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He was the first foreigner to become a Chinese citizen after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. During the war years, in Yan'an, he married a female Red Army. At that time, people thought that he would definitely return to his country in the future, abandon his wife and children, but he proved his character with his life, and he closely linked his fate with the fate of the people of Chinese......
Ma Haide
Originally from Lebanon, Ma Haide (formerly known as George Haydem) was born in 1910 in Buffalo, New York, USA, to a family of steelworkers. The poor family background has forged Ma Haide's stubborn character, and his studies are completed by himself by working and studying. He was first admitted to the American Medical University run by the big capitalist Rockefeller, and received his medical doctorate from the Medical University of Geneva. Later, I came to Shanghai and opened a clinic with two American friends. Later, after being introduced by Song Qingling, he and Snow rushed through the blockade and arrived in Yan'an in 1936. Here, he was deeply moved by the noble Communists, and won the trust of the party, and was soon appointed chief adviser to the Ministry of Health of the Military Commission, and became a famous "universal doctor" in medicine, and everyone from Mao Zedong to ordinary people liked to see him.
In the winter of 1939, a woman with a blocked nose came to Ma Haide for treatment. With a full beard, a gray cloth uniform, and leggings, he was no different from those Red Army soldiers who had been starving and freezing for a long time, except for his high nose and big eyes. This female Balu, a student of Lu Xun Art Academy, entered the door, her red face, talking eyes, and smiling smile were like a red plum suddenly emerging in the snow, which shocked George all of a sudden. In the four years of northern Shaanxi and Yan'an, he got a glimpse of the charm of oriental women for the first time.
Zhou Sophie, Ma Haide
This female Balu is called Zhou Sophie, born in 1919 in Dinghai County, Zhoushan, in a wealthy family of shipbuilding. In the autumn of national peril, she secretly flew to Shanghai and became an active "little pigeon" in the left-wing cultural circles. At the age of 16, he stepped onto the screen and acted on the same stage with Lan Ping, who became popular in Shanghai.
In August 1937, when the war broke out in Shanghai, she withdrew to Kunming with the literary and artistic groups. The organization made a quick decision, sent her to Guiyang, went to Sichuan, and finally arrived at Qixianzhuang in Xi'an.
Here, more than 20 girls live in a chase shop, all of whom went to Yan'an, and they are like sisters to each other. A girl surnamed Zhu often joked with a girl surnamed Wang, asking Miss Wang to "confess" her relationship with Ma Haide, but Wang tried his best to deny it, and the two rolled around on the bunk, making everyone laugh. Sophie on the side, from here for the first time, knew that there were foreigners in Yan'an, and learned from Xiao Zhu that Ma Haide was a great doctor. But she never expected that when she came to seek medical treatment, it was this foreigner who was moved by the charm of oriental women that filled her body and went straight to her. Beauty has infinite allure, and this meeting communicates the source of love.
Ma Haide
Ma Haide naturally did not dare to let go of this God-given opportunity. After carefully diagnosing Sophie, he also specially prepared two bottles of pink and light green potions; the next day, he wrote an additional letter in crooked Chinese on light green and pink letterhead: "I sincerely hope that you can take your medicine well on time, recover your health as soon as possible, and restore your beautiful smile!"
This visit and treatment sowed warm and subtle seeds in the hearts of both parties.
Zhou Sophie, Ma Haide
The first impression is full of sensitivity and passion, and it seems that it is this first impression that determines fate. The opening of the flower of love was after the entertainment party on Chinese New Year's Eve in 1940, and Sophie wrote about this sweet past in her later years:
As soon as I finished eating on Chinese New Year's Eve, I heard the gongs and drums beating in the auditorium, and I don't know who was shouting outside the door, "Hurry up, go quickly, the party has begun." Lin Lan and I hurriedly carried Mazha and ran with the flow of people. The auditorium was already packed...... In the middle of the stage is the famous Dr. Ma Haide, dressed in colorful costumes, dancing the crown, which is an auspicious repertoire performed during the Chinese New Year in traditional theater. Dr. Ma was wearing high-soled shoes, with a big flower face painted on his face, and two big eyes sparkling...... The audience was like a pot, some people applauded loudly, and some people applauded. When I looked forward, I noticed that Chairman Mao and several leaders of the Central Committee were on the benches in the first row, also smiling.
After the official dance, the audience still didn't let him get off the stage, so he had to hold his throat and sing a pop song of "Peach Blossom River is a Beauty's Nest", and everyone was amused to laugh louder. I was not interested in Peking Opera, so I went to the dormitory, but Dr. Ma's wonderful performance left a deep impression on my mind.
When we came back again, the auditorium was already dancing, people were dancing, and I was alone and quietly standing by the big pillar and watching the excitement. After a while, Dr. Ma jumped in front of me with a dance partner, greeted me gently, he danced in a beautiful way, and when the next music festival began, he came to ask me out, I said no, he said it was okay, and he danced with me.
