On the bank of the Hankou River in Hubei Province, there is a red granite statue standing tall, and the base of the statue is engraved with the words "Lin Xiangqian Martyr". This is where he died heroically.
Lin Xiangqian is a representative figure of China's working class and a pioneer of the workers' movement in our country. He served as chairman of the Jiang'an Branch Of the Beijing-Hankou Railway, and issued an order for a strike of Beijing-Hankou railway workers that shocked the whole country, but unfortunately, he was soon arrested by the Beiyang warlords.
The enemy threatened and seduced him to issue an order to resume work, and he said frankly: "My head can be broken, blood can flow, and work cannot be restored." ”
When the enemy saw that Lin Xiangqian refused to issue an order to resume work, he was angry and let the executioner slash at Lin Xiangqian with a knife.
Eventually, Lin Xiangqian, a pioneer of the workers' movement, was killed by the Beiyang warlords at the age of 31.
Although Lin Xiangqian sacrificed, his blood will not flow in vain, because it is precisely because there are many people like him who have been in the past and successors, and only then have the prosperous world that is now prosperous and peaceful.
The country and the people will never forget him, and he will always be worthy of the remembrance of future generations.
Later, in order to commemorate Lin Xiangqian, the pioneer of the workers' movement, after the founding of New China, the Lin Xiangqian Martyrs Cemetery was built in Fujian and Lin Xiangqian's deeds were introduced in detail.
Lin Xiangqian Martyrs Cemetery was built in 1960, relocated in 1961, and completed in 1963. Inside is a bronze statue of Lin Xiangqian, which weighs 230 kilograms and is 1.2 meters high.
In September 2009, Lin Xiangqian was selected as one of the 100 heroic and exemplary figures who made outstanding contributions to New China.
What kind of life experience did Lin Xiangqian have? Let's take a look!
A native of Minhou County, Fujian Province, Lin Xiangqian was born into a peasant family in October 1892.
Lin Xiangqian has been very brave since childhood, in 1904, during the Dragon Boat Festival, there was a dragon boat race, Lin Xiangqian and some of his friends went to watch the game.
Just as Lin Xiangqian was watching the game, there was a sudden cry for help!
It turned out that because there were too many people who came to see the dragon boat race, a little girl was squeezed into the water, and the little girl was too young to swim at all.
At this time, although Lin Xiangqian was only 12 years old, he saw that the little girl's situation was in crisis, so he did not hesitate to jump into the water to save people.
When Lin Xiangqian rescued the little girl to the shore, everyone praised him as a brave little hero.
In 1906, Lin Xiangqian entered the Mawei Shipyard and became an apprentice.
He was very good at learning and could also endure hardships, so he quickly learned the important fitter skills of the factory. Just as the so-called people go to a high place, everyone wants to have a good development, and Lin Xiangqian at this time is no exception.
Later, after continuous study and excellence, he finally passed the technical examination in 1912 and was able to enter the Hankou Jiang'an Railway Factory as a fitter.
As we all know, China at that time was repeatedly bullied by imperialism because it was poor and weak. And at home, in addition to imperialism, there are also warlords running rampant, so the people of our country are living in hardship.
The workers of the Beijing-Hankou Railway, of course, are no exception, and they are extremely exploited by imperialism and warlords.
Lin Xiangqian is from a poor background, he knows that the life of workers is not easy, he saw the workers ruthlessly exploited, deeply sad, he decided to improve the working conditions for the workers, as well as increase the income of workers. So after that, there was a small strike with the workers.
When the Communist Party of China was founded, the workers' movement at that time was also attached great importance to by the Communist Party of China, so it sent Chen Tanqiu and others to go deep among the railway workers on the banks of the Hankou River.
After getting to know the workers, Chen Tanqiu soon discovered that Lin Xiangqian not only had a high prestige among the Beijing-Hankou railway workers, but also had a high spirit of resistance, so he became a key figure valued by Chen Tanqiu and others.
In the subsequent exchanges, Lin Xiangqian did not disappoint Chen Tanqiu, his ideological consciousness and class consciousness progressed rapidly, and with the help and influence of Chen Tanqiu and others, he finally embarked on the revolutionary road. In 1922, he joined the Communist Party of China.
Soon, Lin Xiangqian was elected as the chairman of the Beijing-Hankou Railway Jiang'an Branch Trade Union.
On February 1, 1923, the inaugural meeting of the Beijing-Hankou Railway Federation of Trade Unions was held in Zhengzhou.
On the morning of February 4, Lin Xiangqian received an order from the Federation of Trade Unions to start a strike, so he immediately issued a strike order for the Beijing-Hankou railway workers.
After that, under the leadership of Lin Xiangqian, the workers' doors went on strike one after another, which was unstoppable, and in just three hours, on the Beijing-Hankou railway of more than 2400 miles, a general strike was realized.
Lin Xiangqian and the workers angered the Beiyang warlords, because the Beijing-Hankou Railway was one of the important sources of economic income for the Beiyang warlords, and the workers went on strike, cutting off the warlords' "financial road".
Later, the warlords brutally suppressed the workers without being able to negotiate to force the workers to return to work.
On February 7, the warlord ordered his troops to shoot workers in a frenzied manner, creating the "27 Massacre" that shocked the whole country. Not only did it cause many casualties, but even Lin Xiangqian was unfortunately arrested.
After Lin Xiangqian was arrested, the enemy asked him to issue an order to resume work, he directly refused, and the angry enemy slashed him in the shoulder and said, "Can't you resume work?" ”
Lin Xiangqian suppressed the severe pain and calmly said, "No more." ”
After hearing this, the enemy slashed Lin Xiangqian in the shoulder, and then said, "Do you really want to issue an order to resume work?" ”
Lin Xiangqian looked at the enemy and said firmly: "My head can be broken, blood can flow, and work cannot be recovered." ”
When the enemy heard this, he slashed at him again.
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In this way, Lin Xiangqian was brutally killed by the enemy. He was only 31 years old.