On the morning of September 22, the opening ceremony of the Wang Guangmei Memorial Hall, guided by the Joint Party Committee of the Social Organization of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism of the Communist Party of China and undertaken by the Guangmei Red Culture and Art Research Institute and other units, was held in Chengdu to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Wang Guangmei. Wang Guangmei's daughter Liu Ting and Wang Guangmei's nephew Queen Xiaosu attended.
September 26 this year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Wang Guangmei, an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a tried-and-tested loyal communist fighter, former director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, executive committee member of the All-China Women's Federation, director of the "Happiness Project" Organizing Committee, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, proletarian revolutionary of the older generation, and wife of Liu Shaoqi, former president of the People's Republic of China.
Although the Slovaks are gone, the style will last forever. In 1995, Wang Guangmei, who was over 70 years old, was invited to serve as the director of the organizing committee of the "Happiness Project • Action to Help Poor Mothers", as the initiator of this large-scale poverty alleviation plan, he worked tirelessly and selflessly in many ways, through 11 years of hard work, the "Happiness Project" set up 389 project sites across the country, with a total investment of 310 million yuan, rescued 154,000 poor mothers and families, and public welfare activities spread throughout 29 provinces and municipalities across the country, benefiting more than 900,000 people, and successively won the "China Population Award". China Poverty Eradication Award Achievement Award" and other honors. As of 2020, the "Happiness Project" has invested 2.979 billion yuan in relief funds, helping 356,200 mothers in distress and benefiting 1,512,900 people.
Great love is silent, and goodness is eternal. When Yu Chunyuan, the initiator of the "Wang Guangmei Memorial Hall" and a well-known figure in society, talked about the original intention of building the museum, he said with great affection: "When Wang Guangmei was alive, I went to visit her old man's home every year, brought the affectionate greetings of the people of Sichuan, and got a lot of her motherly teachings from her, and her touching deeds of her life without regret, especially her infinite loyalty to the Communist Party of China, her infinite love for the motherland, and her infinite concern and concern for the people's happiness project and the cause of poverty alleviation, were deeply imprinted in my heart." After the death of the old man, I was deeply saddened, in order to let future generations always remember this loyal, kind, loving, selfless and fearless, lifelong dedication of the outstanding old man, after careful consideration, I decided to propose the construction of a memorial hall to commemorate her old man's legendary, perseverance, and loyal life. ”
It is understood that the Wang Guangmei Memorial Hall is located in No. 799, Hangying West Road, Shuangliu District, Chengdu, the museum area covers an area of 3,000 square meters, mainly including the "Qimei Life Wang Guangmei" gallery, bronze statue square, fine flower seedling garden, red calligraphy and painting museum and other scenic spots, a total of 230 photos of Wang Guangmei's life and Liu Shaoqi's style, displaying more than 200 works of leaders, biographies, newspaper and periodical albums, film and television works, cultural relics, poetry, calligraphy and painting seal carvings and comic strips.
Huang Zheng, former deputy director of the Second Compilation and Research Department of the Institute of Party History and Documentation of the CPC Central Committee, Luo Hao, chairman of Hunan Heguang Media Co., Ltd., Zhang Kaiyue, director of the Yancheng Shaoqi Comrade Library, Liu Yajun, general manager of Shanghai Haipai Comic Strip Center (Shanghai City Animation Publishing and Media Co., Ltd.), Niu Zhanfeng, president of the Sunshine Welfare Institute of Xiangcheng County, Xuchang City, Henan Province, and Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Department of Civil Affairs, Federation of Literature and Art, Federation of Industry and Commerce, and Association for Foreign Cultural Exchanges gave strong support. Luo Xiong, former director (director) of the Liu Shaoqi Hometown Administration Bureau (Liu Shaoqi Memorial Hall), gave meticulous guidance to the exhibition, and after intensive promotion, a party history education and patriotism education, party spirit education, and research and practice base for primary and secondary school students stood out in Chengdu.
