Tomorrow, the farewell ceremony of traffic police officer Li Yong will be held at the Qingdao Funeral Home. In traditional customs, only by performing this ceremony can a person completely leave home, leave his relatives, and leave us.
Martyr Li Yong. Martyr, this title is a magnificent eulogy, the heaviest weight on Li Yong's life scale, and the highest crown awarded by the state to the victims.
However, in this moment of nostalgia, we most want to feel his body temperature when he was alive, remember his smile, remember his repeated duty gestures thousands of times, and soothe his tired back after finishing work. How I hope that the 55-year-old still lives among us, experiencing his own chai rice oil and salt, the joy of heaven, the joy of the world, the joys and sorrows.
Life photo of Li Yong in September 2011. Photo by Wang Qun
Li Yong, his sudden departure, why did the whole city feel sorry?
The so-called hero is that although tens of millions of people are looking forward to it; it is to let ordinary posts have a long-lasting respect like a drizzle; it is because there are people who guard it day after day, and the lights of thousands of homes can be clearly extinguished like the stars and the moon.
Li Yong is such an ordinary person. He is a big brother next door, a dedicated ordinary traffic policeman, his warm heart warms the people around him who need help, he is still a husband who likes to cook and a father who accompanies his daughter.
"That's daddy who did that!" The moment the bad news came, the daughter's grief and pain were so real and so heartbreaking. Neighbors, comrades-in-arms, taxi drivers, and many strangers who have never known each other spontaneously sent the simplest garlands and the most sincere wishes.
If we say that we are the sea, Li Yong is a drop of water, and the sea has lost the water in the body; if a person is worth remembering, then the tears are miniature monuments.
Li Yong left the world he loved! In fact, Li Yong did not go far. He is like a constellation in the night sky, annotating the spiritual coordinates and civilization genealogy of the city with ordinary life.
Compared with the lofty title of "hero", Li Yong's ordinariness is more worth cherishing. He is the energetic face we pass by every day on the subway; he is the citizen who gives up his seat at any time on the bus; he is the people who are busy on land, in the sky, on the sea, on construction sites, in every corner of the city.
A city that moves like a planet. Her track is love, labor, responsibility; her track is charcoal in the snow, the breeze of the hot summer, a friendly look in even the most ordinary way.
Li Yong is one of us, Li Yong is a beautiful expectation and commitment to life, Li Yong is a living cell of the great city of Qingdao.
The rivers of life run through the ages. We, 10 million ordinary people, are urban heroes. Our common body temperature can create spring; our common breath constitutes a symphony of years; our common ideal can turn over mountains and seas.
Li Yong's eldest brother, the heroic soul rested in peace, all the way good. Qingdao, your beloved homeland is guarded by us day and night!
Timeline of Li Yong's deeds
In the early morning of October 3, Li Yong performed the National Day security task, and when inspecting the expressway in the jurisdiction, he interrogated the suspected drunk driver according to law, and unfortunately fell under the highway overpass during the disposal process, and died heroically after rescue was ineffective, at the age of 55.
On October 4, the WeChat public account of Qingdao Daily released "Heartache! Qingdao traffic policeman Li Yong unfortunately died in the National Day security mission, and his last microblog made people tear up..., causing huge social repercussions.
On October 5, the details of Li Yong's sacrifice were made public for the first time. The first page of Qingdao Daily published a newsletter titled "Li Yong, a Shining "Road Sign".
On October 6, the WeChat public account of Qingdao's main city released "The community where Li Yong lives has issued a permanent announcement!" 》。
On October 13, the Party Committee of the Qingdao Municipal Public Security Bureau decided to carry out the activity of learning from Comrade Li Yong in the city's public security organs.
On October 13, the Traffic Police Detachment of the Municipal Public Security Bureau held a mobilization meeting to learn from Comrade Li Yong and awarded the flag to the "Model Pacesetter Post", the Liaoyuan Road Squadron was awarded the "Model Pacesetter Post" battle flag and ribbon, and The Yanji Road of Shandong Road, where Li Yong fought, was set as the "Model Pacesetter Post".
On October 24, the General Office of the People's Government of Shandong Province issued the "Reply of the People's Government of Shandong Province on Assessing Comrade Li Yong as a Martyr", which approved Li Yong of Qingdao Traffic Police as a martyr.
On October 25, the Political and Legal Committee of the Municipal Party Committee issued the Decision on Carrying Out Learning Activities from Comrade Li Yong, and carried out the activities of learning from Comrade Li Yong in depth in the municipal law system.
On October 31, the farewell ceremony of martyr Li Yong was held at the Qingdao Funeral Home.