In the course of our country's great revolution, a number of patriotic democrats have emerged, who have made important contributions to the cause of the party and the state. In the Economic Development Zone, there was one person who was praised by Mao Zedong as "the first person outside the Party to sympathize with and love the Party during the most difficult time of the Communist Party." He is the famous educator, patriotic democrat and "April 8" martyr Huang Qisheng.
Mr. Huang Qisheng was one of the early patriotic democrats of our Party and an important influencer and guide on the revolutionary road of Wang Ruofei, the early leader of our Party. In 1904, the young Wang Ruofei was taken to guiyang Dade School by Huang Qisheng to study, and in 1915 Huang Qisheng led teachers and students to participate in the Patriotic Movement, and then led Wang Ruofei into Yunnan, responding to Yunnan's struggle to persuade Yuan Yuan to restore the imperial system. Thus, Wang Ruofei's revolutionary road was opened.
Pan Yutao, a cultural celebrity in Anshun, said: "Wang Ruofei is inseparable from Huang Qisheng on the revolutionary road and on the road of study, and it is all carried out under the care and guidance of Huang Qisheng. It can be said that without Huang Qisheng, there would be no Wang Ruofei. ”
After the outbreak of the May Fourth Movement in 1919, Huang Qisheng led the students to form the "Guizhou Education Industry Visiting Group", and at the end of that year, he went to Europe to support Wang Ruofei in revolutionary activities. In 1923, Huang Qisheng returned from Europe and began his ideal of educating and saving the country.
During his apprenticeship, Huang Qisheng studied the poetry and novels of China's past dynasties and Western works during his apprenticeship, laying a solid foundation for his future education. In 1904, at the age of 25, Huang Qisheng went to Guiyang Dade School to teach, and the following year he proposed to open a girls' school, creating a precursor to the innovation of Guizhou's social atmosphere.
"It is precisely because of their pioneers that there are new types of schools in various prefectures and counties in Guizhou, including Anshun No. 1 Middle School, which was called Anshun School at that time, and was also established after the establishment of Dade School, so he has an influence on our Anshun, not only Anshun, but also plays an exemplary and leading role in the middle schools established in various prefectures and provinces in Guizhou." Pan Yutao said.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Kuomintang authorities spread the thesis that "the Communist Party was not active in resisting Japan and was not sincere in unity." Huang Qisheng went to Yan'an twice, and then extensively briefed all circles on his personal experiences and personal experiences in Yan'an, exposing the Kuomintang's conspiracy to passively resist Japan and actively oppose communism. Back behind enemy lines in Sichuan, Yunnan, and Qian, the Communist Party's national united front policy was widely publicized.
Pan Yutao said: "In response to this remark, Huang Qisheng gave a lecture to the rear on the situation of the Communist Party's resistance to Japan, and at that time, he went to the countryside of Anshun to propagate and gave a speech at Anshun No. 1 Middle School, introducing some actions of the Eighth Route Army. ”
On April 8, 1946, Huang Qisheng, Wang Ruofei and other comrades took a plane from Chongqing to Yan'an on the way back to Yan'an, but they were killed in a plane crash at the age of 67. Known in history as the "Four-Eight Martyrs", he is now buried in the "Four-Eight" Martyrs' Cemetery in Yan'an.
Throughout his life, Huang Qisheng explored the truth of education to save the country and rejuvenate the country through education, and was personally received by Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and other leaders in Yan'an, who praised him as "the first person outside the Party to sympathize with and love the Party during the most difficult time of the Communist Party." Zhou Enlai praised him as": "The spirit of selflessness that runs for the sacred cause of resisting Japan and saving the country." ”
"Mr. Huang Qisheng's life was a life of seeking truth with the will to save the country, especially in his later years, when he fully understood that only the Communist Party could save China and establish a new China. Therefore, he actively responded to the call of the Communist Party, made his own contribution in the new democratic period, and finally contributed his life, which is the pride of Anshun people. Pan Yutao said.
Today, the "Former Residence of Huang Qisheng" in Qingyuan Village, Qipu Town, has been restored, which was once the place where Mr. Huang Qisheng spent his childhood and youth. It has a history of more than 200 years. Since 2015, the Economic Development Zone has carried out protective repairs to Huang Qisheng's former residence three times.
Huang Qisheng Exhibition Hall, with a total construction area of 750 square meters. The museum is divided into a prologue hall, an exhibition hall and an academic exhibition exchange hall, which tells Huang Qisheng's experience in different periods from multiple angles. The exhibition hall is divided into six chapters, including hardships, education to save the country, and seeking truth, which recount Huang Qisheng's experience of going through a difficult childhood, growing into an excellent education scholar with unremitting self-improvement, and dedicating his precious life to the liberation of New China.
Zhang Bin, deputy director of the Social Affairs Administration Bureau of the Economic Development Zone, said: "The purpose of renovating the former residence and building the exhibition hall is to carry forward the spirit of patriotism by remembering the martyrs, enrich the patriotic and hometown feelings of the citizens, and enhance the historical and cultural heritage of our region." At present, our bureau has strengthened the daily maintenance and supervision of Huang Qisheng's former residence, and actively declared the state-level cultural security unit to promote the development of red culture and patriotic education in our region. ”
Looking back at the past and the present, looking back at history, our happy and stable life today is not easy to come by, this is our predecessors martyrs with their lives, blood poured in exchange, we must cherish it, remember history, remember the ancestors, remember history, take the initiative to assume historical responsibility and mission, with our youth, with our actions to achieve the great Chinese dream and struggle.
Reporter: Zhang Shuangshuang Wu Shijie