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On the morning of September 30, Beijing's Tiananmen Square was solemn. Accompanied by the affectionate "Flower Offering Song", General Secretary Xi Jinping and other party and state leaders slowly walked around to pay homage to the Monument to the People's Heroes. The camera of the Xinhua reporter recorded such a moment -
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In front of the relief on the south side of the monument, General Secretary Xi Jinping looked up and stared, his eyes deep and full of respect.
The silent reliefs condensed the immortal journey of the Chinese nation to rise from its decay. Through the vicissitudes of more than a hundred years, the patriotic people's arms shouted and echoed in their ears.
General Secretary Xi Jinping walked slowly and looked at it with deep affection.
Heaven and earth are heroic, and the thousand autumns are still awe-inspiring. At every critical juncture in the fate of the nation, there are always generations of successors who are passionate and vigorous, trying to turn the tide, and composing a chapter of magnificent mountains and rivers with the glory of life.
According to incomplete statistics, in modern times, about 20 million martyrs have sacrificed their precious lives for the cause of China's revolution and construction.
In 1921, the Communist Party of China was founded, and the future and destiny of the Chinese people and the Chinese nation were rewritten.
The hundred-year journey is magnificent, and the hero's mighty spirit will last forever.
No political party has ever been able to write a miracle in the annals of history like the Communist Party of China, which has been able to write one miracle after another in the test of life and death; no political party has ever had such a large number of heroes who can throw their heads and spill their blood for doctrines and ideals, the country and the people, like the Communist Party of China.
From 1921 to 1949, there were more than 3.7 million well-known martyrs in the revolutionary ranks led by the Party.
In the era of peace, more than 1,800 party members and cadres have fixed their lives on the journey of poverty alleviation, and nearly 400 party members and cadres have sacrificed their precious lives to fight the new crown pneumonia epidemic...
On September 30, 72 years ago, the foundation stone of the Monument to the People's Heroes was laid. Entering a new era, in 2014, China set September 30 as "Martyrs' Day".
Every year on this day, Tiananmen Square holds a grand ceremony to present flower baskets to the people's heroes. Every year on this day, General Secretary Xi Jinping comes to the ceremony site, rain or shine, without interruption.
The day after Martyrs' Remembrance Day is National Day. Today, the mountains and rivers of the motherland are infinitely magnificent, and the people's lives are rich and peaceful, but people have never forgotten where a happy life comes from.
The hero never goes away, and the monument lives on forever.
Every time we remember, we are to draw spiritual motivation; every time we look back, we are for a new departure.
The century is just the peak of prosperity, and the future still needs to break through the barriers and win the pass. Along the road signs built by the martyrs with their lives, forge ahead on the new journey of the second centenary goal, the sons and daughters of China are not afraid of wind and rain, and they are invincible!
Producer: Zhao Cheng
Planner: Zhang Xudong
Main writers: Lin Hui, Shi Yucen
Coordinator: Zhang Xiaosong, Wang Yu, Wang Xuan
Vision: Li Tao, Zhang Huihui
Editors: Yang Wenrong, Bao Yuhan
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