Peach blossom red rain hero blood, bihai danxia zhishi heart.
Since the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, countless martyrs have shed their blood for the motherland, leaving a tragic and touching chapter in history.
In the Luohe Martyrs' Cemetery in Henan Province, there is such a martyr's tombstone with only a few words on it:
"Tomb of the Martyr Jing Baoling (?) —1955）”
This is the tombstone of the only female martyr in the Luohe Martyrs Cemetery.
In the cemetery, a figure of an old man in his 90s appears all year round.
He hunched his back, standing in front of the tombstone of the martyr Jing for a day, and when he was tired, he sat on the small bench he had brought and muttered to himself to the tombstone.
Who is this old man? Why is he so persistent, and what kind of relationship does he have with Martyr Jing?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > young first love, but don't want to be separated by yin and yang</h1>
An elderly staff member in the cemetery said that she often saw the old man holding a pile of letters in front of the tomb of the martyr Jing, silently weeping and in pain.
The staff asked him what his relationship was with Jing Martyr, and the old man said that they were lovers who were not married at the beginning, but they did not want Jing Martyr to die.
Saying that, the old man also took out the photo of Jing Baoling when she was young with him to show the staff, the photo of the martyr Jing was full of smiles, full of young vitality, but did not want to have long become a piece of yellow soil.
Even in the cold and windy winter, the old man still stayed in front of the tomb of the martyr Jing for a day, and the old tears flowed.
Martyr Jing Baoling was born in 1932 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.
At the age of 17, Jing Baoling applied for the Southwest Military Medical University, and also joined the People's Liberation Army without her family, working as a nurse in the 157 Field Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
The old man's name is Zhang Hui (pseudonym), who is also a member of the People's Liberation Army.
In 1950, he was wounded in the battle to liberate Hainan Island and was transferred to the rear hospital for convalescence.
There, he met Jing Baoling, who was a nurse, and the two fell in love at first sight, attracted each other, and quickly confirmed their relationship.
Zhang Hui's son said:
"After my father finished recuperating in the hospital, he returned to the army and maintained correspondence with her."
"In the beginning, the army had rules that they were not allowed to get married."
Later, in order to take care of them, the army specially sent Zhang Hui to Nanjing for a short study, and during the study period, the marriage was handled.
"My father quickly took the introduction letter from the army and ran to Nanjing to prepare for the wedding."
When she first arrived in Nanjing, Jing Baoling's family said that she was not at home, so they sent a telegram to Jing Baoling and asked her to go home and get married.
But after a few days, there was no news of Jing Baoling.
Zhang Hui was anxious, and on the fourth day, he came to his fiancée's house again, but what he got was the bad news that Jing Baoling had died.
Jing Baoling was only 23 years old when she died, the best age in her life.
The world is unpredictable, a pair of lovers who cherish each other are forever separated by yin and yang.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > difficult to find relatives for decades</h1>
In that era of traffic jams and information lags, if there are martyrs who die outside, they are usually buried in local cemeteries. Many of our living relatives have difficulty finding out where they are buried.
Decades have passed, time has passed, the sea of people has been vast, and the changes everywhere have been great.
After the death of his fiancée, Zhang Hui returned to the army.
At first, he would write letters to the Jing family, but then the Jing Baoling family moved to another place, and the letters sent were returned.
Where Jing Baoling's family is now, Zhang Hui also does not know.
Therefore, finding her family for Jing Baoling has become a matter of Zhang Hui's heart.
He often told his son that when he had the opportunity to go to the Nanjing area, he must inquire about the "xxx outside the Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing".
On the other side of Nanjing, Jing Baoling's family has never forgotten such a relative for more than sixty years.
Jing Baoling has a younger brother of eleven years younger named Jing Baolong.
In Jing Baolong's home, there is still a portrait of his sister, and the photo inside is a black-and-white photo that Jing Baoling brought back from visiting her relatives in 1954.
Jing Baolong said: "I moved three times, all of them kept this photo well, this is the only thought that my sister left, without this photo, I would have nothing." ”
For the Jing family, May 14, 1955 is a day they will never forget.
It was on that day that they received the "Martyrs' Certificate" from the civil affairs department, and at that moment they knew that their loved ones had left them forever.
For this reason, Jing Baoling's parents were devastated, and her father even cried blind and could only walk on Jing Baolong's shoulders.
Later, after the second elder died one after another with regret, the tombstone was still engraved with Jing Baoling's name.
When his sister died, Jing Baolong was only twelve years old.
In his memory, his sister was kind, sensible, and tried her best to take care of herself like her parents.
On the day Jing Baoling joined the army, he followed his sister as usual, and the two walked on the small street of their hometown.
After walking for a while, Jing Baoling bought a bag of peanuts and rice for her brother and asked him to go home by himself first, and he had something to do.
After being "tricked" by her sister into returning home with a bag of peanuts and rice, she did not see Jing Baoling for several days, and the family was anxious.
Just a week later, Jing Baoling wrote a letter - it turned out that she wanted to join the army, and she was afraid that her family would not agree, so she coaxed her brother away and resolutely joined the People's Liberation Army.
