"If we don't fight this battle, our next generation will fight it." We are born and die so that they will not fight. The words of the Chinese volunteer soldiers in the popular movie "Changjin Lake" during the National Day made many viewers red-eyed.
"Punch a punch, so as not to have a hundred punches coming." The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea fought national and military prestige, won the respect of the world, and also paid great sacrifices, and more than 190,000 heroic sons and daughters remained on the Korean battlefield forever, including 3,418 Guangxi martyrs. This year, the regional party committee listed "paying tribute to the heroic martyrs and searching for their relatives" as one of the key projects for the study and education of party history and "I do practical things for the masses." Letting the martyrs go home and realize the dreams of the martyrs is the best way to comfort the heroic martyrs and care for the descendants of the heroic martyrs, and at the same time, it has also created a strong atmosphere of respecting the heroic martyrs and learning from the heroes in our region.
"Crossing the Yalu River with great vigor and vigor, defending the motherland is to protect the homeland." A song "Chinese Folk Volunteer Army Battle Song" sang the fearless spirit of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army more than 70 years ago. In this war, more than 190,000 Chinese volunteers died heroically, including 3,418 Martyrs from Guangxi. During the war years, conditions were limited, most of the martyrs were buried in foreign countries, some were buried in China, but also faced the lack of archival materials, and some martyrs' relatives only knew of the sacrifice of their relatives, but did not know their burial address. Bringing the martyrs home has become a strong desire of the vast number of martyrs.
Now that the mountains and rivers are unharmed, the hero please return home. In June this year, the regional party committee listed "paying tribute to heroic martyrs and searching for the relatives of martyrs" as one of the key projects for the study and education of party history and "I do practical things for the masses." In accordance with the work arrangements of the autonomous regional party committee and under the guidance of the Autonomous Region Veterans Affairs Department, the Autonomous Region Martyrs' Cemetery and the Guangxi Heroic Martyrs' Commendation Cause Promotion Association jointly launched the public welfare activity of "Paying Tribute to Heroic Martyrs and Searching for The Relatives of Martyrs" to fully mobilize the strength of the whole society, open up the "last kilometer" of the martyrs' search for relatives, and let the martyrs' heroic souls gather with their relatives at an early date.
Pick up the girder and take the initiative
"Losing the big brother" has always been a pain in the heart of the veteran soldier Su Jinwen, and finding the remains of the eldest brother Su Jinlin is his greatest wish in his life. Over the years, Su Jinwen has tried various ways to find Su Jinlin's remains, but decades have passed, and there is still no news. When Su Jinwen gradually grew old, the search for Su Jinlin's remains fell to the next generation...
The working group of the Autonomous Region Veterans Affairs Department "Searching for The Relatives of the Martyrs" visited the relatives of the martyr Su Jinlin. Autonomous Region Martyrs' Cemetery Courtesy photo
Behind the sad stories, it is full of the expectations of the relatives of the martyrs: to bring the martyrs home. Since the study and education of party history was launched, Guangxi has resolutely implemented the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping on "taking good care of the descendants of heroic martyrs and letting them live a happier life", and regarded caring for the families of martyrs as an important part of the practical activities of "I do practical things for the masses". The Department of Veterans' Affairs of the Autonomous Region actively docked the demands of the relatives of the martyrs and led the public welfare activity of "Paying Tribute to the Heroic Martyrs and Finding Relatives for the Martyrs", which is one of the important projects of the 51 "I Do Practical Things for the Masses" practical activities promoted at the level of the Autonomous Region.
"Since the establishment of the Autonomous Region Veterans Affairs Department, it has received many requests for help from the families of martyrs, helping the families of martyrs to find and verify the burial place of martyrs, and fulfilling the dreams of martyrs is a way to remember the heroic martyrs, and it is also our unshirkable responsibility, and we call on the whole society to participate in the work of searching for the relatives of martyrs." Yan Hongjuan, a second-level inspector of the Autonomous Region's Veterans Affairs Department, said.
In order to do a good job in the work of searching for relatives, the Department of Veterans' Affairs of the Autonomous Region has set up a special Guangxi Working Group for the Search for the Relatives of Martyrs, with Director Zhou Changqing as the leader of the group and responsible persons of relevant departments and offices of the department and directly subordinate units as members. The Martyrs' Cemetery of the Autonomous Region and the Guangxi Association for the Promotion of the Cause of Heroic Martyrs are responsible for the specific work of searching for relatives, formulating and issuing normative documents such as the "Notice on Paying Tribute to Heroic Martyrs and Finding Relatives for Martyrs" and "Notice on Further Doing a Good Job in Searching for The Relatives of Martyrs", setting up special work funds, establishing special work mechanisms, and successively rushing to Liuzhou, Fangchenggang, Hezhou, Laibin and other places to hold special deployment meetings. A long-awaited special activity to find relatives of a martyr was launched throughout the district.
