National Day celebrations
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Jing鈥檃n evoked a mood of exaltation this month as it celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the People鈥檚 Republic of China.
On October 1, local students, residents and office workers gathered at the Memorial of the Second National Congress of the Communist Party of China in the district to attend a special flag-raising ceremony.
The ceremony kicked off at 8:30am in front of the site where the first CPC constitution was drafted nearly a century ago. People saluted the flag and sang the national anthem.
It ended with a children鈥檚 choir singing the classic patriotic song 鈥淢e and My Motherland.鈥 People at the scene sang with them and waved national flags.
After the ceremony, a special running event started from the site. Organized by Jing鈥檃n police, it attracted more than 30 participants. They started the 7.2-kilometer race at 9:30am.
The day before, the Memorial of the Central Military Commission of the CPC held a special event to honor martyrs and the armed struggle against reactionaries in the early days of the CPC.
The site was the location of a cloak-and-dagger story, where Peng Pai, Yang Yin, Yan Changyi and Xing Shizhen were arrested due to the betrayal of Bai Xin. The four were later killed.
During the event, soldiers presented flowers to the memorial of the four martyrs, and then local students visited the site to soak up the revolutionary stories. Also, Wei Zhongyi, son of Wei Zhiying, a PLA pilot and martyr, told students his father鈥檚 story.
鈥淚n August 1970, my father鈥檚 plane lost both of its engines during flight. He decided not to bail out of the crippled aircraft. Instead, he managed to make a forced landing. He tried his best to protect the state鈥檚 property, but the accident disabled him,鈥 he said.
He added, 鈥淏ut my father didn鈥檛 give up. Soon, he returned to his work as a pilot. However, on March 12, 1976, his plane鈥檚 control systems failed to work when he was flying. It took his life.鈥
Wei said his father has always been his beacon of his life, and he hopes countless martyrs can become beacons for today鈥檚 young people.
During the weeklong National Day holiday from October 1-7, 鈥渞ed鈥 patriotic songs were heard around Zhabei Park.
A group of retired citizens, known as the grey-haired chorus, came to sing classic 鈥渞ed鈥 songs such as 鈥淚 Love Motherland鈥檚 Blue Sky鈥 and 鈥淢e and My Motherland鈥 in celebration of National Day.
The chorus鈥檚 leader is a retired worker surnamed Zhang. 鈥淚t started 17 years ago, and gradually more and more senior citizens joined in. We gather here every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,鈥 he said.
A chorister surnamed Chen said she attended every week. 鈥淚t鈥檚 good for my health and mood. Also, I have made many new friends,鈥 she said.
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