When they learned that their daughter joined the army, the family was a little worried, but they were also very proud of their daughter.
Jing Baolong still remembers that in 1954, when his sister reported to the district government and took him with her, she bought him a piece of sugar cane to eat.
"Fine sugar cane, like a bamboo pole, is still red-skinned."
"She walked in front, and I ate sugarcane while following behind, and when I ate the sugarcane roots, I was still eating, and my sister saw it and told me to throw it away."
"It's like what happened yesterday, I can't forget it."
From xiaojing Baolong is his sister's little follower, and the two of them grew up together on this small street of Zhonghuamen, which everyone in Nanjing knows. Now the small street is still there, but his sister is gone, leaving him to walk on the small street over and over again, chasing his sister's figure.
When Jing Baoling first returned home, she said to her brother, "Baolong, your name is not very good, I will give you a new name, called Jing Feng." ”
This name was firmly remembered in Jing Baolong's heart, but before he could change it, his sister was sacrificed.
Later, Jing Baolong named his third son "Jing Feng" in honor of his only sister.
Although none of Jing Baolong's three children have seen this aunt who died young, they have listened to their father tell the story of their aunt since they were young, and they are also full of reverence and nostalgia.
Even if they wanted to find out where Jing Baoling's tombstone was, the family of the martyr Jing only knew that she had died in Henan and did not know where she was buried.
Jiangsu Provincial Archives, Nanjing Municipal Archives, Yuhuatai District Archives、...... In order to find the relevant information of Jing Baoling, the Jing family has traveled to various relevant departments in Nanjing for many years, although they have found some content piecemeal, but unfortunately they have not been able to find the key information of Jing Baoling.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > sixty-four years of protection, female martyrs finally look forward to family reunion</h1>
In order to help the elderly fulfill their wishes, but also to help the martyrs find their relatives and comfort the spirit of the martyr Jing Baoling in heaven, the cemetery staff joined hands with the media to begin to search for the family of the martyr Jing.
According to the cemetery documents, Jing Martyr is a native of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, so the media pushed the search for relatives of Jing Martyr to the online platform of people in Jiangsu.
Coincidentally, on the day of the 2019 Founding Day, Jing Baolong's son Jing Feng posted a circle of friends on WeChat to remember his aunt:
"August 1st Founding Day! In memory of my dear aunt Ms. Jing Baoling!!! Salute to the Heroes of Battle!", accompanied by a photograph of a martyr.
This circle of friends was seen by a friend and left a deep impression.
On August 26, this friend saw the revelation of the martyr Jing Baoling on the Internet, she thought that Jing Feng had mentioned that she had an aunt who was a martyr, and remembered Jing Feng's circle of friends, and felt that this Martyr Jing and the Jing family must have a relationship, so she contacted Jing Feng for the first time.
Seeing the information released on the platform about Jing Baoling's place of origin, the year of sacrifice, etc., made the Jing family determine that this is the relative they have been looking for for 64 years.
Soon, the Jing family and the cemetery got in touch.
After further verification, the location where Jing Baoling joined the army - "Shuangqiao Gate outside the Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing" became the final confirmed information.
The reunion that has been painstakingly watched for half a century is now finally at hand.
On September 4, the Jing family set off from Nanjing at 6:30 a.m. and finally arrived in Luohe City, Henan Province, after more than seven hours of boating and driving.
Coming to the tombstone of the Martyr Jing, the sixty-four years of nostalgia of the Jing family and the pain of losing their loved ones finally poured out at this moment.
"Sister, our whole family has come to see you, sixty-four years, and finally found you!"
"Rest assured, the road you haven't finished, we'll finish it for you."
Jing Baolong had long passed the retirement age, but at this moment, he cried like a child at his sister's grave.
Opening the wallet he carried with him, there was also a picture of the martyr Jing Baoling - Jing Baolong said that when he was older, his only wish was to find his sister, otherwise he would not be able to give an account to his parents and offspring.
The Jing family brought a handful of native land from Nanjing and sprinkled it around the tomb of the martyr Jing, saying that in this way, the sister would even go home.
Jing Baolong's eldest son also brought a handful of rain flower stones, he said, a martyr like his aunt, shining like a rain flower stone.
Referring to her sister's fiancé at the time, that is, the ninety-year-old man who often came to the cemetery to visit Jing Martyrs, Jing Baolong was still impressed:
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law-to-be, were all ready to get married."
"When the news of my sister's death came, he rolled on the ground and was as miserable as we were."
When he learned that the old man had been visiting his sister in the cemetery for many years, Jing Baolong was very touched: there was an emotion that transcended geography and time, and like them, he had also guarded his sister for sixty-four years.
In front of the tomb of Martyr Jing, it is filled with special snacks brought from Nanjing - peach crisps, roasted selling, and mooncakes, which are the taste of her haunting hometown.
For so many years, although martyr Jing has long since ceased to be alive, there are young lovers who insist on guarding, there are also visits from comrades-in-arms, and now she can be reunited with her relatives, at this moment, she is also happy.