In 1984, Li Yan's family suddenly received a critically ill call from the hospital, and after rushing away, they listened to Li Yan's last instructions before his death with a deep heart:
"Send some money to Choumen as a fund for building your hometown." Remember, always insist on doing good deeds for the people, not only you must do this, but also educate your children to do the same, scattering my ashes on the Qiantang River near xianghu normal school and the Yalu River flowing through Dandong City. ”
It is hard to imagine that at the last moment of his life, a person does not forget to educate his children and grandchildren how to behave, and also to remember the hometown that raised him and the land he once dedicated.
No wonder, in his eulogy, the leaders of the Academy of Sciences praised Li Yan's life: a life of revolution, a life of fighting, and a life of ceaseless struggle for the cause of communism.
Today, we walked into Li Yan, a good son of Jinyun Choumen, and looked back on his wonderful and legendary life.
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< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > was born in Jinyun, borrowed money to study at Xianghu Normal School, and went to Yan'an to study after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War</h1>
Li Yan, formerly known as Li Yunzhang, was born in Choumen Village, Jinyun County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province. Not long after he was born, his father died, and the two brothers found that Li Yan was smart and studious, so they sent him to a private school to study and learn knowledge.
After graduating from high school, the family's life became increasingly poor, Li Yan could only borrow money to go to Lishui to study junior high school, and then transferred to Jinhua to study high school normal department, during which he heard that the educator Mr. Tao Xingzhi had founded a new type of normal school in Xianghu, and Li Yan especially wanted to go.
Through some efforts, Li Yan got the opportunity to work and study in Xianghu Normal School, and while completing his studies, he managed the books in the school library, which not only solved Li Yan's tuition fee problem, but also gave him the opportunity to read a lot of books.
Li Yan's grandson recalled that Li Yan read a lot of books during this period, made great progress in ideology, became one of the first two party members of the Xiang division to join the party, and was appointed by the county party secretary as the secretary of the school league branch.
After that, Under the leadership of several teachers with underground party status, Li Yan secretly carried out revolutionary work under the cover of school work. He delivered an impassioned revolutionary speech, "The Road of Youth," which was praised by the vast number of teachers and students, and he once fought with the enemy to cover the secret transfer of Tang Yizhi, a member of the Communist Youth League.
After graduation, Li Yan successively taught in many places, and in addition to teaching, he rescued arrested classmates many times, and was also arrested and imprisoned by the police for a book called "The Leninist Question", and was released half a year later.
Li Yan first arrived in Yan'an
In September 1937, Li Yan bid farewell to his hometown and went through countless hardships to come to the Longing Yan'an Revolutionary Base Area.
During his time in Yan'an, Li Yan studied and worked extra hard and seriously, first as a member of the security committee of the Yan'an Marxist-Leninist College, and later promoted to the secretary of the party committee of the Yan'an Central Research Institute, and also served as the secretary general of the party school.
Li Yan has an optimistic and easy-going personality, gets along well with people in life, and is deeply appreciated by superior leaders in work.
In September 1945, Chairman Mao Zedong gave a report at the Yan'an Central Party School entitled "The Present Situation and Our Tasks", calling on the vast number of cadres to go to the front, Li Yan was deeply encouraged, and as soon as the report ended, he and his friend Li Cheng went to the northeast to train themselves.
If we say that from Jinyun to Xianghu, Li Yan armed his mind with the theoretical knowledge in the books and embarked on the revolutionary road without hesitation.
Then, in the past 8 years in Yan'an, Li Yan has laid a solid foundation for practice, which has created convenience for future work and excellent results.
Li Yan at the Central Party School in Yan'an
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< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > went deep into the northeast to protect Chairman Mao's visit to the Soviet Union and returned to China, and was praised by Premier Zhou as a good comrade</h1>
In September 1945, shortly after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Kuomintang troops were eager to move, and the secret agent bandits were rampant, and Li Yan changed the route many times on the way to the northeast.
After 2 months of arduous trekking, he arrived in Benxi, Liaoning Province, and after reporting to the Organization Department of the Northeast Bureau of the Communist Party of China, he was appointed deputy director of the secretariat of the Ministry of Social Affairs.
