In the footage of the founding ceremony of the 1949th Century, there is an extremely precious historical photograph that most people have never seen.
We are most familiar with the scene of Chairman Mao and a group of revolutionaries solemnly announcing the founding of New China on the tower of Tiananmen Square, but few people are familiar with the scene of the great people ascending the tower step by step.
Photo/ The person who supported Ms. Song Qingling was Zeng Xianzhi
In this precious historical photograph, Chairman Mao walks at the forefront, followed by General Zhu De, followed by Sun Yat-sen's wife, Ms. Soong Ching Ling, who is striding up the steps to the Tiananmen Tower.
Among them, the one who supported Ms. Song Qingling to go forward together was Zeng Xianzhi. In that year, the organization invited Song Qingling to Beijing to participate in a series of major activities of the founding of New China, and due to his special status, he especially needed a decent and appropriate receptionist to accompany and take care of related matters.
Organizationally, considering that as early as 1927, when Zeng Xianzhi participated in the Guangzhou Uprising, he was already familiar with Ms. Song Qingling, and the two were already old friends, so they specially sent Zeng Xianzhi to accompany Ms. Song Qingling.
Although many people are not very familiar with Zeng Xianzhi, Zeng Xianzhi's own temperament and beautiful appearance that cannot be ignored have attracted the attention of many people.
To say that Zeng Xianzhi's origins are really big, from Zeng Xianzhi's own family background to the life path he chose in the process of growing up.
Then to Zeng Xianzhi's various identities that cannot be ignored later, it can be said that Zeng Xianzhi's body is enough to make people "earth-shattering" everywhere.
Zeng Xianzhi was born into a famous family, and looked up, his grandfather was the brother of the famous Zeng Guofan, such a background is really regrettable. But the background of the family is not enough to glory, and it is the real glory to be able to bring honor to the family.
Photo: Zeng Xianzhi
Zeng Xianzhi is a woman who brings glory to the family, Zeng Xianzhi is the first CCP member in the family, and Zeng Xianzhi also wrote his glorious life history with his outstanding ability.
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In 1910, Zeng Xianzhi was born in Zengfu, Changsha. Zeng Guofan's family education can be said to have achieved great success for future generations and brought great influence to future generations.
Zeng Guofan once preached a sentence in a letter to his family, which probably meant that he did not want his family to be rich and noble from generation to generation, but he only hoped that his descendants could produce a talent. Zeng Guofan's wish was fulfilled.
Zeng Xianzhi's branch can be regarded as a complete "show talent family". The brothers and sisters in the family all have the blessing of famous school backgrounds, and there is no white ding in the family, and they have all made outstanding achievements in their respective fields.
Photo: Tsang Ken-sik (middle)
Zeng Xianzhi was intelligent and studious from an early age, and his academic performance was superb. In addition to the culture class, Zeng Xianzhi is also versatile and good-looking. Zeng Xianzhi is the main player of the school's women's basketball team, and he can also sing Peking Opera against the martial arts, which can be called versatile.
The young Zeng Xianzhi was very concerned about the future and destiny of the country, and as the National Revolutionary Army won victory in the Northern Expedition, the signs of revolution gradually improved.
In 1926, the Central Military and Political School enrolled girls for the first time, which made Zeng Xianzhi very happy. Zeng Xianzhi, who has excellent character, excellent physique and excellent appearance, stood out from more than 200 candidates and was officially admitted as a student of the school.
Since then, Zeng Xianzhi's life has opened up a completely new path, that is, the revolutionary road that Zeng Xianzhi has worked tirelessly for in his life, full of challenges and tribulations, and incomparably arduous.
Perhaps Zeng Xianzhi was born a "restless" person, Zeng Xianzhi did not follow the path paved by his father, nor did he enter a famous school like his brothers and sisters, and lived an intellectual life in a paradise, but chose to become a thorough female warrior.
Photo: Tsang (second from left)
At that time, it was the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and Zeng Xianzhi was the first batch of pilot representatives in today's words. The hardships and bitterness along the way, the challenges encountered, you can imagine, how difficult it is.
In 1927, Zeng Xianzhi, who had just entered the military academy, participated in the battle against Xia Douyin with most of his classmates. Although Zeng Xianzhi was a female soldier, he dared to throw himself into the battlefield of the Northern Expedition like a hot-blooded boy.
