquiring, he learned that a female doll had been born.
Deng Yingchao was also among them at that time, went forward to pick up the child, and was very distressed to see Li Min's thin appearance, and gave Li Min a nickname of "Jiaojiao".
Deng Yingchao and others also quipped: "It is really a little petite." Chairman Mao was also very fond of Li Min, but He Zizhen was full of sorrow and could not be happy at all, at this time He Zizhen was bent on doing work, and even before he could enjoy the pleasure of being a mother, he sent Li Min to his hometown.
He Zizhen gave birth to a boy when he went to study in the Soviet Union, but unfortunately died of illness. In 1941, Chairman Mao thought of bringing Li Min to He Zizhen's side, so that He Zizhen would not be so lonely and sad, hoping that Li Min's arrival would make He Zizhen's state better.
(He Zizhen)
At that time, Li Min was only four years old, but the arrival of her daughter undoubtedly cheered up He Zizhen, pampered her daughter in every way, her heart for her daughter, and watched her daughter grow up day by day very happy.
Because Li Min rarely saw his father since he was a child, after arriving in the Soviet Union, the chance of meeting was even more slim, so in Li Min's heart, there was only his mother, and he had no impression of his father.
At that time, Li Min was living in the International Children's Hospital in Moscow, and he could often see pictures of leaders of various countries on the wall, including his father Chairman Mao, but at that time Li Min did not know that it was his father.
The teachers at the children's home often told stories about the leaders of the Communist Party of various countries, and every time they heard about the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Mao Zedong, their eyes were full of admiration and they always had a heart of awe.
And Li Min may not have dreamed at that time, that person is his father who he often can't meet, and He Zizhen rarely talks about her father in front of him, so Li Min doesn't know even more.
By chance, Li Min's brother Mao Anying once made a special trip to Moscow to see his sister, bought a lot of gifts for his sister, and the two chatted in the school church.
Mao Anying saw the portrait in the church, pointed to the portrait and asked Li Min if he knew who this person was. Li Min said: Isn't this Chairman Mao, the leader of the Communist Party? Mao Anying said: Yes, but it is also our father.
(Chairman Mao and Mao Anying)
Li Min felt that Mao Anying was talking blindly, but under Mao Anying's affirmative eyes, Li Min gradually began to believe, but because he had not had too much contact with his father since he was a child, he had more fathers in his life for a while, but he felt very uncomfortable. Later, under the narration of He Zizhen, Li Mincai learned more about his father Yuri.
At this moment, Li Min suddenly felt that she had grown up, suddenly understood a lot of things, and knew why her mother had been so sad and depressed, but He Zizhen still did not tell Li Min too much about her father, because she was still young and could not understand how much she said. He Zizhen also asked Li Min to write a letter to his father, sending it to his father when he wanted to talk to him.
In 1947, He Zizhen arrived here and Li Min returned to the motherland of Harbin, which was undoubtedly a strange land for Li Min, at this time the People's Liberation War under Chairman Mao had just won a stage victory, and when he returned to Beijing, he also thought of his daughter and wife. At that time, Chairman Mao also wanted to send Li Min to Beijing to study, on the one hand, the country has now settled down, on the other hand, if sent to Beijing to study, the father and daughter will have more opportunities to meet.
At the beginning of 1949, He Yi came to Harbin according to Chairman Mao's instructions and told He Zizhen that he wanted to take Li Min to Beijing to study, and wanted to take Li Min to Beiping first. At this time, Li Min had just turned twelve, smart and clever, spoke fluent Russian, and inherited his mother's slim figure and white skin, full of youthful vitality.
Li Min wrote to his father in Russian: Others say that I am your daughter, but I have never seen you, and I do not know what the situation is, please follow up and write me back to tell me, so that I can return to you.
After Mao Zedong received Li Min's letter, he saw the Chinese on the envelope and recognized it as He Zizhen's character, because He Zizhen had copied many manuscripts to Chairman Mao at that time and was familiar with his handwriting. After opening the letter, I felt very interesting to see the crooked Russian language, and after looking for an interpreter, I cried and laughed.
Then he replied: Yes, I am your father, you have been in the Soviet Union for so many years, your father has never seen you, you must be very tall now, your father has asked Uncle He Yi to pick you up, father hopes that you can quickly return to your father, and your father welcomes you back.