In the second year of his arrival in the northeast, Li Yan responded to the call of the Northeast Bureau to "mobilize the masses to carry out people's war" and voluntarily went to Baiquan County, Heilongjiang Province, the most arduous province, to serve as the director of the Public Security Bureau.
In that year in Baiquan County, Li Yan not only mobilized the masses to report, but also led the public security fighters to search the mountains in an armed manner on many occasions, and despite the cold and snow, launched many thrilling battles with the bandit agents, and finally won the victory of suppressing the bandits, and was appointed deputy director of the Northeast Railway Public Security Bureau.
On December 6, 1949, Mao Zedong visited the Soviet Union for the first time.
At the first time, Li Yan received a secret order from the Ministry of Public Security, asking for increased vigilance against the northeast railway section and strict prevention of sabotage by enemy elements.
With excitement, nervousness, and not daring to slacken off, he took up this task, led the public security personnel to patrol day and night, inspected the railway section inch by inch countless times, and did a good job in comprehensive protection work, just to ensure the safety of Chairman Mao, Zhou Enlai, and their entourage.
A photograph of Mao Zedong's visit to the Soviet Union taken by Li Yan himself
On December 8, Chairman Mao's special train to visit the Soviet Union arrived at Shenyang South Railway Station, and Li Yan, who had been waiting in the railway section all day, saw Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou walking off the train with a smile, and he couldn't help but raise his camera and take this precious and unforgettable historical lens.
That night, he shared the exciting news with his 15-year-old son.
Later, this photo was not only reprinted by newspapers and magazines, but also appeared in film and television dramas and documentaries, but few people knew that it was taken by Li Yan, and it was not until Li Yan's son told reporters about it many years later that people knew that Li Yan had protected Chairman Mao so closely.
For Li Yan, it was even more dangerous for Chairman Mao to return to the Soviet Union after passing through the Shenyang Station pass, when Chairman Mao returned to the Soviet Union and went through the Shenyang War again.
Because, at that time, the news of Mao Zedong's visit to the Soviet Union was well known, and the activities of secret agents were even more rampant.
He and the public security officers worked harder than before to patrol and investigate, and one night they captured two paratroopers sent by the Kuomintang from Taiwan.
In just two months, two enemy agents were arrested near the Daxinganling Tunnel and at the Zhangtaizi Railway Station.
Under the protection of Li Yan and the efforts of public security cadres and policemen from all over the northeast, Chairman Mao and Zhou Enlai returned from the Soviet Union, arrived in Shenyang smoothly, inspected and visited the Shenyang Rubber Factory, Shenyang Medical University, and Shenyang Agricultural Machinery, and finally returned to Beijing safely on March 4, 1950.
Li Yan successfully completed this protection task, and the heart that had been hanging for several months finally landed.
However, Li Yan never expected that his next contact with Premier Zhou Enlai would be when his life was in danger.
It was during the ten years of catastrophe, Li Yan was tragically persecuted by the rebels, thrown down to the second floor, broke three ribs, and his life was devastated. ”
These two events have haunted Li Yan's mind for many years, and he has told his family more than once, one is the pride of his career as a railway guard, and the other is full of his gratitude to Premier Zhou Enlai.
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<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > rooted in Beijing, and I hope to scatter my ashes in two places at the end of my life, and I am worried about the development of my hometown</h1>
In April 1979, Li Yan was transferred to Beijing and appointed party secretary of the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
In the last 5 years of his life, Li Yan spent nearly half of his time fighting the disease, during which he spent more time with his family than in the past, and in the process of chatting with him, Li Yan reviewed his life and shared bits and pieces of his life course for more than 70 years.
These exchanges gave Li Yan's family a more comprehensive understanding of his life, which was also recorded in the jinyun county chronicle.
Originally, after the operation, Li Yan's condition improved significantly, but the day did not go according to people's wishes, he still bid farewell to the world at 11:40 on July 30, 1984.