Soon after, Chiang Kai-shek rebelled against the revolution and extended a sharp blade to his Communist friends who fought side by side. Suddenly, the future of the revolution fell into darkness, and the wind and rain were about to fill the building.
Under heavy pressure, in the midst of bloody storms, some of the female soldiers turned into the ground, some took off their military uniforms, and sought shelter, and Zeng Xianzhi's family no longer blamed Zeng Xianzhi's obstinate behavior at this time, and extended a helping hand to Zeng Xianzhi.
But Zeng Xianzhi resolutely refused the care and protection of his family, wrapped up in his military uniform, quickly followed the pace of the troops, trekked from Wuhan to Guangzhou, and participated in the famous Guangzhou Uprising.
In 1928, at the most difficult and dangerous juncture of our party, Zeng Xianzhi joined the Communist Party of China, truly linked his future and destiny with the country, and held on to it for life without any remorse.
Photo: Tsang (right)
Later, during a demonstration against the Kuomintang government, Zeng Xianzhi was arrested and imprisoned. Even in prison, Zeng Xianzhi stuck to his original intention and preferred to die rather than yield to the reactionary forces, and at that time, won the favor and praise of many people.
After his release from prison, in order to preserve the revolutionary forces, the organization sent Zeng Xianzhi to study in Japan, who knew that the limelight in Japan was more urgent, and Zeng Xianzhi was arrested again in Japan.
In the foreign cell, the unaccompanied Zeng Xianzhi did not panic at all, she was calm and self-assured, and her expression was proud. Even in prison, Zeng Xianzhi still maintained his background.
Even wearing tattered prison clothes did not dispel Zeng Xianzhi's attitude and beliefs. Even if he does not eat or drink, Zeng Xianzhi must maintain a clean face and state in prison, which is Zeng Xianzhi's own persistence and decency.
After that, Zeng Xianzhi used his special background to escape and completed his study abroad mission in Japan. In 1931, Zeng Xianzhi was able to return to China. According to the organization's arrangement, engaged in underground work.
The more difficult it is, the more we can truly see a person's original intention and adherence to the mission. The wisdom and courage, unremitting efforts and efforts shown by Zeng Xianzhi in the process of suffering can make everyone stand in awe.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > became Ye Jianying's wife</h1>
As early as 1928, when Zeng Xianzhi joined the Communist Party, he was already married to Ye Jianying, and in that year, Zeng Xianzhi excelled in school, often taking to the streets with his classmates to publicize revolutionary new ideas, because of his excellent work ability and beautiful young vitality, attracted the attention of many people.
This includes the young and promising Ye Jianying. At this time, Ye Jianying had already led the army for many years, was deeply valued, had a good future for the revolution, and was the object of many female students' affection.
After getting along with Zeng Xianzhi, Ye Jianying found that the woman in front of her was indeed extraordinary, with firm revolutionary ideals and excellent work ability, and a strong revolutionary heart.
Zeng Xianzhi also fell in love with the handsome Ye Jianying at first sight, and coupled with the fact that both of them had the common ideal of devoting themselves to the revolution and dedicating themselves to the revolution, the marriage between the two was naturally logical.
The 18-year-old Zeng Xianzhi married Ye Jianying, who was more than ten years older than himself. After marriage, the two were busy with the revolutionary cause in different posts.
Soon, the organization was preparing to send a group of cadres to the Soviet Union to study and progress. Zeng Xianzhi and his wife were both listed, seeing that years of hard work had finally been exchanged for the reunion of the two, which was originally a particularly rare opportunity, but Zeng Xianzhi took the initiative to give up.
Originally, Zeng Xianzhi accidentally learned that the number of places for further study abroad was very small, and some comrades could not go to further study, and the kind-hearted Zeng Xianzhi took the initiative to give up the opportunity for further study after consulting with her husband Ye Jianying.
This meant that the separation of the two was normalized again, and later Zeng Xianzhi went to Guangzhou to work, and then went to Japan, and after the end of studying, he was reunited with her husband Ye Jianying in 1931.
This is also a rare and rare reunion moment in the entire marriage of the two, and for Zeng Xianzhi, this rare stability in this world is enough to comfort his heart.
But soon after, the two separated again because of their work. By 1937, Ye Jianying was finally transferred back, and the couple, who had been separated for 7 years, was easily reunited again.
