Preface
In August 1984, Mao Zedong's former residence in Shaoshan, Hunan was finally opened to the public, but at this time something strange happened: A woman suddenly knelt down with a plop on the ridge of the field where Chairman Mao had cultivated.
The eyes of the people around her were instantly attracted by her. Everyone looked at the lady curiously, but her strange behavior still did not stop. She stretched out her hand, kept digging into the soil, and cried loudly, tears gushing out like a dam.
Everyone was very confused, and the responsible person hurriedly asked the lady what happened? But when we learned the reason, everyone present was shocked. It turned out that this lady was no one else, but Li Na, the youngest daughter of Chairman Mao.
Why don’t people around you know Li Ne’s identity? What happened after that? We have to start from the beginning...
is Li Na
Chairman Mao: Want to go back to Shaoshan retirement
"I will still come back, especially in my later years. I will live in Shaoshan until my life leaves." This is Chairman Mao's promise to the villagers when he inspected his hometown in 1959, and it was also his wish for many years.
Chairman Mao, who went south to inspect in 1959, came to Hunan. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chairman Mao came to Shaoshan Chong .
6 In June, the convoy was driving on the road to Shaoshan, and the chairman was unconsciously nervous. This was the first time he had returned home in more than 30 years.
The people in my hometown are extremely kind. After learning that Chairman Mao was here, every household came to greet him. Everyone surrounded Chairman Mao and wanted to pay tribute to the voices and appearances of the great man.
The chairman who returned to his hometown relieved his fatigue. Here he chatted and laughed with the people, and giggled from time to time in the crowd.
Chairman Mao was very happy at this moment, and this is his imagined life.
Unfortunately, Chairman Mao’s itinerary was really tight. After only 12 days, he was ready to return. Before leaving, he promised the people who came to see him off that he would stay in Shaoshan for retirement in his later years.
Chairman Mao and Shaoshan people
The people were moved by the Chairman's words, and one of them said happily: "Then you can build a residence suitable for retirement." Chairman Mao laughed at this and said, "Okay, after the construction is completed, I will definitely live back."
The two sang and the atmosphere of seeing off was very pleasant.
After Chairman Mao left, the Hunan Provincial Party Committee will put the plan to build a residence on the agenda. They will finally choose a location near a drip hole not far from Chairman Mao’s bronze statue.
By 1966, the drip hole had almost been built. After Chairman Mao learned about this, he came to his hometown again while out for investigation. This time he moved into the drip hole built by the people for him.
66, the chairman stayed in his hometown for only 11 days, and he was plagued by affairs and had to leave his hometown. However, this time the Chairman was even more sure of his wish and must return to his hometown in his later years.
But unfortunately, this extremely simple wish was an impossible luxury for the Chairman. After that, he never returned to his hometown.
The wish to go home to support his old age has not been realized. This is Chairman Mao’s biggest regret. He wants to go home to accompany his parents and see his hometown develop. However, the new China needs him, and he cannot leave the country under construction and return home.
drop water hole
976, Chairman Mao suffered from serious illness and ended up being bedridden. But even so, I still couldn't forget my wish to return home.
As the condition worsens day by day, Chairman Mao's homesickness has become stronger and stronger. He told the staff this wish, hoping that they can help him realize it.
There is no doubt that everyone disagrees. At this time, the chairman's physical condition was getting worse and worse, and he could not bear the pain of running around at all. But Chairman Mao really insisted, and he even said: If someone disagrees with him going back, his body will also be sent back.
Chairman Mao’s homesickness infected everyone, and everyone couldn’t bear it anymore. No matter how difficult it was, the task of escorting Chairman Mao home must be done, and it must be completed during his lifetime.
After that, Chairman Mao’s special plane "Vissue" began repeated test flights between Beijing and Changsha, and staff in Shaoshan also began to arrange their work in a intensive manner.
preparations are underway in an orderly manner, and the specific time for the Chairman to return home has also been determined. On September 15, Chairman Mao officially set off from Beijing to Shaoshan.
Shaoshan Drip Cave received a call on September 8, The first secretary of Hunan Province Zhang Pinghua will come here tomorrow to conduct inspection work to ensure that nothing is wrong, and then officially welcome Chairman Mao. As time approached, the staff of the drip hole were getting closer, and the nervousness unconsciously appeared.