Li Yan's last words before his death explained three things:
First, ask his descendants to send money to Jinyun Choumen to contribute to the construction of his hometown and practice his consistent concept of "doing good things for the people";
Second, scatter half of his ashes on the Qiantang River near Xianghu Normal School, where he studied and where he had a mentor who helped him;
Third, he scattered the other half of his ashes on the Yalu River, which flows across Dandong City, where he worked the longest.
Among them, sending money to his hometown Jinyun Choumen Village is what he is most concerned about, and he explained in detail in his last words:
"Send some money to Choumen, as a fund for the construction of my hometown, a little bit of my homesickness, Jinyun is poor because of the barrenness of the mountains and the land, we have to find a way to get rich." In the first few years, they often wrote to me for help, but in the past few years, there must have been a better life, and I bought some books for cultivating fruit trees, and sent them in two days, hoping that they would become rich as soon as possible. "
Li Yan was right.
In the early years, Jinyun was indeed isolated and impoverished because of its remote terrain, high altitude, and various historical reasons.
However, under the leadership of the state and the government, under the care of many able people like Li Yan who have come out of Jinyun, Jinyun has undergone earth-shaking changes after more than ten years of development.
An aerial view of a corner of Jinyun County
A 5A-level "Xiandu Scenic Area" not only attracts thousands of tourists to come to watch, but also is a favorite filming location of film and television directors, and more than 400 films have been filmed here, such as the familiar "Legend of the Eagle Shooter", "The Legend of the Paladin Sword" and "Flowers and Bones".
With the reputation of "Yellow Emperor Jinyun, The Immortal Capital of The World", it has also driven the development of scenic spots and industries around Jinyun.
A piece of "furnace passed down for three hundred generations, cake fragrance for 5,000 years" Jinyun baked cake, not only known as "Chinese famous snack", but also sold well overseas, as of now has created 1.8 billion output value, employing more than 20,000 people.
This seemingly ordinary burnt cake carries the blood and sweat of jinyun people, and also makes jinyun people grow their faces because of it.
With the fame of Jinyun "Xiandu" and Jinyun "Burnt Cake", Jinyun's other industries have also developed one after another, and many new projects will be carried out every year to promote industrial development.
Jinyun baked cake
The most effective is the "nostalgia industry" project that began in 2016, he attracted many Jinyun people who came out of Jinyun and foreigners to carry out projects in Jinyun, mostly young people, who started a business with vitality and new ideas, and made great contributions to promoting farmers' income, developing the collective economy, and revitalizing rural undertakings, and also brought a lot of income.
In July 2019, Jinyun won the title of "China Natural Oxygen Bar" Creation Region in 2019.
In August 2020, Jinyun was selected as one of the "Top 100 Counties with Comprehensive Strength of National County Tourism in 2020".
In the past, when it comes to Jinyun, few people know.
Nowadays, when it comes to Jinyun, people will blurt out: the hinterland of southern Zhejiang, the good creek as the boundary, the ancestor as the name, the land Jinyun, and the mountains and rivers.
Jinyun Xiandu Scenic Area
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks:</h1>
As the saying goes: one side of the water and soil to support the other side of the people.
Jinyun landscape is beautiful, the people are brilliant, from ancient times to the present, "Chongwen re-education" atmosphere is very strong, in ancient times, there were 184 keju jinshi, since the founding of new China, Jinyun County Shuangxikou surname Pan village has come out of 17 doctors.
Li Yan has been eager to learn since childhood, inseparable from the influence of this atmosphere, his life has been quite rich, in Jinyun, Xianghu, Yan'an, Northeast and Beijing have his struggle figure, but looking back on his life, he is most worried about the nurturing grace of his hometown.
Li Yan is a good comrade of the party and a good son of Jinyun; he is an example for Jinyun people and the pride of Chinese.
In Jinyun, there are many people like Li Yan who are excellent and do not forget to return to their hometown, such as Li Maiyuan, who built the "Baisheng Bridge" to benefit the people of his hometown, Li Chunmeng, the king of Zibai, who was praised by the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council, and Ma Xiuhui, who is known as the "King of Chinese Illumination".
And Jinyun's tomorrow is also developing better and better under the struggle, care and support of these excellent Jinyun children.
Reference: The Legendary Life of Li Yan