At first I stepped on his foot a few times, but slowly followed the steps, dancing in tune and with great interest, lap after lap, until the end of the dance. He said that he would not go back to the city tonight, and would spend the night at Xiao San's. Xiao San is a famous poet and a teacher in our literature department, and he lives alone in a cave, on the east mountain. The students of our four departments all live in a few rows of brick caves behind the auditorium, and Lin Lan and I live in a cave with a smaller set of kilns, where a pregnant sister Li lives.
I went to bed, but I couldn't sleep, and the voice of Dr. Ma echoed in my ears for a long time. Suddenly, Sister Li in the kiln groaned, it turned out that she was in labor...... I suddenly remembered that Doctor Ma was staying at Xiao San's place tonight, so Lin Lan and I called up the comrades in the neighborhood, and then the two of them went up to Dongshan to invite Doctor Ma together.
In the dark winter night, we climbed over two large hillsides, not to mention a mile or two, two flashlights, the battery was also used up, and the howl of wolves was heard from time to time in the mountains, we were anxious and afraid, in the winter, both of us sweated profusely...... All the kiln doors on the east mountain were closed tightly, I don't know which hole Mr. Xiao San lives in, there is nowhere to ask, and I don't dare to knock on the door, I was so anxious that I squatted on the ground and cried.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door next to it, and a person came out of it, and when he looked closely, it was Dr. Ma Haide who we were looking for. I wiped my tears and said that there was an eldest sister who was going to give birth, so let's save someone. He hesitated, saying that he was not an obstetrician, and I couldn't help but say, urging him to put on his clothes and pull him away...... When he arrived in our cave, he sent all the idlers away, leaving me and Lin Lan as assistants...... Before dawn, a baby girl was finally born in the world. Sister Li was so happy that she shed tears of happiness. Sister Li named the child "collective". This was the biggest takeaway in our department on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve in 1940......
When everyone went to bed, I asked Dr. Ma to go back and have a good rest, but he said, "You see it's dawn, the weather is so good, let's go out for a walk and watch the sunrise, okay?"
The two of us went out of the courtyard gate and came to the edge of the Yan River, which is a good place for our teachers and students to come after dinner, but I rarely felt the scene in the early morning, I found that the morning glow on the horizon, smeared with a red halo, reflected on the yellow sand on the river and the sand slope, very beautiful, the tiredness of the night, seems to have disappeared.
We walked and talked slowly along the Yan River. From the current life, study, and work, they talked about each other's families and life experiences...... The more I got to know him, the closer I felt to him, and I saw him so simple, respectable, and lovely...... He praised my hands for their beauty, carved out of ivory, for my quick movements, and persuaded me to study medicine instead, and for my personality, which was as beautiful as my people, cheerful and gentle...... It was on this sunny morning that young Dr. Marled poured out his love for me. Although his words were simple, his feelings were sincere, warm, warm and sweet, and gradually filled my heart. When he bowed his head and kissed me, I was shy and happy to accept.
Just under the warm sun by the Yan River, we forgot everything and immersed ourselves in happiness.
When it was time to say goodbye, he said that he would immediately go to the organization and ask for permission for our marriage. Later, I heard that he rode a horse and ran to Wangjiaping, rushed through the door to find Comrade Wang Jiaxiang, director of the Political Department, and said that he was getting married. No one thought that he was looking for me, because he often rode a horse to Lu Yi, and someone once asked him if he knew that Lu Yi had a beautiful girl named Sophie who had just come from the rear. He said, "Hell, why haven't I seen it?" After getting married, he told me frankly that the reason why he did this was because he thought I was too beautiful, and he was afraid that if there were more people who knew about me, it would be difficult for him to succeed if others pursued me.
He seriously made a report to the organization, and it was approved only two days later, and we decided to get married soon, and he dragged me to go to the border district government to register my marriage. At that time in Yan'an, we were all members of the revolutionary ranks, and we all reported to the organization for marriage, and as long as it was approved, there were no other procedures, but Dr. Ma thought it was not enough and insisted on registering with the government.
On that day, he dragged me to a cave on the hillside where the border district government is located, probably called the Civil Affairs Department. At that time, the new marriage law was publicized among the people in the base areas, and the marriage registration was encouraged. There was only a square table and two benches in this registry office, and a little ghost, who was only about sixteen or seventeen years old, was working there. As soon as he saw a high-nosed bridegroom who wanted to register, he did not dare to agree, nor did he dare to refuse, and stayed for a long time, and only said that we should sit on the bench for a while, but he himself ran away, and after a long time he came in and said with a smile, "You can register." So I went through the formalities.
The marriage certificate was printed on the most ordinary paper, and it was written that Ma Haide was 30 years old and Zhou Sophie was 21 years old, and the marriage was registered on March 3, 1940. There are also the names of the witnesses and the officiant, and the marriage certificate is also stamped with the big seal of the border district government. When the imp handed us the certificate, Dr. Ma took it carefully. The marriage certificate is two-copy, and one should be torn apart for men and women, but Dr. Ma did not allow it to be torn, and he said that we should never be separated for the rest of our lives......
