May 12, 2018, is the 10th anniversary of the "5.12" Wenchuan earthquake.
After the Wenchuan earthquake on May 12, 2008, the people of Kaifeng City carried forward the glorious tradition of "one side has difficulties, eight parties support", expressed their concern and support for the compatriots affected by the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan in various forms, and interpreted the great earthquake relief spirit of "unity of purpose, unity of will, fearless of hardships and dangers, perseverance, people-oriented, and respect for science" with practical actions. In order to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake, the reporter visited the witnesses and witnesses of the Wenchuan earthquake.
Compose heroic hymns with actions
On May 11, recalling the scene at the earthquake relief site 10 years ago, the 46-year-old Yue Shuzhen is still vividly remembered. In 2008, having taken off his uniform, he approached the leader of the unit and asked to participate in the earthquake relief as a volunteer. His actions touched the leaders and comrades-in-arms, and he became a special volunteer in the earthquake relief team who followed the troops, and flew to the front line of the disaster area with the original troops the day after the earthquake.
Yue Shuzhen was going to Mianzhu City, Sichuan Province, which was very close to the epicenter, and the disaster situation could be imagined. In the face of the disaster, Yue Shuzhen worked day and night. "What made me do this was not just a disaster relief order, but also a resonant and instinctive call from the depths of my heart, always thinking that if I persisted for a while, I might save one more person." After 10 years, Yue Shuzhen still clearly remembers the inner thoughts at that time.
In the 72 hours of the Golden Rescue, Yue Shuzhen followed the comrades of the original unit, did not sleep for a minute, did not eat a hot meal, and only had one bottle of mineral water and two bags of instant noodles per person per day. Since then, he has firmly believed that in this life, he will do public welfare!
Yue Shu Zhen
After the end of the earthquake relief work, Yue Shuzhen has strengthened the conviction established in the disaster area. "Over the past 10 years, the reason why I have been able to stick to the front line of public welfare is because I have always been touched and inspired by the great love after the '5.12' Wenchuan earthquake." Looking back on the disaster relief 10 years ago, Yue Shuzhen expressed his heart.
In the past 10 years, Yue Shuzhen has been adhering to the frontline of public welfare, with a total of nearly 100,000 kilometers of travel, and participated in more than 500 activities to help students, help the disabled, respect for the elderly and environmental protection.
Not only Yue Shuzhen, but also many figures from Kaifeng were active at the earthquake relief site 10 years ago.
In the first time after the earthquake, the city's health system sent medical teams to the disaster area to fight the earthquake and provide disaster relief, and then organized medical teams and health supervision teams to support the recovery and reconstruction of Jiangyou City. Huaihe Hospital of Henan University, the First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, the First People's Hospital of Henan University and other medical and health units have composed one song after another to save lives and help the injured.
"A sudden disaster, a rescue in a race against time, a city and countryside buried in ruins. But what burst out of this pain was the trickle of warmth. On May 11, the reporter met with Zhao Pengfei, deputy director of the medical office of the 155th Central Hospital of the People's Liberation Army. 10 years ago, Zhao Pengfei and his comrades-in-arms came to Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, to treat the injured day and night in a temporary hospital.
In the frontline of disaster relief, it is necessary to mention the earthquake relief commando team of the Kaifeng City Fire Detachment. After the earthquake struck, many officers and men asked to go to the front line to participate in the earthquake relief work. In accordance with the requirements of the superiors, the municipal fire brigade selected 35 elite forces with good physical fitness, rich disaster relief experience, and trusted organization to form an earthquake relief commando team and embarked on a journey to the disaster area overnight.
Hongda Chemical Co., Ltd., a chemical company mainly engaged in the production of chemical raw materials, collapsed most of the houses in the factory and was seriously affected. On May 14, 2008, commandos rescued a couple who had been buried for 77 hours in the company's family building. In addition, the commandos dug by hand and planed with tools, and after 9 hours of rescue, they were successfully rescued by another crowd buried for 90 hours on the evening of May 15. At that time, the rescue scene was filled with the pungent smell of poison gas leaking from the chemical plant, coupled with the intense and tiring work and hot weather, the team members were in danger of being stunned at any time. Under such circumstances, the rescue work still did not stop for a moment, and many people were successfully rescued. During the rescue, the four words "Kaifeng Fire Fighting" on the helmets of the commandos were deeply imprinted in the hearts of the people in the disaster area.
A deep camaraderie that spans distances
Every time he saw the news of Jiangyou City on TV, Yue Can would pay special attention. In his opinion, the period of working in Jiangyou City is particularly worth remembering.
