Remembering the Martyrs and Sending Condolences Xu Wei, the five deputies of the Communist Party of China: a family letter spanning 54 years

"You should not grieve for me as a member of my family, you should continue to fight for me." In 1928, Xu Wei, a 26-year-old Haimen youth and five deputies to the Communist Party of China, died a heroic death shortly after writing this farewell letter to his family in the Zhejiang Army Prison. 54 years later, in 1982, the letter was handed over to the Xu family and became a precious memorial left by the martyrs to their families. Every year on the Qingming Festival, the Xu family will revisit the martyr's family letter and draw on the strength to forge ahead.

This morning, under the leadership of Xu Liren, the nephew of martyr Xu Wei, three generations of the Xu family rushed back to their old residences from all over the country and went to the martyr's tomb to pay homage.

Born in 1903 and joined the Party in 1924, Xu Wei was a deputy to the Five Congresses of the Communist Party of China, participating in the organization of the May Thirtieth Movement and the Third Armed Uprising of Shanghai Workers. After his arrest in November 1927, the family prepared to rescue him.

Xu Wei was 26 years old and brave, had no wife and children, but loved his family deeply and carefully preserved all traces of him, including this old house. In 1954, after Xu Wei was identified as a martyr, Xu's family became more active in searching for the martyr's deeds, and the question mark of how he died that year was unexpectedly unveiled with a commemorative article.

The flames lasted for three months, and the family letter arrived at ten thousand gold. Every Qingming Festival, the Xu family will meet to pay homage to the martyrs' tombs. Revisit the revolutionary's book and draw on the strength to forge ahead.