During the search, someone found a photo of a brother and sister. Hua Guofeng was shocked after seeing it and quickly sent someone to send the photo to Chairman Mao in Zhongnanhai, Beijing.

On June 10, 1964, the Shaoshan Mao Zedong Exhibition Hall broke ground and was completed on August 20. On October 1, the Mao Zedong Exhibition Hall was officially opened. At that time, the exhibition hall only had three showrooms. Hua Guofeng felt that it was a little lacking. He repeatedly asked the staff to go out of the province to collect cultural relics.

During the search, someone found a photo of a brother and sister. Hua Guofeng was shocked after seeing it. hurriedly sent someone to send the photo to Chairman Mao in Zhongnanhai, Beijing. Chairman Mao was filled with emotion when he saw the photo, and then he gave instructions on the back of the photo: "Return the original, wash a set and give it to me."

So who are the siblings in this photo? Why did Chairman Mao give such instructions?

Chairman Mao and Hua Guofeng

A photo attracted Chairman Mao's attention

At the beginning of 1951, Hua Guofeng was transferred to the Xiangtan County Committee of the Communist Party of China as the secretary of the county committee; at the end of 1952, he was promoted to deputy secretary of the Xiangtan Prefectural Committee; in 1954, he served as Secretary of the Xiangtan Prefectural Committee; in July 1955, Hua Guofeng came to Shaoshan and wrote three articles after investigation and research. It was these three articles that attracted Chairman Mao's attention.

In September 1955, Chairman Mao met Hua Guofeng when he was passing by Changsha and asked him to attend the Sixth Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Party held shortly afterwards. This was Hua Guofeng's first time to attend a meeting of the Communist Party of China as a non-voting representative. In addition, it was recommended by Chairman Mao. At the meeting, he introduced in detail the experience of cooperative development in the Xiangtan region.

When Chairman Mao introduced Hua Guofeng to other leading comrades, he once said this: "You are my parent official!" This joke made Hua Guofeng very embarrassed, and his face turned red for a while. .

Chairman Mao smiled when he saw this and said: "You are an honest person." From then on, "honesty" became synonymous with Hua Guofeng.

In June 1959, Chairman Mao returned to Shaoshan after 32 years, accompanied by Hua Guofeng, who served as Secretary of the Xiangtan Prefectural Committee. In 1960, Chairman Mao personally nominated Hua Guofeng as secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee's Secretariat. A Shaoshan person once said: "Every bit of Hua Guofeng's progress is inseparable from Shaoshan, and the establishment and development of Shaoshan Mao Zedong Memorial Hall is also inseparable from Hua Guofeng's active efforts."

When the news of Chairman Mao's return to Shaoshan spread Since then, people from all over the country and international friends have come to Shaoshan to visit, and there is an endless stream of tourists. In response to this situation, the local party committee and government of Shaoshan decided to build a temporary exhibition hall on the south bank of Chairman Mao's former residence to display Chairman Mao's early deeds for the convenience of the public.

On April 8, 1961, Liu Shaoqi visited Chairman Mao's former residence. He believed that the temporary exhibition hall had affected the lives of the original residents of Nan'an and should be withdrawn. Therefore, Chairman Mao's temporary exhibition hall was first moved to Shaoshan School , and later moved to the Cultural Center and other places.

After Hua Guofeng learned about this situation, he suggested many times: "Shaoshan is Chairman Mao's hometown and an important position for promoting Mao Zedong Thought. We should build a good Mao Zedong Exhibition Hall."

But It is a pity that the central government has no such intention and the approval document cannot be issued. Who dares to implement it? Even if the central government had this idea, Chairman Mao himself would not agree. After all, he has never supported the establishment of a personality cult.

In 1963, the Central Bureau held a working meeting. At this meeting, Hua Guofeng specifically reported to Tao Zhu, the first secretary of the Central and South Bureau, about the idea of ​​building a Shaoshan Mao Zedong Exhibition Hall. After hearing this, Tao Zhu immediately agreed and said: "Your idea is very good. I suggest that you allocate another 500,000 yuan to build a Mao Zedong Exhibition Hall."

Hua Guofeng was very happy after hearing Tao Zhu's words. At the same time, he There was also strong anxiety in his heart, so he asked: "Should I tell Chairman Mao about this matter?" Tao Zhu shook his head and said: "You can't tell him. If he knows about this matter, he will definitely object. I and I Just say hello to Premier Zhou."