After the Wenchuan earthquake, the city clearly put forward the work goal of "a large number of officers to fight, elite troops to participate in the war, overcome all difficulties, and complete the task", set up 6 aid construction working groups, and quickly entered the work implementation stage.
During the construction period, the disaster area is facing danger everywhere, small and medium-sized aftershocks, landslides every day, only the city's construction team accommodation to the construction site about 300 meters of the only way, and there are two dangerous bridges, 3 dangerous houses, at any time there is a possibility of collapse. Coupled with the uncertainty of mosquito bites and infectious diseases, the safety of the team members is constantly facing serious threats. Even so, everyone still did an excellent job of assisting the construction.
Henan aided the construction of Jiangyou's Zhongyuan Love Community
Yue Can, who has worked at the Municipal Construction Engineering Quality Supervision Station for many years, arrived in Jiangyou City in 2009 to carry out counterpart construction assistance. In more than 1 year in Jiangyou City, Yue Can has worked tirelessly, mastered his work, adhered to principles, and with his excellent style and down-to-earth work attitude, he was rated as an advanced individual in henan province's counterpart assistance work by the Henan Provincial Counterpart Support Jiangyou City Restoration and Reconstruction Frontline Command. In his view, kaifeng aid has brought many changes to the local area, and the hardware completed with quality and quantity is visible, and the spirit behind it is even more moving.
Those who aided the construction of Kaifeng have "three stresses": they pay special attention to politics, pay special attention to the overall situation, and pay special attention to feelings. Faced with the difficulties of climate adaptation, diet and away from their loved ones, the builders in Kaifeng also insisted on fighting day and night, "5 + 2" and "white plus black" work. They regarded Jiangyou City as their home, poured a lot of effort, and established a deep friendship between the two places.
Show the spirit of great love and mutual assistance
On May 13, 2008, the day after the Wenchuan earthquake, 10 respectable Kaifeng farmers hid from their families and traveled day and night to send relief materials to the front line of earthquake relief and relief for the first time. The materials they sent were called "No. 0001 Disaster Relief Materials" by the Chengdu Earthquake Relief Command. These 10 respectable Kaifeng farmers are all from Li Zhengzhuang Village, Chenliu Town, Xiangfu District, our city.
At that time, Li Mingqian was still the director of the village committee, and now he opened a shop of his own. He told reporters that on May 12, 2008, they learned of the earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan, through television, and a bold idea arose: to rush to the disaster area as quickly as possible and deliver urgently needed items to the people there.
On the evening of May 13, 2008, Li Mingqian, Li Mingsheng, Hou Hongjun, Hou Wu, Hou Legend, Hou Chuanming, Li Yuxi, Li Mingquan, Li Mingjun, and Li Fengji discussed with 10 peasants, concealed their families, and carried a truck full of 980 boxes of instant noodles and 100 pieces of mineral water worth a total of 19,000 yuan, relying only on a map, and marched towards Wenchuan, Sichuan, overnight without hesitation. Along the way, 10 farmers took turns to drive to the front line of the disaster area in order to send relief items to the front line of the disaster area as soon as possible. In order to save time and money, they put instant noodles and mineral water in the car in advance, nibbled on instant noodles when hungry, and drank mineral water when they were thirsty.
Li Mingqian recalled that in the Jianmenguan service area, they temporarily decided to eat a "safe meal" in a stable manner, but they did not expect that just after getting out of the car, the ground shook a few times, and a strong aftershock occurred. After consultation, 10 people decided that even if they died, they would die together, saying that they would have to deliver food to the people in the disaster area.
At about 00:00 on May 15, 2008, when they arrived at the Chengdu Earthquake Relief Material Donation Point, which was set up less than 10 minutes ago, they were told that they were the first in the country to deliver disaster relief items here. A vice mayor of Chengdu surnamed Li rushed to them and personally handed over to them a "Certificate of Acceptance of Donations for the 5.12 Earthquake Disaster" of "No. 0001" in person. "He still regrets that everyone originally planned to go to the rescue after delivering the disaster relief items, but due to the limitations of the conditions, they could not do so." At the end of the interview, Li Mingqian said firmly: "If there is such a thing, we will still go." ”
The Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan concerned the hearts of all sectors of society, and the people of Kaifeng quickly took action to donate their love to support the disaster areas through donations, donations, blood donations and other means.
In the party and government organs, on May 14, 2008, the Working Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Organs directly under the municipal government issued a notice to the municipal organs to donate money and materials to the earthquake-stricken areas of Sichuan, calling on everyone to actively take action and dedicate a piece of love. As of 12:00 on May 16, 2008, the municipal government donated more than 1.294 million yuan. In the countryside, on the evening of May 14, 2008, under the organization of the "two committees" of Shilipu Village in Dongjiao Township, villagers and party members took active actions and voluntarily donated money to the earthquake-stricken areas, and the whole village donated a total of 2021.75 yuan...