However, the phone number on duty at twelve o'clock in the night and Zhang Pinghua couldn't come. This abnormal behavior caused everyone to be puzzled. Some people wondered if Chairman Mao’s return time was postponed.
Everyone can’t think of other reasons, and they all think it’s a high probability that this is the reason.
But at 4:00 pm on September 9, a news was repeatedly broadcast on the radio, which broke their conjectures. It turned out that in the early morning of last night, the great leader Chairman Mao completely left us.
Chairman Mao’s only wish during his lifetime was that it was not realized, which is everyone’s regret.
Chairman Mao’s regrets when he was young
Chairman Mao had been thinking about returning home before his death, and even did not forget it when he was seriously ill. The reason behind it is that many people think that this is because the Chinese people pay attention to Leaf back to their roots . The chairman who has been wandering outside for many years may pay more attention to this.
But in fact, there is another very important reason: guilt towards his parents, especially his mother.
Everyone knows that Mao Zedong left home when he was 16 years old. At that time, he wanted to go out to learn knowledge, but his father disagreed and kept blocking him.
But fortunately, my mother was reasonable and highly agreed with his idea. After that, she and her relatives and friends persuaded her father, and finally, the young Mao Zedong got what he wanted.
In order to study, Mao Zedong needed to rely on his two younger brothers for many things at home. But it was not until the mother accidentally fell ill that he woke up. In order to facilitate his mother's treatment, he brought her to Changsha.
This is the first time that the mother and son live under the roof together since leaving home at the age of 16. In fact, Mao’s mother was worried that this would affect her son and insisted on not wanting it. But Mao Zedong insisted, so she gave up.
It’s a pity. I thought the two could live a life of a kind mother and a filial son during that period. At the beginning, this was true. But after that, Mao Zedong’s work became more and more busy, and he often couldn’t go home.
The mother knew that her child was doing big things, so she naturally would not blame him. So after staying in Changsha for a while, she returned to her hometown.
Photography of the three brothers of the Mao family and their mother
Mao Zedong blamed himself for this, but his mother said very gentlely: Go and do his business first, your health is much better.
In Chairman Mao’s impression, my mother has always been so understanding. Whether she was a child or after she left home after she grew up, her mother would comfort him in such a tone.
919, Mao Zedong received a letter from his younger brother: his mother is about to lose her way, so hurry up and go home. After receiving this letter, Mao Zedong hurried to the house. Unfortunately, he was late and he still couldn't see his mother for the last time.
Not long after my mother passed away, my father's health also had problems, and Mao Zedong took his father to his side.
It’s a pity that before my father could live a few good days, the disease took his father away again. On January 23, 920, my father left them again.
Both parents died one after another, which was definitely an unbearable blow to ordinary people, but Mao Zedong didn't care about these things at that time. The Zhang-driving campaign in Hunan was underway, and he really couldn't go home.
Mao Zedong took a photo with his father at his father's birthday party
There is a custom in Hunan that after the two fathers die, they can only be buried together when the eldest son is by their side. But Mao Zedong was leading the movement and could not rush back from the front line. He had no choice but to bury his parents together, so he could only drag down.
But no one expected that he would wait for more than seven months. In August, Mao Zedong, who was rushing back, finally completed the joint burial with his younger brothers.
Chairman Mao always felt that he owed too much to his family. His younger brothers helped him with almost all the affairs of his parents during his lifetime. Even after his parents passed away, he didn't have time to go home.
Perhaps it was at that time that he had the idea of returning home in his later years, and even became more and more determined later.
959, after Chairman Mao returned to his hometown, he came to his parents' grave. Wars occurred a few years ago, and coupled with the destruction of the enemy, the already simple grave was already ruined. The staff next to
asked to renovate the grave when they couldn't stand it.
This proposal is very reasonable, but Chairman Mao still refused after thinking about it. He felt that these external forms were unnecessary. As long as he kept remembering his parents, a brand new grave would not represent anything.
