Throughout the 20th century, the writer who had the greatest influence on China was none other than Mr. Lu Xun, who had a cold eyebrow and a thousand fingers, bowed his head to the cow, Lu Xun's life was a life of fighting, with his pen that penetrated people's hearts, he wrote many classic novels and essays, fulfilled the promises of his youth, and used his sharp words to treat the souls of the Chinese people. October 19, 1936, was a day of national grief, at 5:25 a.m. that morning, a generation of Mr. Lu Xun died of tuberculosis, the body was only more than 60 pounds thin, Mr. died at the age of 55, the whole country was shocked.
Mr. Lu Xun had fully anticipated the deterioration of his body and even his final destination, as early as a month before his death, he wrote this article and explained his future life. I hope that his fans will quickly forget him, do not hold any commemorative activities after his death, quickly converge, bury the pull down, and cannot collect condolences from any one person, except for a few special old friends. He warned his children and grandchildren not to be empty writers or artists if they did not have special talents, because this road was too difficult for him. The news of Lu Xun's death was spread by Xu Guangping to Lu Xun's disciple Hu Fengcai, and only then did the people of Shanghai know that a generation of masters Lu Xun had died, and Song Qingling immediately organized the establishment of a funeral committee and presided over the funeral himself.
The list of the funeral committee gathered big celebrities, Including Mao Dun, Shen Junru, Cai Yuanpei, and Zhou Zuoren. After Lu Xun's death, the mourning time was originally planned to be one day, but it could not resist the enthusiasm of the masses, and the continuous crowd spontaneously came to mourn, and had to extend the time of mourning, delaying it by another day. On October 22, Lu Xun's coffin was transported from the Wanguo Funeral Home to the Wanguo Cemetery. The road is relatively long and needs to be carried by car. To carry Mr. Lu Xun's coffin from the funeral home to the car, there were 16 people carrying the coffin, all of whom were leaders in the literary world, including Hu Feng, Xiao Shan, Ba Jin and others. Among the mourners, there are many celebrities who come to collect traffic.
On the way to the Cemetery of All Nations by Mr. Lu Xun's hearse, there were ordinary people who spontaneously wrapped up white belts to send Lu Xun on his last journey, and there were many people singing anti-war songs in unison, and many people were in tears, and they could not help themselves, and the number exceeded 100,000. The whole of Shanghai fell into grief, and Mr. Lu Xun's official coffin was covered with a white cloth, on which there were three big characters of national soul, which concisely and clearly summarized Lu Xun's life of fighting and glorious life. The people have been sending Lu Xun to the destination, and each of them has sprinkled a handful of soil on Mr. Lu Xun's tomb to express their most sincere condolences. The famous literary scholar Ye Shengtao witnessed this scene and wrote in his article that the scene of Mr. Lu Xun's burial, not to mention Shanghai, even the whole country is difficult to see such a shocking scene.