As soon as Hua Guofeng returned to Hunan, he put up a sign on the Hunan Provincial Bureau of Culture as "Mao Zedong's Former Residence Exhibition Hall Preparatory Office", and assigned Sun Ce and Ma Yuqing, who had cultural backgrounds, to serve as director and deputy director, and also made arrangements The six-character policy of the Mao Zedong Exhibition Hall is: "solemn, simple and beautiful." "

Not long after, with the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the foot of Yinfeng Mountain, about 1 mile away from Chairman Mao's former residence, was used as the site of the exhibition hall. The construction project of the museum was mainly designed jointly by the Central South Infrastructure Bureau and the Guangdong Provincial Architectural Design Institute.

On June 10, 1964, the Mao Zedong Exhibition Hall was officially started and completed on August 20. As soon as the exhibition hall was completed, Hua Guofeng sent a telegram to Tao Zhu, asking him to come to Shaoshan for inspection. On September 5, Tao Zhu arrived in Shaoshan. , first visited Chairman Mao’s former residence, and then inspected the Mao Zedong Exhibition Hall with a construction area of ​​2706.352 square meters.

Tao Zhu was very impressed by the simple but rich content of the Mao Zedong Exhibition Hall. He even praised the exhibition hall. The speed of completion was only 100 days.

On October 1, the Mao Zedong Exhibition Hall was officially opened. Since the exhibition hall only had three showrooms at that time, Hua Guofeng felt that it was a little short, so he repeatedly ordered the showroom staff to make sure. We need to travel more provinces to collect cultural relics. During the collection process, the staff of

accidentally obtained a photo and then handed it over to Hua Guofeng for disposal. Hua Guofeng was shocked when he saw the brother and sister in the photo. He couldn't believe it. , hurriedly sent this photo to Chairman Mao.

After receiving the photo, Chairman Mao did not speak for a long time, as if he was deep in thought. After a long time, Chairman Mao wrote on the back of the photo: "Return the original and wash it." Send me. "

It turns out that the brothers and sisters in this photo are Mao Zetan and Mao Zejian. Mao Zetan is Chairman Mao's biological brother, and Mao Zejian is Chairman Mao's cousin. So why did Chairman Mao see such a picture when he saw his younger siblings? Where are they?

Mao Zetan: Zhu Mao’s contact person

Mao Zetan is Chairman Mao’s third brother. He has been under the influence of his parents and his eldest brother Chairman Mao since he was a child. Under education, Mao Zetan developed outstanding qualities such as sympathy for the working people, diligence, bravery, and courageous actions. In July 1921, Mao Zetan joined the Socialist Youth League. He determined: "When he grows up, he will be an upright man who devotes himself to the country and serves the people!" "

In December 1922, a workers' strike broke out in Shuikou Mountain and won victory. In order to consolidate the results of the labor movement, Chairman Mao sent Tang Jisheng, Mao Zetan and others to Shuikou Mountain in 1923 to strengthen the leadership of the work movement.

Mao Zetan's pseudonym Teacher Kang patiently and meticulously taught workers' children how to read and read, and taught them to set up lofty ideals and study hard, so as to lay a solid foundation for becoming a person useful to the country and the people in the future.

Mao Zetan

In Shuishan, Mao Zetan always kept it in mind. His mission was to unite and lead the workers to fight against the reactionary authorities. The workers all admired and trusted Teacher Kang and regarded him as a caring person. Many workers would ask Mao Zetan to write letters to their families. When he was in trouble, he would ask Mao Zetan for advice.

Once, Mao Zetan fell ill, and the workers rushed him to the hospital for treatment. They gave him food, water and medicine. In this way, Mao Zetan firmly took care of him. Workers united around the party organization.

Due to Mao Zetan's outstanding performance, the Shuikou Mountain party organization seriously considered his request to join the party. After strict inspection, it was deemed that Mao Zetan met the conditions for joining the party. One day in October 1923, Mao Zetan officially joined the party organization. , became a member of the Communist Party.

On August 1, 1927, Mao Zetan participated in the Nanchang Uprising and served as the chief of the Propaganda Section of the 25th Division of the 1st Army. Among Chairman Mao's three brothers, Mao Zetan was the first to move towards the revolutionary armed struggle. People. After the Nanchang Uprising, Mao Zetan followed Ye Ting to fight in southern Jiangxi and northern Guangdong.