Chairman Mao worshiped his parents
Li Na's bumpy road back to the country
Chairman's homesickness is very obvious. Anyone who is familiar with Mao Zedong knows that he has a very deep friendship with his hometown. Although he left home at a young age and has been commanding wars across the country, no matter what the situation is, he often talks about going home.
But in fact, going home was not only Chairman Mao’s long-cherished wish, but his daughter Li Na also had this idea. As early as 1961, Li Na wanted to go to Shaoshao Mountain to see where his father once lived and his hometown.
is right. Although Li Na was born in Yan'an , because of her father, she recognized that her hometown was Shaoshan Chong. She thought that it was her home. Sooner or later, she would go and see it.
After Li Na made this request to his father, he was rejected. Of course, it was not because Chairman Mao was unwilling to let his daughter go back, but because Li Na was sick at that time and was extremely weak.
Chairman Mao comforted his daughter and went back to see her when she recovered from illness.
Li Na listened to his father's opinion and thought that after he recovered from his illness, he must return to Shaoshan Chong as soon as possible.
Chairman Mao, Li Na and Li Min, but unfortunately, after recovering from the illness, this plan still failed to be implemented as expected. Li Na was tied to other things and could only postpone the plan to go home again and again. At that time, she never expected that this delay would be delayed for more than 20 years.
983, after holding her wedding with her second husband Wang Jingqing, Li Na began to think about this matter again. She really wanted to go back to Shaoshan and take advantage of the two years of health and hurry home to take a look.
Li Na couldn't resist the strong longing and sued her husband Wang Jingqing. Wang Jingqing supported this 100% support. He told his wife that as long as she wanted to go back, she would be willing to accompany her.
Finally, in August 1984, the couple who had handled everything embarked on a journey back home.
When it comes to today, the meaning of returning home is no longer the same as before for Li Na. Now she not only carries her longing for her hometown, but also has the regret that her father failed to return home before she dies.
This time I returned home to fulfill her longing and to make up for her father's regret.
After the two returned to their hometown, they lined up with tourists coming to enter the former residence. Li Na did not dare to be known by others. She wanted to keep a low profile when returning home this time.
Mao Zedong's former residence
On that day, Li Na and her husband entered the former residence in a low-key manner. Looking at the grass and trees in front of them, Li Na couldn't stop her tears. Looking around, she knew that this was where her father lived, and here carried her father's youth.
Li Na's emotions were almost unable to hold back, so she quickly took a deep breath, restrained herself, and continued to walk forward when her emotions were almost controlled.
However, after many years, I returned home and still had such a bumpy return, how could I control my emotions?
When Li Ne walked to a drying glutinous rice dumpling and saw the words on the sign, she couldn't help it. The sign read: This is where Mao Zedong worked as a child.
Li Na knelt down directly and started a heart-wrenching roar. She muttered to herself, but no one around understood what she was saying.
Everyone on the side thinks that this lady should have a deep love for Chairman Mao. But the development of things was far beyond everyone's imagination, and the woman did even more crazy behavior.
Li Na and Wang Jingqing
She kept plucking the soil below with her hands, as if she wanted to dig it open with her bare hands. The people around were frightened by this scene, and the person in charge hurried forward to stop him.
At this time, Wang Jingqing ran out of the crowd, he walked to his wife and helped her up, comforting her.
Li Na's out of control attracted too many people's attention. Wang Jingqing knew that his identity would not be hidden, so he had to expose the facts to everyone. He pointed to his wife and said: "This is Li Na, Chairman Mao's youngest daughter."
Everyone present was shocked as soon as they said this. Everyone seemed a little unbelievable. After a while, they believed the fact.
Learning the truth, the person in charge suddenly burst into tears. He dragged his slightly trembling body forward:
"Why don't you tell us, why is this?" The person in charge betrayed and asked Li Na affectionately.
But in fact, why don’t you tell everyone and why you want to hide your identity? Everyone knows.
After Li Na's identity was known to everyone, the crowd around him sighed, but everyone was not discussing the criticism of Li Na, but welcoming him.
A commoner not far from Li Na said: "You are back in Shaoshan, this is your home." Li Na regards Shaoshan as his hometown, and the people of Shaoshan also sincerely regard Li Na as their relatives.
After decades, Li Na finally came back and she went home! Mao Zedong's youngest daughter is back home!