This pair of blue eyes and a pair of black eyes fell in love by the Yan River, and they were simply crazy and crazy. Every time he came back from a walk with Sophie, Ma Haide always kissed goodbye warmly, according to Western customs. At first, the female classmates were embarrassed to look at them, and when they saw their figures, they quickly dodged. I have seen it a few times, and I have seen the extreme enthusiasm is also the ultimate in coquettishness, and I also feel the sweetness and happiness from a distance, and I secretly envy it. Later, it was estimated that the two were about to come back, and they quietly pretended to be fine, deliberately ran to the Yanhe River, sat on the stone and chatted and watched the scenery, one of the unique scenery was the kiss between Ma Haide and Sophie who were so intoxicated that the world was spinning. There are thousands of rivers in the land of China, but in addition to the Yan River, where can you find such a sweet love between Chinese and foreign children?
This romantic and sweet love, which made Ma Dafu boast of being "the early result of Sino-US cooperation", was also puzzled and doubted by a few comrades at the beginning. On the night of the cave room, the cave was lit with foreign wax, and the supply department of the agency sent them a new quilt with red silk surface, which was confiscated by the Red Army from the old rich man when the Red Army beat the local tyrants, and there was a festive atmosphere in the cave, but Sophie was lying on the bed, sitting on the edge of the kang, facing sudden happiness, and suddenly became solemn: thinking that her three best friends did not come to the wedding, her heart was very uncomfortable.
Zhou Sophie, Ma Haide
Originally, they went to Yan'an together with patriotic enthusiasm, and they worked hard along the way and formed a deep friendship. On the morning of the next Sunday after Dr. Ma's proposal, the four of them were playing together in the back mountain, and Sophie was about to reveal her secret to them when they were suddenly bombed by Japanese planes, and they hurriedly lay on the hillside, not daring to move. The plane kept hovering in the air, and Sophie, who was lying on the ground, couldn't help it, and shouted at the plane in the air: "I'm getting married!" When the three friends heard this, they didn't care that the enemy plane had not yet flown far, so they all sat up, looked at Sophie with amazement and asked, "Who is it?" When Sophie confessed, they all spoke in unison and resolutely objected.
The partners opposed this marriage, not because they had naively agreed to "not fall in love and get married until the revolution succeeded" on the way to Yan'an, but because Ma Haide was a foreigner, and they were afraid that they would not be able to rely on it and not be able to grow up: "You can't investigate whether he has a wife at home"; In the future, he is going back to China, what should I do if I leave you with a child?"
They persuaded Sophie for a long time, but neither side could convince anyone, and in the end, the sisters said that none of them would come on the wedding day. But no, on the day of their wedding, none of them came.
The more Sophie thought about it on the marriage bed, the more sad she became, and she couldn't help but shed tears, she felt that she had lost a friend, and her friend's worries were not unreasonable.
Zhou Sophie, Ma Haide
The empathetic Ma Haide frequently wiped tears for her and said sincerely: "I know your feelings. It is not surprising that there is a gap towards foreigners, it is caused by imperialist oppression and discrimination, we can separate, you are still free. ”
What a happiness it is for a man of foreign descent to love her to such a field, and to be willing to return the greatest freedom to the beautiful bird that he has already obtained! Ma Haide's words touched the bride's heart, and the bride turned into a smile and threw herself into his warm embrace. At this time, the candle bears a large candle flower......
Later, Ma Haide and Sophie had a son named Young Ma. The pony is very cute and everyone loves him. In order to thank Ma Haide for his healing, the people of Yan'an gave the young horse a small clay figure that could be blown - this is a common children's toy in northern Shaanxi.
Ma Haide was very happy to receive the toy, but considering that the toy often deals with the mouth and should be hygienic, he decided to disinfect it with steam. He put the little clay figure in the pot and steamed it for more than half an hour, and when he opened the pot, he saw that the little clay figure had turned into a ball of mud. This matter was widely circulated in Yan'an. Some people also made up the phrase "Ma Haide's clay figure - can't get up", which is used to describe people who lie down and don't work.
The Ma Haide family
In October 1988, 78-year-old Ma Haide, member of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and adviser to the Ministry of Health, said goodbye to Sophie with great affection after sharing a beautiful marriage with Sophie for half a century. Before his death, he set up the China Leprosy Foundation with $100,000. After her death, Sophie donated the $40,000 pension that Ma Haide left her to the foundation. She and her husband share a common wish to "eradicate leprosy" on China's 9.6 million square kilometers of land and bring glory to the country.
True child, great romance, sincere love knows no borders and races, and the soul like gold is harmonious and unified. That's exactly what Sophie and Ma Haide are like!
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