In early October, due to heavy casualties in the Sanheba Battle, the uprising troops were divided into two groups for transfer: one was led by Zhu De and Chen Yi and moved to northern Guangdong and southern Hunan; the other was led by Zhou Enlai and Ye Ting and moved to Guangdong. Moved to Chaoshan and other places.

At the end of October, Zhu De and Chen Yi led their troops to Xinfeng, Jiangxi Province, where they heard the news that Chairman Mao led the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops to establish a base in jinggangshan. In order to strengthen the revolutionary team, Zhu De proposed to merge with Chairman Mao's troops, but unfortunately, Zhu De and Chen Yi were not familiar with Chairman Mao at this time.

Chairman Mao’s three brothers and their mother

At this time, Zhu De thought of Chairman Mao’s younger brother Mao Zetan, so he quickly found him and asked him to go to Jinggangshan to talk to Chairman Mao about the Zhu-Mao merger. Mao Zetan happily agreed and said: "Resolutely complete the tasks assigned to me by the organization!"

Mao Zetan disguised himself as an adjutant of the Kuomintang army. After passing through several enemy blockades, he finally came to the Maoping Octagon Building in Jinggangshan and met his eldest brother Mao. President. Then Mao Zetan took out a letter and handed it to his elder brother, and said: "Zhu De and Chen Yi hope to join forces with your troops."

In this way, a very important step was taken for a Red Army meeting with great strategic significance, and Mao Zetan gloriously Completed Zhu Mao's task of joining forces and liaising.

In October 1934, after the Red Army's Long March, Mao Zetan stayed in the revolutionary base area to persist in guerrilla warfare, and served as a member of the Soviet Branch Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the commander of the Fujian-Jiangxi Military Region. Because Mao Zetan was tall and quick-witted, the soldiers affectionately called him "Commander Mao."

Due to the heavy siege by the Kuomintang army, the Red Army that stayed in the Central Soviet Area had to be divided into several guerrilla groups and fought in all directions in the mountainous areas of Fujian and Jiangxi. Mao Zetan led dozens of guerrillas to fight all the way.

Once, Mao Zetan and others came to a small forest in the mountains with only a few families. Who would have thought that hundreds of Kuomintang soldiers were stationed in the village, which also made the guerrillas very nervous. Faced with this situation, Mao Zetan was not nervous at all. Instead, he ordered: "Let's rush up and fight the enemy!"

Then Mao Zetan commanded the guerrillas to open fire with the few machine guns and automatic rifles , causing huge damage. offensive momentum. The enemy troops under attack thought that the main force of the Red Army was coming, and fled in all directions. The guerrillas seized the opportunity and took the opportunity to break out of the enemy's encirclement.

Not long after, the guerrillas arrived near a small market town in Jiangxi. Unfortunately, several Kuomintang troops did not come to the market that day. Mao Zetan calmly commanded, and the guerrilla reconnaissance platoon leader led the guerrillas to seize the enemy's firearms and clothing. Then he disguised himself as a Kuomintang army and swaggered to the market town, saying that he was the central army of the "encirclement and suppression" of the Red Army, and asked the local government to immediately raise food for the reward. them.

After the guerrillas obtained supplies, Mao Zetan commanded the vanguard detachment to set out to investigate the enemy's situation. The guerrillas all said: "With Commander Mao under our command, we can fight with confidence."

However, such a hero was betrayed by the traitors in April 1935. In order to protect the guerrillas from danger, he rushed out to attract firepower. Unfortunately, he was shot and died, a heroic sacrifice. He was only 30 years old when he died.

Mao Zejian: Kill me Mao Daxiang, and there will be thousands of Mao Daxiang

Although Mao Zejian is Chairman Mao's cousin, he treats her as his own sister. There are 10 people in the Mao family named "Ze", but there is only one girl named Mao Zejian. In addition, she is smart and very lovable.

Mao Zejian

Chairman Mao's parents, Mao Yichang and Wen, only had three sons and no daughters, so they adopted Mao Zejian as their stepdaughter. Wen specifically told Chairman Mao: "You must treat her as your own sister and let her read some books."

As the eldest brother, Chairman Mao cared deeply about Mao Zejian and loved her very much. He often told her about important national affairs. Talk about revolutionary principles.However, it is a pity that as Wen's mother and Mao Yichang passed away successively, Mao Zejian had to return to his mother who was almost blind.

Since Mao Zejian's family had no labor force and her younger siblings were still very young, she was sent to the Xiao family not far away as a child bride. At this time, Mao Zejian was very frustrated. She longed to return to Shaoshan to return to Chairman Mao, who was knowledgeable and ambitious.