At the opening ceremony, all sectors of society actively donated literature and cultural and creative products. Among them, Niu Zhanfeng, president of the Sunshine Welfare Institute of Xiangcheng County, Xuchang City, donated a 120-kilogram bronze statue of Wang Guangmei; Hunan Heguang Media Co., Ltd. donated the TV series "Liu Shaoqi the Communist" and the documentary "The Story of Liu Shaoqi"; Yin Yanzheng, director of the China Red Porcelain Museum, donated a red porcelain statue of Wang Guangmei; Qin Hongguang, director of the Shaoshan Red Memory Museum, donated wang Guangmei's old photos and books; Li Jie, director of Liu Shaoqi's former residence in Shichi, donated a high imitation of Liu Shaoqi's handwriting "On the Cultivation of Communist Party Members.". Lai Junhua, director of hanyeping digital museum, donated literature from Wang Guangmei and Anyuan, Xie Zhiping, dean of the Red Culture and Education Institute of Huaminglou, donated cultural and creative products "Tea from the Hometown of the President of the People's Republic of China", Liu Yuanzhiqing donated 200 copies of the comic strip "Qimei Life Wang Guangmei" to Lian, a retired cadre of Baifang Village in Xueyuan Township, Shanyin County, Shanxi Province, and Qi Bing, chairman of Jiangsu Tengyibo Education Technology Co., Ltd., the hometown of the New Fourth Army, donated 200 copies of Liu Yuan's new book "Dreaming Back to the Ages, Shaoqi Yongzai: Long Remembrance of Father Liu Shaoqi and New China" and patriotic education books Wang Shengli, Zhang Tingjie, Peng Jinmiao, Peng Zhiyuan, Yang Qiangde, Yin Yanzheng, Hu Fenglin and other calligraphy and painting artists donated nearly 100 works...
At the event, Liu Ting, Wang Guangmei's daughter, said emotionally: "Merit is preserved in future generations, and care is warm to the world." On the occasion of the centenary of my mother's birth, the memorial hall was established in Chengdu, which is rare and valuable. This fully expresses the deep remembrance and infinite admiration of the people of Chengdu for my father Liu Shaoqi and my mother Wang Guangmei! On behalf of the family, I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks and sincere respect to Mr. Yu Chunyuan and the participants of the event! Thanks, I will give you a lot of support. It is hoped that the memorial hall will become a party history study base, a patriotic education base, a research base for primary and secondary school students, and a happiness project inheritance base, so as to serve the society and benefit the people more. Use the red gene to unite social forces, contribute to the prosperity of the country, the happiness of the people, and the tranquility of society, add bricks and tiles, and make contributions! ”
At the same time, Wang Yongkang, director of the "Wang Guangmei Memorial Hall", also excitedly and proudly told reporters: The construction of this memorial hall is the accumulation and witness of history! Because we have the responsibility and the obligation to pass on the great dedication and sacrifice of the older generation of revolutionaries from generation to generation. The memorial hall will soon be expanded by projects, and a visitor center and reception center will be established, and the memorial hall will gradually be built into a base for patriotic education and inheriting the red gene and boosting the Chinese spirit. He said that the construction of the "Wang Guangmei Memorial Hall" is a great thing that merits the contemporary era, benefits the future, benefits the masses, and benefits future generations, and they will go all out and do their utmost to build and improve it well.
Liu Lirong, project director of the domestic project department of the Chinese Welfare Foundation, Xu Shiqun, former vice governor of the Sichuan Provincial Government, Major General Zheng Daoguang, former deputy director of the Political Department of the Chengdu Military Region, Li Jie, head of the inspection team of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee, Huang Zheng, former deputy director of the Second Compilation Department of the Central Academy of Party History and Documentation, Wang Guangmei's nephew Queen Xiaosu, Liu Shaoqi's nephew Liu Qing, Wang Shengli, inspector of the General Office of the State Council, Liu Jun, former deputy director of the Information Office of the Secretariat Bureau of the General Office of the State Council, Ding Yinan, famous director, Guo Lianwen, Lin Yongjian, famous actors, Gao Qi, one of the top ten tour guides in the country, About 60 people, including Ye Mao, head of the Red Great Cause Foundation, Wang Saihong, executive director of the Huaxia Shaoqi (Beijing) Cultural Development Center, Sun Weicai, vice president of the New Fourth Army Research Association of Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, Shi Yong, secretary of the Joint Party Committee of social organizations of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Chen Xiaopeng, vice chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Sports Association for the Elderly, Che Xiaoling, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Women Entrepreneurs of the Sichuan Federation of Industry and Commerce, and representatives of revolutionary memorial halls and museums throughout the country attended the above activities.
(Reporters Tang Xueyuan, Jiang Yuan, Deng Jialiang, Wang Qisong )
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