But after writing it, it was not sent immediately, but sent it with an urgent telegram, and Li Min was very happy to say that he could go to Beijing to see his father immediately after learning the contents of the telegram.
(Li Min)
Since li min was sent to the Soviet Union when he was four years old, the father and daughter have not seen each other, so the father and daughter see each other again after more than ten years, the joy is indescribable, Chairman Mao also happily introduced his daughter to his colleagues, and joked that he brought back a "foreign baby".
Li Min is also very excited, seeing so many people are looking at her, everyone is also very interested in this "doll", ask this and that, Li Min can not stand it, usually in the Soviet Union with his mother to communicate with their mother is Mixed with some Chinese, for a time did not say the habit of Chinese, smoothly said Russian. Everyone laughed, and Chairman Mao also said: I may still know some English, I don't know Russian at all, and if Uncle Enlai is here, he will be able to do it.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chairman Mao was relatively full of time, so he thought of spending more time with his daughter.
In 1953, it was a holiday, the school was closed, Li Min was ready to study as usual, but her father suddenly appeared to shock her, and Chairman Mao then said: "Or should we go out and relax?" ”。 Li Min knew that her father had come to take her out to play, and for a moment she pounced on her father happily.
(He Zizhen)
At this time, during the implementation of the mainland's first five-year plan, the mainland was building a large reservoir, and Chairman Mao wanted to take Li Min with him to inspect the work, and he could also accompany his daughter. At that time, it was just to go to the Ming Tombs Reservoir for investigation, and the father and daughter were rarely able to travel alone, so Li Min was very happy along the way, and he kept talking to his father, which made Li Min feel the taste of home, it was good to have his father's company, and the taste of happiness was everywhere.
Chairman Mao also saw that his daughter, who did not like to talk much in her daily life, actually kept talking today, and her heart was also very happy, and when she heard Li Min talking, Chairman Mao simply listened, and did not want to interrupt this pleasant atmosphere.
Two. Chairman Mao told Li Min the story of the "Wang Eight Stone Stele."
The car was driving with the father and daughter on the way to the Ming Tombs Reservoir, and suddenly saw the statue of Wang Babei stone monument next to it, and Chairman Mao hurriedly asked the driver to circle around the statue twice. Chairman Mao looked at the inscription for a while and asked Li Min, "Do you know why Wang Ba has to carry the stone stele?" ”。
("Wang Badao Stone Stele")
Li Minlian shook his head, because it was also the first time he had seen such a statue, and he had never seen it before. Chairman Mao sang the song of the Wang Eight-Back Stone Stele to amuse Li Min, and after the car was back on the road, Chairman Mao told Li Min about the story of the Wang Eight-back Stone Stele and its origin.
Chairman Mao said: "In fact, it is not Wang Ba, nor the turtle, who carries the stone stele, but the gantu. Gantu is one of the legendary Nine Sons of Dragon Sheng, also known as Baxia, and is very similar to a turtle. Legend has it that gantu has a strong ability to bear weights, so it is often used as a stele for mausoleums or garden stone tablets."
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the pedestals of some stone stele were carried by gantu, and it also appeared in some stele forests and scenic spots.
Chairman Mao also told Li Min that when he was a child, his friends often called it the "Wang Eight Stone Steles", and there were often children riding and playing on the neck of "Wang Eight", and such "Wang Eight Stone Steles" were seen in temples and monuments a lot before, but few people would pay attention to and pay attention to these gantu. He said that he also learned after reading that this was not a turtle or a wang eight, but a gantu.
(Gantu)
Chairman Mao asked, "Do you know what gantu originally was?" Li Min listened patiently to his father and nodded fiercely. Originally, it was a large sea turtle produced in the southeast sea of our country, called the turtle.
So when did the gang come about? And why do you carry a stone tablet?
Steles, is the people in the stone carved as a symbol of monuments, in the early years to see the stele are pointed or round head, the hole on the stele is called "stele wear". Under normal circumstances, there will be three elaborately carved "ditches" on the round head stele, which are called "stele halos" and evolve according to the shape of the ancient Yugui.
