<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" >1956, Mao Zedong wore old leather shoes to see the president, Luo Ruiqing asked him to change his shoes, Chairman: No need! </h1>
Many people may not know that Mao Zedong, as the leader of the country, never paid attention to eating, drinking, dressing, and so on. Mao Zedong has always maintained a civilian state of mind, he never cares about dressing, that is, he does not pay attention when there is no condition to pay attention, and he still does not pay attention when he has conditions.
Mao Zedong said: "With the development of the economy, it is difficult to do this if we pay attention to the conditions and still restrain ourselves from paying attention to it. We just have to do the hard stuff. Mao Zedong was "doing something difficult," and that was the state of mind. For dressing, Mao Zedong said: "My standard is, do not show meat, do not breathe. "During the war years, Mao Zedong's gray military uniform, patch stacked patches, has been worn, the patch is so thick that it is like cardboard, it really can't be worn, Mao Zedong also wants the guards to keep for mending clothes. He said, "Well, use it to mend clothes." He can continue to play a role, and I hope to continue to see it. ”
"Save one piece of clothing, and the soldiers in front will have one more bullet." Mao Zedong said this again and again. Oh, yes! One person saves, everyone saves, that is, a huge war resource, can fight for the people. Mao Zedong was a big accounter. So history has left many images of the greatest people's leader with a patch. After the founding of New China, it was difficult to see Mao Zedong's patched coat in public, but his underwear, underwear and other clothes were still patches and patches, and these patches were "varied", white cloth heads, blue cloth heads, yellow cloth heads, gray cloth heads, and patches were patched if there were any rags. Mao Zedong took the fact that the country was still very poor, that he was a member of the people, and that he did "difficult things" to do.
Therefore, history has left many precious cultural relics with patches and patches for this greatest leader of the people. The two towels that Mao Zedong had covered were patched with 56 patches and the other with 73 patches. This one, which was patched with 73 patches, was covered all year round and completely lost its original color. This is also extremely rare in the average family. Mao Zedong's pair of cowhide slippers, worn for 20 years, repaired, repaired, unknowing shoe repairers no longer repair, live on duty to throw into the garbage can.
Where could they have imagined that this would be the slippers worn by the great leader they had dreamed of seeing? Mao's slippers, which he had prepared on a train during his visit to the Soviet Union in 1949, have been worn ever since, both in Beijing and on inspections abroad.
In June 1964, Mao Zedong went to Changsha, Hunan Province, the staff Xiao Genru took this pair of shoes to find the shoemaker to repair, the shoe repairman saw that the slippers were seriously damaged, thought that it could not be repaired, did not repair, he was inconvenient to say that the shoes were Chairman Mao's, had to say that the grandfather, the old man liked, and handed the two shoe repairers cigarettes, it took dozens of minutes to repair. In 1966, Mao Zedong returned to Shaoshan and still wore these shoes. When they arrived in Changsha, the staff took advantage of Chairman Mao's rest, so they took out their shoes and put them on the balcony to blow the wind, and when Chairman Mao was about to get up, the staff went to get them, found that the slippers were missing, and they were in a hurry.
Mao Zedong had two pajamas, one worn for seventeen or eighteen years, with patches stacked on patches. There was a cassava cotton pajama, a total of 67 patches were patched, and even the laundry staff was embarrassed, afraid that they would not be able to pick it up again.
After the founding of New China, Mao Zedong did not buy a single new dress for more than a decade. Mao Zedong's pair of brown leather shoes, the leather surface is wrinkled, wear can not afford the shoe polish, so that the upper color is different, the sole is uneven, walking is very uncomfortable, but Mao Zedong has been wearing to participate in important activities. In 1956, when Indonesian President Sukarno visited China, Mao Zedong wore these shoes to receive the president, who was known for his luxury. Before the meeting, Minister of Public Security Luo Ruiqing saw Mao Zedong wearing these old leather shoes and said, "Chairman, you should change into a pair of black shoes!" Mao Zedong asked why, Luo Ruiqing said: "According to international practice... After hearing this, Mao Zedong showed a serious and dismissive look, saying: "Why follow foreign practices?" "There's no need to change it, we Chinese wear it according to Chinese habits."
This is Mao Zedong, a different Mao Zedong, a Chinese with a conscience who can't help but highly applaud Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong's "extraordinary spirit of self-reliance and indomitable national integrity achieved perfect unity in him, so that it left a model in the history of the Chinese nation that is difficult to surpass." Mao Zedong's civilian clothes became the family style of the Mao family, and his children developed a simple style of dressing. Daughter-in-law Shao Hua has never had decent clothes in her life.