In 2009, at the important moment of the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China, the name Xing Yanzi once again appeared in the public eye, becoming one of the "100 people who have touched China since the founding of New China".
Born in the city, she has taken root in the countryside and devoted herself to the countryside, and has always dedicated her life's efforts to rural construction without forgetting her original intention, and has become a spiritual model for guiding countless young students to devote themselves to the countryside in the 1960s and 1970s.
"Xing Yanzi" can be said to be unknown to the young students at that time, so today let's take a look at how this young and red person of the last century gradually grew up, her achievements, her struggles, and what she was doing in the years when the aura was hidden.
<h1>City girl who came to the countryside</h1>
In 1940, Xing Yanzi was born in Beijing. Her family situation, whose real name is Xing Xiuying, is very good, and her father, who is the deputy director of the factory, gave her a nickname of "Swallow", hoping that she will be able to stand out in the future and spread her wings and fly high.
As for the name Xing Yanzi, it should be mentioned that later in 1959, the secretary of the Tangshan Prefectural Party Committee thought that "Swallow" was really good, reflecting her courage to leap through all kinds of dangers, that is, from that time on, people around her began to directly call her Xing Yanzi. As for the real name, it is rarely called.
After Xing Yanzi was born, she had no time to take care of her because of her parents' work, so she was sent to her hometown in Sijiazhuang Village in Tianjin at a young age, and gradually grew up under the careful care of her grandfather.
It was then that her heart developed a deep affection for the countryside. After that, she grew older and entered Tianjin to study, and when she graduated from junior high school, she was able to continue to complete her studies in the face of the bustling urban life, but resolutely told her father that "she wants to return to the countryside"!
At first, Xing Yanzi, who said that she wanted to return to the village, was also extremely simple, that is, to accompany her old, weak, lonely grandfather. In the face of this little girl's ambitions, her parents and the people around her did not go to their hearts at first, only to think that she would come back after suffering enough in the countryside. Even after she returned to her hometown, many of her fellow villagers would privately laugh at her "stupidity".
On the other hand, Xing Yanzi, who has just come to the countryside, is indeed a little embarrassed to face a completely different life. The village cadres knew that she had no experience in farming, so they had to arrange for her to work in the kitchen first. But she didn't expect to face the big pot of rice in the canteen, Xing Yanzi was dumbfounded--she had never cooked herself once before! Faced with a pot full of boiling porridge, Xing Yanzi shouted urgently, "The porridge is going to run!" "There were a lot of jokes.
The secret discussion of others and the practical difficulties encountered did not scare Xing Yanzi. After just a few days of exercise, the cramps when he first went to the countryside completely disappeared, Xing Yanzi gradually learned farm work and housework, and at the beginning, Xing Yanzi, who could not even cook porridge, had completely disappeared, and was replaced by a member of the Communist Youth League who was bent on building the countryside.
That is, during this period of time with the peasant masses, Xing Yanzi deeply understood the adverse impact of the backward situation in the countryside on the peasants' lives, and the ambition to change rural life was also completely burning in her heart.
<h1>2. Members of the Communist Youth League who lead production</h1>
Soon after Xing Yanzi returned to the countryside, a movement broke out across the country. At that time, the whole country issued minimum standards for peasant production, and The village of Sijiazhuang, where Xing Yanzi was located, was no exception. However, at that time, the situation in Sijiazhuang Village was not optimistic. The village is sparsely populated, and the number of young and middle-aged people who can carry out agricultural work is also very small.
Seeing that there was no hope of completing the tasks assigned by the organization, Xing Yanzi thought of equality between men and women: Since there are not enough young men, can we also mobilize young women to participate in labor together?
At that time, the main reason why rural women could not participate in farming was the need to take care of children at home. Xing Yanzi took inspiration from the city's kindergartens and organized a rural nursery, so that the "Rural Women's Production Commando" was born. At first, Xing Yanzi's squad consisted of only seven people, but later the commando team grew larger and larger, gradually expanding to sixteen people.
In the "production self-help" activity, this squad composed of working women performed extraordinary, and the women opened up wasteland, knitted straw shoes, and experienced more than three months of hard labor, which won more than 3,600 yuan for the whole village. The grain they sowed saved countless villagers during the period of suffering that followed. As the leader of the squad, Xing Yanzi was also officially accepted by the villagers and became a real rural youth.
<h1>Third, the rural intellectuals who are concerned by the media</h1>
In 1960, with the arrival of three years of natural disasters, the production of the whole country fell into a state of suspension, the people's lives suffered great harm, and the pessimism in their hearts inevitably accumulated day by day. In this context, there is an urgent need for a labor leader across the country who can guide people to rekindle hope and help everyone out of their predicament.
