The postman who touched China was gone

"He was as simple as a stone, a man, a horse, a legend in the history of world postal services. He waded across the beach, crossed the mountains and crossed the mountains, used a person's Long March to pass on the mail for thousands of miles, used 20 years of trekking to fly snow to spread the heart, there was a road at the end of the road, the other side of the mountain was still a mountain, the close neighbor was still a hundred miles away, the world's most pro-postman! ”

On May 30, 2021, Comrade Wang Shunyou, an outstanding Communist Party member and loyal messenger of China Post's "Maban Post Road", died of illness in Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, at the age of 56. Comrade Wang Shunyou has won the National May Day Labor Medal, the National Model Worker, the National Outstanding Communist Party Member, the National Model of Dedication and Dedication, and the 2005 Person who Touched China.

The reporter learned from the interview that Wang Shunyou died at his home in Muli County in the early morning of May 30. On the evening of May 30, Mr. Wang, the son of Wang Shunyou, said that his father died of a sudden illness and was handling his father's affairs in accordance with local customs.

Several times passed the god of death The "green bridge" never stops

In 1984, at the age of 19, Wang Shunyou took over his father's class and became a postman at the post office of Muli Tibetan Autonomous County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, and has lived a life with horses ever since.

In the past, most of the townships in Muli were not connected to roads and telephones, and the postal route, which was delivered by horsemen, was the only way for the local township government and the people to maintain contact with the outside world. In addition to the county seat, all 15 postal roads in the county are "Maban Postal Roads", and most of them are on high mountains above 4,000 meters above sea level. Wang Shunyou was in charge of the postal route from Muli County to Baidian Township, Sanjue Township, Weibo Township and Kara Township, and in a month, he had 28 days to run on it, with a round trip of 584 kilometers.

A man, a horse, a parcel, a mountain road... Wang Shunyou once said, "The villagers need me, and I can't do without them." It is precisely this kind of feeling for the people that allows him to consistently overcome all kinds of difficulties that ordinary people can hardly imagine, regardless of personal gains and losses, in the harsh natural environment and under difficult working conditions.

In July 1988, on the way to Theobo Township, he slid the zipline across the Yalong River, and when he saw that he was about to slip to the other side, the rope hanging on the ropeway suddenly broke, and he fell heavily from the air more than two meters high. Fortunately, this fall just fell on the beach, and the person was fine, but the parcel fell into the river. Unaware of the nature of water, he was so anxious that he grabbed a branch from the ground and jumped into the river, desperately looking for a parcel. By the time he tried his best to scoop up the parcel, he was so tired that he could not move on the beach for a long time.

In August 1998, Muli County suffered a mudslide, and all roads and bridges entering Baidi Township were washed away, and Baidi Township became an "isolated island". According to the regulations, Wang Shunyou could not run this post class, but when he found two university acceptance letters in the mail, he got on his horse and hurried to leave. By the time he reached his destination, the 15-kilogram mail was clean and intact, while sewage, mud and blood stained him. Seeing Wang Shunyou holding the notice in his hand, the tears of students and parents could not stop flowing.

After Wang Shunyou's deeds were widely reported, they caused strong repercussions throughout the country and even the world. In 2005, he was selected as one of the top ten characters in Moving China.

According to statistics, as of 2005, Wang Shunyou has traveled 260,000 kilometers of postal routes in 20 years, delivering more than 8,000 newspapers and more than 1,500 letters every year, becoming a "green bridge" for the masses of all ethnic groups in the depths of the mountains to connect with the outside world and never stop.

Wish come true "Maban Post Road" is a thing of the past

In 2017, Muli County's Sanjue Township was opened to roads, Wang Shunyou's wish came true, and the "Maban Postal Road" disappeared and was replaced by a series of roads through the township. All the townships in Muli County have been connected by telephone, the wooden houses along the road have become brick houses, the villagers have used the Internet, mobile phones, and the postmen have also ridden motorcycles. Wang Shunyou became the full-time deputy secretary of the party branch of the Muli County Postal Company, but he still remembered the villagers of all ethnic groups on the postal route. From time to time, he went to the countryside to visit everyone, and went to the school to give party lessons to the children and send stamps.

On September 3, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War was solemnly held in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, and Wang Shunyou was invited to watch the military parade. At that time, he said in an interview with Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News, "I was extremely excited to see the scene of the military parade, and several times, the tears couldn't help but flow down, which was completely from the heart." ”

Wang Shunyou 'Biography' Author:

He was the flag that shone in that period of history

Upon learning of Wang Shunyou's death, Shi Jin, author of the reportage "100 Chinese Objects Touched Since the Founding of New China: Wang Shunyou" and a reporter from Liangshan Daily, was shocked. The last time Shi Jin met Wang Shunyou was in 2019, at the Liangshan Prefecture "Do not forget the original heart, remember the mission" theme of education advanced typical propaganda conference, 54-year-old Wang Shunyou wearing a brand new postal uniform, more than 10 gold medallions on his chest flashed dazzling light, "but he is still like that, kind, simple." ”

Sixteen years ago, Shi Jin first met Wang Shunyou at the Muli County Post Office, and he was completely unable to connect the person in front of him with the lonely hero in his mind who had trekked 260,000 kilometers on the treacherous postal road for 20 years.

Shi Jin told reporters that she interviewed Wang Shunyou many times before and after and walked the postal route with Wang Shunyou. In addition to those extremely difficult mountain roads that are unforgettable, Wang Shunyou's words have also impressed her. Wang Shunyou told her that he hoped to be the last Maban Post road township postman, and his biggest wish was that "the township road will never have to go over the mountain again." Today, his dream has long been realized. That section of the Maban Postal Road has become history, and Wang Shunyou is the flag that shines in that period of history.

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