This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Volunteers' war to resist us aggression and aid Korea, and on October 21, CCTV began broadcasting the documentary "Heroes and Children", which aroused many people's memories of that period of history. At the same time, the film of the same name released in 1964, "Heroes and Children", as a memory of the times, has also been mentioned by many netizens.
In the movie "Heroes and Children", Wang Cheng, a volunteer of the Chinese people who shouted "shoot at me", became a hero in the minds of a generation. 70 years later, the name "Wang Cheng" is still in the memory of many people.
On October 22, a reporter from the Upstream News Chongqing Morning Post inquired from the Chongqing Public Security and People's Livelihood Police Platform that there were 2138 "Wang Cheng" in Chongqing. Of these, 97 per cent were male and 3 per cent were female; 48 were over 60 years of age, 1,946 were aged 20-60, 140 were aged 6-20 and 4 were under 6 years of age.
In these "Wang Cheng", although the age span is large, there are more or less stories related to the "Wang Cheng" in the movie.
The heroic image of Wang Cheng in the movie "Heroes and Children" has become the memory of a generation of times
53-year-old "Wang Cheng": My father took this name in the hope that I would have a home country to take charge
"In the years when I was born, as soon as I heard my name, others knew it must be because of 'Heroes and Children'." Wang Cheng, a 53-year-old native of Yongchuan, Chongqing, "went to the sea" to do business after switching from the army in the late 1990s and now does business in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province. In his memory, it has been a long time since anyone associated his name with Children of Heroes, "Young people in their twenties and thirties, many of whom do not know this movie." ”
Wang Cheng's name was taken by his father based on the film "Heroes and Children". At that time, there was no television set, and the state-run mine where Wang Chengjia lived would play movies on the court every week, and at the time of his birth, "Heroes and Children", although it had been released for several years, was still one of the most popular movies in the courtyard dam movies. When Wang Cheng's mother was pregnant, his father, Master Wang, had already planned for the child, the son was called "Wang Cheng", and the daughter was called "Wang Fang", which was the name of Wang Cheng's sister in "Heroic Children". "My grandmother said that Wang Cheng was finally sacrificed in the movie, which was not a good sign, and was criticized by my father, saying that he wanted to learn the spirit of heroes." Wang Cheng said.
Wang Cheng recalled that his father had no culture, but he would often tell him the reason for naming him "Wang Cheng", "I hope that I can be like Wang Cheng in the movie, with a family and country responsibility." In his 20s, Wang Cheng joined the army with the encouragement of his father.
In recent days, the CCTV movie channel has rebroadcast "Heroes and Children", and Wang Cheng has watched it with his wife and grandson, "Although I have not done anything to defend the country, I still feel that I am still worthy of the name 'Wang Cheng' in my life." ”
25-year-old "Wang Cheng": Community service learned the story of hero Wang Cheng from the mouth of a veteran
Wang Cheng, a 25-year-old "post-90s", took a few seconds to associate his name with the words "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" when he received an interview call from a reporter from the Upstream News Chongqing Morning Post. ”
Before last year, Wang Cheng did not know the movie "Heroes and Children", and the name "Wang Cheng" was taken by his family in the hope that he would have a "successful career". At the age of 23, Wang Cheng graduated from Chongqing Normal University majoring in social work and then returned to his hometown to work as a community social worker in Nanning, Guangxi. Not long after working, Wang Chengcheng learned another meaning of his name from the mouth of a 79-year-old man.
The old man's surname is Qiu, is the key service object of Wang Cheng's community, because he lives alone, and because he is a veteran, the community pays special attention, every two or three days, Wang Chengcheng wants to go to see him and help do a little housework. The second time he went to Grandpa Qiu's house, he clearly called out his name, which surprised Wang Cheng and the colleagues who took him. Grandpa Qiu was usually more stubborn, but he took the initiative to call the name of "Wang Cheng", which surprised us. Wang Cheng said.
"We got acquainted later, and he said because my name is the name of a hero." Grandpa Qiu introduced Wang Cheng to the feat of "Wang Cheng" shouting "fire at me" in "Heroes and Children". Grandpa Qiu also said, "You are like him, he sacrificed his life for the country, you are serving the people." In this regard, the young Wang Cheng felt that he should do a good job and be worthy of the name of this "hero".
Upstream News Chongqing Morning News reporter Shi Heng