Yangtze River Daily on May 23, 2017 Overnight writing words to remember "Grandpa Yuan", came to the campus to talk to "Grandpa Yuan" about his heart, willing to turn into the eyes of "Grandpa Yuan" to take another look at his former alma mater... On May 23, at Wuhan No. 4 Middle School, where Academician Yuan Longping spent an unforgettable high school career before his death, erudite teenagers and alumni of previous generations remembered China's "father of hybrid rice".
On the morning of May 23, some teachers and students of Wuhan No. 4 Middle School spontaneously came to the school history hall to remember and observe silence in the classroom where Academician Yuan Longping once studied and lived. Huang Qian, a third-grade Chinese teacher at the school, described to the students the "diligent and knowledgeable" Elder Yuan in her impression, hoping that young students could get the strength to move forward from the old alumni. Subsequently, she used a sentence written by Academician Yuan Longping to young people: be loyal to love, strive for youth, and encourage the students present to uphold the school motto and live out the attitude of eternal youth in the years of struggle.
In the classroom where Academician Yuan Longping once studied, Huang Qian, a teacher at Wuhan No. 4 Middle School, emotionally told the story of "Yuan Longping in the student era". (Photo by reporter Xiang Jie)
On the side of the teaching building, the statue of Academician Yuan Longping stood peacefully in the Taoli Garden, and the Reporter of the Yangtze River Daily saw that there were alumni who came to pay tribute to flowers and send mourning. "The suspicious king is here, and then continue to cool down the dream." Cool dreams, rice fragrance filled, when thinking of Yuan Gong. Kyushu Land Harvest Festival, the sound of the ancient field ridge road is dusty. Sound and dust, unforgettable to the world, the work of all generations. Braving the gentle drizzle, Hu Xinjie, a senior student at the school, recited a poem he created on the spot- "Remembering Qin'e And Mourning Yuan Gong". Xiao Hu said that when he woke up during his lunch break on the 22nd, he was shocked to hear the bad news of the long death of "Grandpa Yuan", and he was extremely sad and willing to believe that this was a rumor. At dinnertime, looking at the white rice in the bowl, I deeply realized that "a porridge and a rice, when thinking is not easy to come by." So he wrote the poem to send mourning.
In front of the statue of Yuan Longping, surrounded by flowers. (Photo by reporter Xiang Jie)
"Grandpa Yuan, I am a child who grew up listening to your story. The ancient adage of the people to eat is greatly embodied in you. The feelings of home and country reflected in you make me admire them immensely. In the future, in life, we must study hard, repay the motherland, and become a useful person to society. Yang Yuchen, a student at the school, stood in front of the statue of Yuan Longping for a long time and did not want to leave, and said goodbye to "Grandpa Yuan" with this special dialogue.
In the Tao li garden, students observed a moment of silence in front of the statue of Yuan Longping. (Photo by reporter Xiang Jie)
Gong Mingxiang, a 78-year-old old alumnus, came from Hongqiqu Road early in the morning to commemorate outstanding alumnus Yuan Longping. (Photo by reporter Xiang Jie)
Braving the gentle drizzle, students and alumni continue to come to present flowers. (Photo by reporter Xiang Jie)
Li Jiawen, who is now a science teacher at Yucai Primary School in Wuhan, silently walked through Longping Road in the company of her mother, and then walked to the second floor of the school history museum and walked into the classroom where Yuan Longping sat as a student. Li Jiawen said: "When the school celebrated its 110th anniversary, I was still a sophomore at Boxue Middle School, and I stood on Longping Road with a sunflower to greet Grandpa Yuan, when he walked steadily and was full of humility, I really felt that the pain of life, old age and illness had nothing to do with him. At noon yesterday, Li Jiawen took the students outside to participate in a competition, and on the way home, she learned the news of the death of Academician Yuan Longping, and at first she couldn't believe it, she sat on the bus and cried all the way home. Recalling that year when she filled in the college entrance examination volunteer, she applied for the normal colleges and universities was also influenced by "Grandpa Yuan", and "Grandpa Yuan"'s first job after graduating from college was a teacher. In the future, she will follow the teachings of "Grandpa Yuan" and become a cultivator of fame and fortune in school.
Li Jiawen, who once stood on Longping Road to greet "Grandpa Yuan", has grown into a people's teacher. She said that she was willing to turn into a pair of eyes and look at her alma mater again on behalf of "Grandpa Yuan". (Photo by reporter Xiang Jie)
(Yangtze River Daily reporter Xiang Jie, correspondent Wang Wenting, Wang Jinxia)
【Editor: Hu Huiyi】