Just like the "Cangjie Temple Stele" spire stele and the "Immortal Tang Gongfang Stele" round head stele in the Forest of Steles in Xi'an, some of them are even carved with ancient sacred beasts such as green dragons, suzaku, Xuanwu, and white tigers as decorations.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the southern and northern dynasties began to appear turtle-shaped stele, and by the time of the Tang Dynasty, most of the stone stele began to use turtles, because the stele shape after the Tang Dynasty had basically been determined, which was composed of three parts: the stele head, the stele seat, and the stele body. The main part of the stele is carved with a rectangular stone on its front commemorative text or article, and some patterns are carved on both sides.
(Monument to the Immortal Tang Gongfang)
Most of the stele head is also round, the stele halo has evolved into "six sagging" over the years, each direction is carved with three dragons with their heads facing downwards, the stele is the form of a turtle, and it is also the evolution of Xuanwu among the four ancient sacred beasts.
In people's cognition, the turtle type of Eastern Wu has a very hard shell, very strong, and a long lifespan, people think that if you use it to make a stone stele, the preservation time will be very long.
The stele is a turtle, and the head of the stele is carved with a dragon, which looks very perfect and plays a very good decorative role. From a scientific point of view, the turtle-shaped base has the largest contact area with the ground, and the center of gravity of the base made of the turtle shape is relatively low, and it is not easy to fall, which can not only weaken the pressure of the stone stele on the ground, but also ensure the safety of the stele.
After the Tang Dynasty, all dynasties and generations also began to use turtles to drive some relatively large stone tablets. The shape of the turtle in the Tang and Song dynasties is generally more realistic, and the local shape of the turtle is very realistic, the shape is very simple and simple, and this type of turtle is preserved more in Shaanxi and Shanxi, especially in the historical ancient city of Xi'an.
(Cangjie Temple Stele)
As for when Guizhu became the son of the dragon, it has to start from the Yuan Dynasty, when Guizhu had begun to transform like the "son of the dragon", and it was really defined as "dragon son" during the Ming Dynasty.
Real-life turtles and dragons are not at all boundary, and now they have to combine turtles and dragons. Put it in the Tang and Song Dynasties when the realistic style flourished, it is obviously not OK, so people have modified the turtle, making the turtle look like it has the "gene" of the dragon, adding dragon horns, dragon hair, beard, the head is decorated, and the body is still the form of the turtle, and there are not too many changes, which gradually form the image of the "dragon head turtle", which is also crowned with the title of "one of the nine sons of the dragon", renamed "Gantu".
Among the many stone stele seats in Beijing, the most vivid is the stone stele seen by Chairman Mao in the southeast corner of the Changling Gate of the Ming Tombs, this stele was established in 1542 AD, and the image of "Gantu" and "Turtle" is not the same, the "turtle" in the stele pavilion inside the Changling Gate of the Ming Tombs has a dragon-like head, a fish ridge, the whole body is covered with scales, or it has four legs like a turtle, but there are "five fingers" on the claws, and there is a long tail like a snake behind it.
It has no turtle shell, but it lies on the ground like a turtle, which is also a unique existence in all the stele shapes, its shape is very beautiful, the carving is also very delicate, and it is a very valuable ancient work of art.
("Wang Badao Stone Stele")
Over the years, although the stele has been constantly evolving, it is still impossible to forget its title of "Wang Bashi Stone Stele".
Chairman Mao also gave Li Min the story of his childhood and the stone stele, as well as the title of "Wang Badao Stone Stele" when he was a child, and later said that the name of the lid on the stone stele was called the stele pavilion and said a lot of related knowledge.
Li Min can be said to have a taste of listening, and can't help but be impressed by his father's profound knowledge, and also feel very admired, Li Min himself did not expect that his father knew so much about such unpopular learning. At this moment, Li Min's respect for his father has been further enhanced.
Chairman Mao then participated in the construction of the Ming Tombs Reservoir
Chairman Mao then inspected the work of the Ming Tombs area in Beijing and said: "The Ming Tombs are a scenic spot, it has always been a must-visit place for foreign guests, and it is the greatest regret that there are mountains and no water, if you can build a reservoir here, after there is water, the Ming Tombs will be more beautiful."
