Text/Peninsula All Media Reporter Wang Chunyan
Photo/Peninsula All Media Chief Reporter Meng Da
On the morning of April 22, the Navy Military Music Concert was held in Qingdao May Fourth Square, and the scene was surrounded by the audience and full of expectations.
The drums were sonorous, the singing was loud, and the military music concert kicked off in the song "The Same Sea", and when the melody of "This Sea Has Me" sounded, many retired veterans couldn't help but have red eyes.
In the sea of people, the reporter noticed that a citizen was very excited, and his expression was a little anxious. After understanding, the reporter learned that the citizen's name is Qu Zhenda, 64 years old this year, a retired veteran, came to May Fourth Square at 8:10 a.m., and there were not many people watching at that time. He waited around, and when he saw someone handing out a small national flag to the audience, he asked them for one, but unfortunately there was none, and he felt very disappointed in his heart, so he asked the security personnel who maintained order to help him take a small national flag. Qu Zhenda took out his "Invalids Card" and explained, "This year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Navy, and I used to be a navyman, and I got up at 4 o'clock in the morning today and rushed from Licang District to see the Chinese Navy Military Band holding a live performance in my hometown of Qingdao. ”
Qu Zhenda told reporters that he saw the information a few days ago and was very much looking forward to the arrival of this day, and watched the military band performance that day, and his heart was very surging, "I was a member of the navy, and I am very proud of it!"
"Today, May Fourth Square can't be crowded into it at all...... Some citizens expected the heat of the scene early, and in order to experience a better viewing angle in the crowd, some citizens brought their own long selfie sticks, some brought more than one camera, and some even brought binoculars......