In August 1920, Chairman Mao returned to his hometown again. When he learned that his sister had become the child bride of the Xiao family, he was shocked and angry, and immediately took Mao Zejian back from the Xiao family.

One day, Chairman Mao was about to return to Changsha, but he didn't expect that Mao Zejian followed him and refused to leave. Chairman Mao asked with great confusion: "Ze Jian, why do you always follow me?" Mao Zejian asked without hesitation: "Third brother, I want to go to Changsha with you to study and make revolution!" Just like that, Mao Zejian's fate changed.

After arriving in Changsha, Mao Zejian grew up rapidly under the guidance of Chairman Mao, and his ideological consciousness continued to improve. He joined the Communist Party in 1923 and became a proletarian female warrior.

In 1925, the May 30th Movement once swept the country, and the anti-imperialist struggle continued to rise. Under the leadership of the party organization and Chairman Mao's teaching and encouragement, Mao Zejian united progressive forces and went deep into docks, shops and other places to write slogans, distribute propaganda, and workers go on strike to resolutely fight against imperialism and die-hard forces. During this period, Mao Zejian also mobilized and organized a group of patriotic students to boycott foreign goods, and publicly destroyed the Japanese goods accumulated in the mansion of the president of the Hengyang Chamber of Commerce, which always worshiped foreigners.

In the summer of 1926, Mao Zejian devoted himself to the vigorous peasant movement in accordance with the instructions of the superior party committee. Mao Zejian was influenced by Chairman Mao. She took the initiative to go deep into the masses, paid attention to investigation and practice, and devoted herself to seeking liberation for the working people.

Mao Zejian often visited poor people in Shenhuang Mountain and other places, and ate, lived and worked with the farmers. Whenever she had time, she would publicize revolutionary principles to the masses, inspire their ideological street dance, encourage farmers to unite, establish and develop farmers' associations, Overthrow the feudal regime.

Mao Zejian also advocated that all people are born equal, advocated human freedom, and pursued women's liberation. She mobilized women to abandon the feudal idea of ​​foot-binding, break the old rules of ancestral halls, founded the Hengyang Women's Movement Workshop, improve women's cultural level, and strive for women's equal economic status.

In April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "April 12 Counterrevolution" coup. In May, Xu Kexiang launched the May Day Incident in Changsha. Diehard forces across Hunan took the opportunity to counterattack, Hengyang was also shrouded in the terrible "white terror".

In early 1928, in order to cooperate with the Xiangnan Uprising led by Zhu De, Chen Yi and others, Mao Zejian participated in and led the Nanyue Uprising. Under the leadership of the local party organization, the revolutionary masses mobilized one after another to cooperate with the guerrillas to destroy the reactionary armed forces of the Nanyue Regiment Defense Bureau.

Bronze Statue of Mao Zejian

That afternoon, the enemy sent more than 100 troops to counterattack the guerrillas. After Mao Zejian learned the news, he quickly held a meeting. She confidently said: "If the enemy wants to counterattack, we must ambush them cleverly." Annihilate the enemy! "

So under the leadership of Mao Zejian, the guerrillas laid an ambush in advance. When the enemy entered the ambush circle, Mao Zejian shouted: "Comrade, comrades!" The guerrillas were so energetic that they beat the enemies in the regimental defense bureau and fled in all directions.

Mao Zejian was pregnant at the time. In order not to drag down other comrades, she decided to stay and hide in a farmer's house. Who would have thought that on the night Mao Zejian gave birth, the child's cries attracted enemy troops. She was arrested again, and the child died shortly after birth.

Faced with all kinds of torture by the enemy, Mao Zejian did not bow his head. She said: "You can't get any news from me!"

One day, the enemy specially sent the rebellious Peng Zan to persuade Mao Zejian to surrender. Mao Zejian looked at him coldly and said firmly : "Those who are afraid of death will not engage in revolution, and once revolution occurs, they will not betray. If I are asked to surrender, the river will flow backwards unless the sun rises from the west. I would rather sacrifice my life than betray the party organization! "

One day in August 1929, on the road leading to Mawang Temple Ping, dozens of enemy soldiers were walking on both sides, and Mao Zejian, who was in ragged clothes and covered with scars, was walking in the middle. The eyes of the people on the roadside showed pity, and they cried as they bid farewell to the heroine who was rushing to the execution ground.

