Ruijin Red Well
This is a well called "span 10" in Shazhouba Town, Ruijin City, Jiangxi Province. This well has a diameter of 85 cm and a depth of about 5 meters. The wall is made of pebbles. It was excavated by the cadres and the masses personally led by Mao Zedong during the period of the Central Soviet Area. The well can still be used today, and the water that comes up is cool and sweet.
But in the 1930s, it was difficult for Shazhouba people to drink water from such a well.
The nursery rhyme at that time once sang: Shazhou Dam , Shazhou Dam, there is no water to wash the handkerchief; three days without rain, the branch is opened, and the soil is moved when it rains. At that time, Shazhouba not only had no water to irrigate the fields, but it was also very difficult for the people to drink water. After the temporary central government of the Chinese Soviet Republic moved to Shazhouba in April 1933, Chairman Mao accidentally discovered this problem.
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One day, Chairman Mao saw a villager walking home with muddy water, and he asked: "Hometown,What is this water used for? "The fellow replied: "Eat, even the dirty water has to be eaten!" "Chairman Mao asked again: "Where did you pick it?" "The fellow replied:" Picked from the pond. "Chairman Mao asked the fellow to show him. After walking for a while, I saw a small pond with overgrown weeds and dirty water. The whole village was here to wash, wash vegetables, and drink water.
in front of my eyes All of this made Chairman Mao made up his mind: to help the village dig a well!
Unexpectedly, the people in the village were worried when they heard the news. Zhong Yanlin, director of the Su District Research Center of Ruijin City, said that the villagers were very much at that time. Superstition. As soon as they heard that a well was going to be drilled, several old people strongly opposed it. They said, Chairman, our Shazhouba is a dry dragon. Once a well is drilled, the dragon vein is broken, and the Dragon King will blame it.
Mao After learning about this situation, the chairman smiled and said to everyone: "Digging a well is for everyone to have clean water to drink. If the Lord Dragon comes to trouble, let him call me Mao Zedong! After hearing this, everyone burst into laughter. With Chairman Mao’s patient explanation and active encouragement, the villagers finally agreed to dig a well.
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On the day when the well was drilled, early in the morning, Chairman Mao led several Red Army soldiers to explore the water source tens of meters in front of the village. When the location of the well was determined, Chairman Mao rolled up his sleeves and rolled up The trouser legs took the lead in digging. When the crowd saw that Chairman Mao was digging the well himself, they also joined the digging team with tools. Everyone dug, shoveled and shoveled, and they worked hard.
The days of digging wells inside,Chairman Mao and other leaders of the interim central government went to work on the construction site whenever they had time. After more than ten days of fighting, when digging to a depth of 5 meters, a stream of clear spring water gushed out. Well dug! In order to make the well water clearer and more hygienic, Chairman Mao himself went down to the bottom of the well to lay sand and stone and pad charcoal.
A bucket of clear and sweet well water was punched out of the well, and the villagers of Shazhouba drank it in their mouths, and it was sweet to their hearts.
Chairman Mao took the lead in digging wells and set an example for other Soviet cadres. After that, caring about the lives of the masses and doing practical things for the masses became popular in the Central Soviet Area.
Shazhouba Revolutionary Sites Group
After the Communist Party’s digging out the hearts of the Chinese and the people, the Red Army’s long march was formed in October 1934. ". In order to stop the people from thinking of the Red Army, they have sent people to fill this well on many occasions. In this regard, the local people launched a tit-for-tat struggle.
Zhong Yanlin said that the enemy buried the well during the day, and the villagers secretly dug the well in the evening. Repeatedly several times, the well protection struggle was won and the well was retained. As Chairman Mao said: "What is the real copper wall and iron wall? It is the masses, millions of people who sincerely support the revolution."
The song "Red Well Water" has this lyrics: red Well water,Sweet and clear, holding a clear spring in my hand to miss my relatives, drinking a sip of red well water, a warm current rushes to my heart ... Nowadays, this affectionate song is often sung. Ruijin Hakka folk song performance team Liu Guolin said that they want to use their singing to express the gratitude of the people in the old district for drinking water.
The sweet well water has nourished the Shazhouba people for generations. This unpretentious red well reflects the original intention of our party to always "serve the people."
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Swiss There is a village outside Jincheng called Shazhouba. Chairman Mao lived there when he led the revolution in Jiangxi.
There are no wells in the village, and the villagers have to go far away to pick water. Chairman Mao led the soldiers and villagers to dig a well.
After the liberation, the villagers erected a stone monument beside the well, on which it was engraved: "Driving water, do not forget to dig the well, and always miss Chairman Mao."
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(Source: Official Official Account of Party History Study and Education)
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