Soon after, Zeng Xianzhi became pregnant and gave birth to her son Ye Xuanning in the same year. Regardless of the intensity of the work, Zeng Xianzhi made a fierce effort to give up and send his young children home to be raised by his mother.
Zeng Xianzhi is a woman with a family, but most of her life is spent alone, and the bitterness of it can be imagined, in terms of family, Zeng Xianzhi alone has endured too much.
Zeng Xianzhi wants to reunite with her husband Ye Jianying, a woman alone, even if she is strong, her heart is still lonely.
In 1941, Zeng Xianzhi was approved to leave for Yan'an to work. Zeng Xianzhi's heart began to fantasize about the picture of her reunion with her husband in Yan'an...
Photo: Tsang Andh Hyun-sik and Ye Jianying (front row, left 23)
But the reality made Zeng Xianzhi's heart shatter fiercely.
Zeng Xianzhi voluntarily gave up the only marriage in his life.
Looking back at Zeng Xianzhi's marriage, gathering less and leaving more, husband and wife in different places, and the difficulties and difficulties of revolutionary work, only Zeng Xianzhi alone suffered in silence, and in that era of underdeveloped communications, all Zeng Xianzhi could do was to silently miss it.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > "Azen mama" in the work of the "Women's Federation"</h1>
Zeng Xianzhi, whose marriage was broken, immediately went to the party school in Yan'an to study, and later worked for a long time in the Enemy Industry Department. After the founding of New China, Zeng Xianzhi has been working in the All-China Women's Federation and has achieved excellent results.
In the history of the contemporary Chinese women's movement, Zeng Xianzhi belonged to the early people who engaged in the work of the Women's Federation. In many years of women's work, Zeng Xianzhi has practiced in practice the party's ideology of emancipating women and the theory that women can stand up to half the sky. It can be said that Zeng Xianzhi is an organizer and leader of women's work with outstanding talents and outstanding contributions.
Photo: Zeng Xianzhi and Song Qingling
Over the years, Zeng Xianzhi followed Deng Yingchao in women's united front work, mastered rich practical experience, and had close contacts with many democrats in women's circles, which made Zeng Xianzhi feel very comfortable in the process of carrying out women's work.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in order to welcome Song Qingling to participate in the founding ceremony, Premier Zhou personally nominated Zeng Xianzhi to participate in logistics and reception work.
After receiving the order, Zeng Xianzhi searched for a house for Soong Ching Ling in Beijing and personally arranged it. Premier Zhou once mentioned in a correspondence with Deng Yingchao: "The house is ready, the building, with two floors, is rare in Beiping, and all the internal furnishings are guided by Azen (Zeng Xianzhi). ”
Doing everything himself and having a unique vision is enough to see Zeng Xianzhi's excellent work ability. This kind of work experience allowed Zeng Xianzhi to continue to take charge of women's united front work in the newly established leading group of the Women's Federation after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
At the beginning of the founding of New China, Zeng Xianzhi was responsible for the three large groups of the Chinese Women's Temperance Association, the Young Women's Christian Association, and the Women's Fraternity Association, and there were more than 170 people in the Beijing branch of the Temperance Association alone, which was enough to see how difficult it was for Zeng Xianzhi to be in charge of the work.
Zeng Xianzhi's handling of women's work has played a very pioneering role, for example, Zeng Xianzhi proposed in his work that great importance should be attached to the training of female cadres.
At that time, the number of female deputies in the NPC was only 12 percent, and Zeng Xianzhi believed that the proportion of female cadres would continue to grow, and female cadres should struggle and fight more on their own.
Zeng Xianzhi even stressed that the Women's Federation should become the mother's home of women throughout the country, which was an extremely groundbreaking view and remark at the time.
Zeng Xianzhi's excellent work ability made her irreplaceable in the work of the Women's Federation, and after her retirement, Zeng Xianzhi was also hired by special cases to continue to work in the Women's Federation, and in his later years, Zeng Xianzhi served as the vice chairman of the Women's Federation.
Photo: Zeng Xianzhi in his later years (middle)
Zeng Xianzhi has devoted himself wholeheartedly to the work of women in New China in the 40 years of ups and downs in the All-China Women's Federation, and the theory of women's united front and practice put forward by Zeng Xianzhi can be said to be a valuable experience of the women's movement in our country.
Zeng Xianzhi's life, the firmness of the revolution, the legend of fate, the pioneering of the cause of Chinese women and the persistent pursuit of truth are enough for people to respect and forever miss.