Mao Zejian strode forward and shouted: "If you kill one of my Mao Daxiangs today, there will be thousands more Mao Daxiangs! The revolutionaries can't be killed or killed! Long live the Communist Party of China!"

Here Amidst the shouts that echoed across the sky, Mao Zejian died heroically. He was only 24 years old when he died. At that time, the Kuomintang restricted the collection of corpses within three days, but the underground party still risked their lives and secretly buried Mao Zejian's body at the Xixi Bridge on the bank of the Xiangjiang River.

Half a year later, Mao Zejian's body was moved to the foothills of Jinzifeng Mountain on the outskirts of Hengshan County, and a stone tablet was erected. On it was engraved: "Ms. Mao Daxiang's tomb in the 18th Year of the Republic of China, originally from Xiangtan." Regarding Mao Zejian's sacrifice, Chairman Mao Extremely sad, he thought Mao Zejian was a good party member and good comrade, but it was a pity that he died too early.

People always die in wars. Who said he is my son Mao Zedong?

After the opening of the exhibition hall, in just three months after 1964, more than 70,000 people were received; in 1965, more than 240,000 people visited the exhibition hall. ; In 1966, more than 3 million people came to the Shaoshan Exhibition Hall, which once reached the limit of reception work.

It was also in this year that Chairman Mao returned to Shaoshan again and lived in Dishuidong. At that time, Ma Yuqing, the director of the exhibition hall, reported the exhibition hall to Chairman Mao. He said euphemistically: "Chairman, your family is full of loyalists. Six relatives have sacrificed their lives for the liberation of our country. We should commemorate..."

Later Wang Yanchun, the second secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee who accompanied Chairman Mao, after visiting the exhibition hall with the staff around Chairman Mao, came back and said to Chairman Mao: "We just went to visit the exhibition hall and saw your family, Chairman, inside. Everyone was very moved."

Chairman Mao said after hearing this: "How can you only count the number of martyrs in my family? Why don't you count the number of martyrs in Shaoshan and the whole country? Martyrs across the country! "

Ma Yuqing and Wang Yanchun were moved by Chairman Mao's broad mind, although at this moment, Chairman Mao was also thinking about the martyrs across the country. It is worth mentioning that Chairman Mao himself has never been to the Mao Zedong Exhibition Hall since it was built. The reason for this is still unknown.

The Mao family has many martyrs, but the most impressive is Chairman Mao's eldest sonMao Anying.

Mao Anying was born in Changsha City, Hunan Province in 1922. When he was 8 years old, his mother Yang Kaihui was arrested and imprisoned by the enemy. He was also imprisoned in a cell and spent a period of his childhood in prison. After Yang Kaihui died, the underground party rescued Mao Anying brothers and escorted them to Shanghai.

Later, due to the destruction of Shanghai's underground party organization, Mao Anying's brother lived on the streets and lived a very hard life. He worked as an apprentice, picked up rags, and sold newspapers...

In 1936, Mao Anying and his younger brother Mao Anying were arranged to the Soviet Union. study. While studying in the Soviet Union, he began to study at the Military and Political School and the Russian Military Academy, and participated in the Soviet Patriotic War, braving the hail of bullets and making contributions.

In 1946, Mao Anying returned from the Soviet Union and joined the Communist Party in the same year. In accordance with Chairman Mao's request to "make up for the class at the Labor University", he carried out land reform in the liberated areas, did propaganda work, and worked as a secretary. In the early days of liberation, Mao Anying also served as deputy secretary of the party committee of the factory. During his work, he never mentioned his true identity to others.

In 1950, when the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, Mao Anying, who was newly married, took the initiative to volunteer and became the first volunteer soldier to sign up. Later, she served as a Russian translator and secretary of the Volunteer Army Headquarters. I thought that Mao Anying's future would be smoother and smoother. Unexpectedly, on the morning of November 25, as an enemy plane suddenly flew over the Volunteer Army Headquarters, Mao Anying, who was working in the war room, was hit by a gasoline bomb and died heroically. .

After Chairman Mao learned the news of the death of his eldest son, he suppressed his grief and said slowly:

"People will always die in war. The Volunteer Army has sacrificed the lives of so many commanders and soldiers, and their sacrifices are all glorious. It cannot be because of the shore "Ying is my child, so I regard this as a big deal. He is not only my son, he is also an ordinary soldier."

Mao Anying is also the sixth relative of Chairman Mao's family to devote himself to the revolutionary cause of the Chinese people...