Who are the other two in the photo of Xiao Yin and Cangyi?
Chan Ka Kee
In 1946, when Xiao Yin was the director of the Xinhua News Agency's Beiping Branch, he took a group photo with Cang Yi and three other colleagues on the roof of the Beijing Hotel, which often attended press conferences. This is also the only surviving photo of Xiao Yin and Cangyi.
In February 1946, Xiao Yin (first from right), Cang Yi (second from right) and two colleagues were photographed on the rooftop of the Beijing Hotel
The second from the right in the photo is Cangyi, a well-known journalist who later went to Beiping with Xiao Yin to participate in the reporting work of the Beiping Military Adjustment Office. On the way from Zhangjiakou to Beiping, Cangyi was prevented from going with Xiao Yin by the reactionaries, and was unfortunately killed by the opposition.
The first and second colleagues on the left, Xiao Yin did not write down their names. The author guesses based on the information that the second from the left may be Ding Jiu, who worked with Xiao Yin in the "Liberation Three Days" at that time and lived in the same dormitory with Xiao Yin.
In the "April 3 Incident" when the reactionary military and police in Beiping raided the office of the "Liberation" newspaper in Beiping, Xiao Yin and Ding Jiu launched a-for-tat heroic struggle against the enemy.
However, there is almost no information about Ding Jiu on the Internet, and no positive photo of Ding Jiu can be found. Later, Li Zhijun, director of the Cultural and Historical Committee of the former Huai'an District CPPCC in Huai'an City, the hometown of Ding Jiu's predecessors, provided a photo of Ding Jiu.
Li Zhijun, director of the Cultural and Historical Committee of the former Huai'an District CPPCC in Huai'an City, the hometown of Ding Jiu's predecessors, provided photos and a brief introduction of Ding Jiu
Comparing the face of the second person from the left in the above photo with the photo of Ding Jiu with the face comparison software, the similarity is 71%, and the probability of being the same person is higher.
The similarity is 71%, which is more likely to be the same person
Ding Jiu's predecessors had a nephew, Ding Zhe, who once wrote an article about his uncle Ding Jiu "Sincerity Shows Heaven and Earth, Loyal Souls Cry Ghosts and Gods". From the article, I learned that Ding Jiu's predecessors, who had experienced a hundred battles, were framed in the "unprecedented" ten years of turmoil, were treated and tortured inhumanely, and finally died.
The author has tried to contact Ding Zhe several times, but without success.
Ding Zhe, where are you? Is the one in Xiao Yin's photo your uncle Ding Jiu?
In addition, there is also a former colleague of Xiao Yin (first from left) in the photo, who was not identified after many inquiries.
Hopefully, one day, someone will be able to solve the mystery of the characters in this historical photo!