Xing Yanzi just happened to catch up with such a time. With her excellent performance during the Great Leap Forward period, with her advanced knowledge and positive attitude, she quickly gained the attention of the party organization and became the object of the media coverage at that time.
As Hebei Daily and China Youth Daily took the lead in introducing her glorious deeds, soon major newspapers and television stations across the country began to report on this young girl who was born in the city but devoted herself to the countryside. Even Guo Moruo, who was still serving as vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress at the time, heard about her deeds and wrote a "Xing Yanzi Song" specifically for her.
Xing Yanzi's portrait has also been twice appeared in the "People's Pictorial", and the portrait of her is dressed in a simple and clean peasant outfit, her skin is dark, her shoulder-length short hair looks very capable, and she looks very beautiful without grease and powder. Soon, the story of Xing Yanzi spread throughout the north and south of the river, triggering a wave of young students going to the countryside, and her dress also became a symbol of the beauty of young women at that time, which triggered countless people to follow suit.
Since Xing Yanzi became famous, snowflakes of courtship letters have flown in, and even accumulated several sacks. As a young woman of the right age in the village, Xing Yanzi's marital status has also been valued by the party branch. In the end, after thousands of selections for Xing Yanzi, Wang Xuezhi, who was also the leader of the production squad, was also a party member, and he could be counted as a match for her, whether it was his thoughts or personality.
Wang Xuezhi's family situation is poor, and his age is much older than Xing Yanzi, at first Xing Yanzi was not satisfied with this marriage, but after many times of getting along, his loyalty and honesty finally impressed Xing Yanzi, and the two smoothly entered the marriage hall. And support each other, live a happy life.
<h1>Fourth, advanced figures favored by leaders</h1>
Xing Yanzi was undoubtedly beautiful in that year. She has repeatedly comforted the broad masses of the people as a peasant and a representative of the Zhiqing people, and has also served as a deputy to the people's congress on many occasions to participate in the preparation for the establishment of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the All-China Women's Federation, and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.
But even so, she never used her position to benefit herself, and until she left office, she maintained her status as a farmer. People have also worried: After being received by Chairman Mao five times and received by Premier Zhou thirteen times, did Xing Yanzi shake her original heart?
Xing Yanzi replied with her own actions. In her most beautiful days, she even enjoyed being invited by Chairman Mao to participate in the birthday banquet, led by Chairman Mao himself to the rostrum of the Third National People's Congress, and even in the Chinese delegation that had been going abroad many times.
Yesterday she sat in the first class of the plane for the state banquet, and the next day she wore a plain dress and carried a hoe back to her hometown to farm. It can be said that "can go up and down, can be able to function and the people", these eight words are the portrayal of Xing Yanzi's life.
As she grew older, Xing Yanzi also no longer held important positions. As a retired cadre, although she is no longer at the forefront of national work, she is always concerned about the people, especially the rural problems that she has struggled for all her life, and she has invested more energy. In her retirement life, she always plays a leading and exemplary role as a party member, always pays special party fees at the first time, and whenever she encounters a disaster area that needs to donate, she is always the first to give generously.
In the rural area where Xing Yanzi is located, people always know that "there are sufferings to find swallows". It can be said that every place of work education is inseparable from her figure.
However, compared with the busyness before retirement, Xing Yanzi, whose life seems to be much more plain, has also begun to develop her own hobbies. The retired old cadres of Beichen set up a Yangge team, and Xing Yanzi participated in it for the first time. Whenever it comes to singing red songs, Xing Yanzi is quite excited, after all, the patriotic heart contained in this song is exactly what Xing Yanzi wants to express in her life.
<h1>epilogue:</h1>
Xing Yanzi's life can be said to be a life of dedication and a life of struggle. She gave up most of her promising and bright urban identity and came to the poor and backward countryside where she grew up. Xing Yanzi is not married to a rural person, it can be said that she married the countryside, china.
She had never hoped for fame and fortune, and even after returning to a dull life, she did not feel sad. The great contrast did not crush her soul, but made her belief stronger.
Xing Yanzi once said: "I was originally an ordinary rural girl, under the cultivation of the party, I did some things for the country that I should do, which is not commensurate with the status and honor given to me by the party and the people. And this is also the true portrayal of her life!
Xing Yanzi, female, a native of Baodi, Hebei (now part of Tianjin), returned to her hometown to participate in agricultural production after graduating from high school in 1958 and joined the Communist Party of China the following year. He has successively served as a member of the Hebei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, deputy secretary of the Baodi County CPC Committee, secretary of the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee, vice chairman of the Sixth CPPCC Committee of the Tianjin Municipal CPC Committee, deputy secretary of the Party Branch of the Yongxin Zhiqing Comprehensive Field in the northern suburbs of Tianjin, and a member of the 10th to 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and a deputy to the Third National People's Congress. —— Quoted from toutia encyclopedia
Text/Shi HaiGuanfu