Broaden channels and work together
"Due to chronological reasons, too little information can be retained, and the only names and martyrs' certificates that martyrs can provide are often the reasons why it is difficult to make progress in the work." Introduction of relevant staff of the Autonomous Region Martyrs' Cemetery (Guangxi Revolution Memorial Hall).
Although the family search working group is full of confidence and expectations for the search for relatives, due to incomplete archives, fault lines between relatives and friends, the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and other reasons, the actual work of finding relatives has not been as smooth as expected, and it was once in trouble.
But the search for relatives must not be shelved. The "Salute to Heroes and Martyrs, Searching for Relatives of Martyrs" group actively builds a work system platform led by the veterans' affairs department, a volunteer service platform for the participation of social forces, and a dissemination and expansion platform for online media writing, and at the same time strengthens communication and contact with public security, party history, archives and other departments, and further expands the influence of the work of searching for the relatives of martyrs.
The information network was connected, and the relevant departments actively coordinated the resources of all parties to form two domestic and foreign working groups to find the relatives of the martyrs, and constantly enriched the strength of the team. According to the China Heroic Martyrs Network and the Guangxi Revolutionary Martyrs List, the working group carefully screened and checked the burial information collected by the Guangxi martyrs who died in the DPRK, sorted out the list of martyrs into a table, and then verified and compared them one by one according to the information in the table. Subsequently, the soldiers were divided into two roads, one group was responsible for contacting the families of the martyrs who had contact information, improving the information of the martyrs, and establishing a special management of the martyrs' one file; the other group was responsible for finding and completing the martyrs' files that lacked family information, and finding relatives clues by consulting relevant historical materials, using background data comparison, file data analysis, etc.
The Autonomous Region's Leading Group for the Study and Education of Party History gave full play to the functions of the deliberative and coordinating body, actively sought the support and cooperation of all sectors of society, and with the full assistance of public security, civil affairs, party history research, local history and other departments, with technical support such as DNA comparison and information verification, and relying on the platform and technical advantages of online media, to create an "Internet +" family search model, "searching for the relatives of martyrs" finally ushered in good news.
True Love Relay Finding relatives bears fruit
2021 is a memorable year for many relatives of martyrs.
The long search for relatives spanning more than half a century by the wangchaoxing martyr family finally has an answer. With the help of the family search working group and through the cooperation of many parties, they finally found the martyr Wang Chaoxing at the Kaesong Volunteer Army Martyrs' Cemetery in North Korea.
The daughter of the martyr Gan Kun, who has entered the age of ancient rarity, searched for her father's remains for decades without results, and finally learned this year: "The bones of the martyr Gan Kun were found in the Anju Cemetery in North Korea!" The old man's tears of excitement rushed out, and she hugged the staff excitedly and cried with joy.
Gan Jie sent his father, Gan Kun, to the martyrs at the Martyrs' Cemetery in the Autonomous Region. Autonomous Region Martyrs' Cemetery Courtesy photo
The information left by martyr Su Jinlin was extremely vague, and through repeated groping and repeated checking of the martyr's information, the burial place was finally found. Su Jinwen wept: "If it were not for the party and the state not giving up, we may never find a big brother!" ”
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As of September 15, the "Searching for Relatives of Martyrs" working group has helped 114 martyrs' families find the burial places of martyrs, find relatives for 100 Guangxi martyrs buried in three northeastern provinces and other places, and find relatives for 11 sick soldiers buried in martyrs' cemeteries outside the district.
Searching for the relatives of martyrs is a long-term and arduous task, although it has been decades since the martyrs fought on the battlefield, but let the martyrs' souls return to their hometowns is the best consolation for the martyrs, but also the greatest care and comfort for the majority of martyrs' families.
"Help the relatives of martyrs to find their relatives with heart and soul, and the next step will be to strive to help more martyrs return home, let more martyrs realize their dreams, and through consolation, respect, and remembrance of revolutionary heroes, carry forward patriotism and national heroism in the whole society, encourage us to adhere to the original mission, and continuously push forward the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation that the revolutionary ancestors are determined to do." Li Zhenhua, member of the party group and deputy director of the Autonomous Region Veterans Department and deputy head of the leading group of the "Salute to Heroic Martyrs and Find Relatives for Martyrs" activity, said.