It is understood that after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, the city's health departments at all levels and the Municipal Red Cross Society acted quickly to mobilize social forces to donate money and materials for the disaster area, and the fundraising raised a total of 3.618 million yuan from all walks of life.
At the donation site, there were many touching scenes, an old man with a flower armor took out 100 yuan of savings and put it into the donation box; a 5-year-old child held his piggy bank and put all the accumulated money into the donation box; Yang Zhanzhao, the owner of Weishi County who sold rock sugar gourds, donated 10,000 yuan for earthquake relief, which is equivalent to his annual income... While all sectors of society are enthusiastically donating money, the majority of party members and cadres in the city have extended a helping hand to the disaster areas and dedicated their love in the form of paying "special party fees". The reporter learned from the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee that as of May 22, 2008, 3891 party members in the city had paid a "special party fee" of 1431016.30 yuan.
Kaifeng Wenchuan held hands
"The earth suddenly tore open the cracks... Sisters and brothers all over the country, white soldiers, people's children and soldiers, arm in arm, we are together... Disaster will pass, night will pass, tomorrow will still be a bright sunshine!" On May 15, 2008, the first original campus earthquake relief MV "We Are Together", created and filmed by teachers and students of Henan University, was circulated on Youku, Sina, Tudou and other well-known websites, which received widespread attention. "We Are Together" was composed by Zhu Shixin, a young teacher of the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of the university, wang Anjun, a graduate student of the School of Arts, and sung by Professor Li Xinxian of the School of Arts of Heda University and Liang Yuanyuan, a young teacher. In this way, they expressed their deep condolences to the compatriots killed in the Wenchuan earthquake and hoped to rebuild a beautiful home together with the compatriots in the disaster area.
Screenshot of the MV "We're Together"
On May 10, Zhu Shixin, now an associate professor at the Zhongyuan Development Research Institute at Henan University, recalled that after the Wenchuan earthquake, she sat in her office and kept thinking about the images of the earthquake-stricken areas. In less than an hour, she wrote the lyrics of "We Are Together" and found Wang Anjun to compose the music, and the song was composed at about 19:00 on the same day, and everyone felt that the song was warm and inspiring after listening to it. With the support of leaders and teachers and students of the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of the school, the School of Journalism and Communication, the School of Arts, etc., the song was composed and filmed in only three days, and it quickly attracted widespread attention after uploading it to the Internet. What impressed Zhu Shixin the most was that some students rushed to the Kaifeng Railway Station with the CD of "We Are Together", distributed the CD to each train from Kaifeng to Sichuan, and asked them to take it to the Sichuan disaster area.
Since the wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, while donating money and materials to support the disaster area, all sectors of society in our city have expressed their condolences, concerns and support for the compatriots who suffered in the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan in various forms.
May 19, 2008, is a national day of mourning for the victims of the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan. The sirens sounded long, the whistles were loud, and people stood under the scorching sun, facing the direction of Sichuan in silence.
On June 14, 2008, the Kaifeng City Aid Sichuan Earthquake Relief Photography Exhibition sponsored by the Municipal Art Photography Society was launched in The Daliangmen Scenic Square. After the Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan, many photographers and photography enthusiasts in our city have taken out their cameras to record the next touching and unforgettable moments with their own unique perspectives.
In order to support the earthquake-stricken areas and help the students in the disaster areas to successfully enroll, Henan University has launched a college entrance examination enrollment policy for the Sichuan earthquake-stricken areas: for the 15 Sichuan candidates admitted, a "green channel" is opened to ensure their smooth enrollment in the first time; for the 3 candidates in the disaster areas, all tuition fees are waived and they are provided with work-study positions. Students of Henan University, Kaifeng University and other colleges and universities spontaneously organized candlelight blessing activities, holding candles in the shape of hearts to show their deep condolences to the compatriots who were killed.
There is an end to all things in the world,
Only the spirit lives on.
All sectors of society in Kaifeng are fighting the Wenchuan earthquake and providing disaster relief
The noble spirit of selfless dedication expressed,
Moved us,
This touch will be transformed into a force to form a majestic force,
Boost the development of Kaifeng!
All-media reporter Liu Yang and Kang Jinan reported
Editor of this issue: Sun Zhengjie
Kaifeng Daily ID: kfrbwx
Click [Read the original] to read the Kaifeng Daily Newsletter for free