(Chairman Mao inspects the construction project of the Ming Tombs Reservoir)
Li Baohua, who was the head of the Ministry of Water Resources at the time, conveyed Chairman Mao's idea to the leaders in Beijing, and then formally proposed the construction plan for the Ming Tombs Reservoir in 1957, which was approved in early 1958 and construction began immediately. At that time, nearly 400,000 people in Beijing and Changping areas actively participated in the construction of the Ming Tombs Reservoir.
In mid-1958, Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou and other leading figures came to the Ming Tombs Reservoir to personally participate in the voluntary labor of dam construction, which gave great encouragement to the "reservoir construction army" in that year, and also left a brilliant mark in the history of the construction of the Ming Tombs Reservoir.
According to the recollections of the staff at that time, Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou and others arrived at two o'clock in the afternoon, and when they first arrived, they were recognized by many people, and in an instant the scene boiled up, applause was like a tide, and many people put down the work at hand and all gathered around, and then Chairman Mao and others also channeled the engineering headquarters and learned about the process of reservoir construction.
At that time, the headquarters was built of ordinary wooden planks, and it was just entering the summer, and there were many people in the house, and it was not long before Chairman Mao's head also sweated. The white shirt was even more wet with sweat, and Chairman Mao did not care about this at all, found a wooden bench to sit down, and asked the specific position occupied by the dam, how high the dam was, and whether it would flood the fields and villages of the common people after the water was stored.
(Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou inspected the construction project of the Ming Tombs Reservoir)
After Chairman Mao had asked these questions clearly one by one, he put his mind at ease and nodded his head in satisfaction. During this period, some staff members brought paper and pens hoping that Chairman Mao could write inscriptions, and under the gaze of everyone, Chairman Mao forcefully wrote down five large characters on the paper, "Ming Tombs Reservoir", wrote five or six sheets in a row, and then selected one from it that he thought was the best written and gave it to everyone.
Subsequently, Chairman Mao and Comrades Zhou Enlai also joined the ranks of building the dam, Chairman Mao picked up the shovel and began to install, Premier Zhou did not want to show weakness, saw someone next to him loading sand, and casually picked up a flat burden and carried the sand leisurely toward the dam. Liu Shaoqi, Deng Xiaoping, Zhu De, and others did not want to show weakness, and they did a great job of picking up the soil and flatting the ground.
A party member said excitedly: In the past, the people were forced by the emperor to build their own mausoleums, but now the Communist Party is working with us in order to make the people more grain and make the people's lives better.
(Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou inspected the construction project of the Ming Tombs Reservoir)
Four. Li Min married Kong Linghua after the establishment of the Ming Tombs Reservoir
In the second year after the completion of the Ming Tombs Dam, Li Min studied at Beijing Normal University and married Kong Linghua, who was also studying in Beijing, and the two met when they were in Bayi School, and they knew each other very well, which can be said to be a love match. And this marriage must be approved by Chairman Mao.
After getting married, Li Min lived in the Zhongnanhai area, and the small family formed by Li Min also added a lot of fun to his father's big family, and after a year of marriage, Li Min gave birth to a son, and Chairman Mao often hugged his grandson, and his heart was extremely happy.
Jiang Qing did not like it very much, probably because of his jealousy of He Zizhen and his hatred, Jiang Qing often despised Li Min's family and often provoked trouble. After a long period of consideration, Li Min decided to tell her father that she wanted to move out. After hearing this, my father was also very sad, because the palms of his hands and the backs of his hands were all flesh, and everyone was sad.
(Li Min, Chairman Mao, Kong Linghua)
Li Min also understood his father's meaning, knew that his father really loved himself and his family, and he was reluctant to live too far away from him. So after that, he also listened to his father's advice, and discussed with Kong Linghua to live in a more remote house in Zhongnanhai, and after going there, he cooked his own food, and he would maintain close contact with his father on weekdays.
When Chairman Mao was free, he would also go to see Li Min's family, and the family was happy and harmonious, talking and laughing, and everywhere was full of happiness.
After living for a while, Li Min and Kong Linghua moved out of Zhongnanhai with their children, since Li Min moved out of Zhongnanhai, his documents have also been withdrawn according to regulations, and if you want to enter Zhongnanhai in the future, you must contact the doorman, and then you can go in after you are informed, and sometimes you may not be able to enter after waiting for half a day.
When Chairman Mao was free, he would also go to see Li Min's family, and the family was happy and harmonious, talking and laughing, and everywhere was full of happiness.