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976 On September 9, The news of Chairman Mao’s death spread to across the country, the people were sad and the world was shocked. This great leader traveled his life in a peaceful way, but people in the world could not give up their nostalgia for him from beginning to end. Therefore, various film and television products are emerging one after another, and special actors imitating Chairman Mao are everywhere. However, what people are most concerned about is descendants who are related to the Chairman, and wants to find the shadow of the Chairman.
Chairman Mao
The more famous are Li Na and Li Min, both of whom are Chairman Mao’s daughters. But one is similar in shape to the chairman, and the other is his facial features, which are not satisfactory. In addition, there is also the chairman's niece Mao Xiaoqing . Her smiling expression can be regarded as the same as that of the chairman.
Li Min
Even though some of these people's movements or expressions were close to Chairman Mao's, the iconic big mole under the Chairman's face only appeared on the face of Kong Dongmei, the daughter of Li Min. What is even more surprising is that her eyes, iconic smile, etc. are similar to Chairman Mao.
Therefore, kong Dongmei is called the descendant who most resembles Chairman Mao. However, living with a huge halo is also a huge burden, especially for her. She once wanted to get rid of it completely, but the process was far more difficult than imagined.
Kong Dongmei and Li Min
Kong Dongmei and Chairman Mao have any contact? In the end, did it come true? What unknown hardships did her mother Li Min go through in the process of raising her?
The combination of parents
In August 1958, a lively scene was presented in Zhongnanhai , and Chairman Mao had been shuttled between the guests for a long time, with smiles on his face.
Chairman Mao and Li Min
It turns out that when days was the wedding ceremony of daughter Li Min and Kong Linghua . Although there are no firecrackers, wedding dresses, ceremonies and other necessary things for marriage, the simple ceremony did not destroy everyone's passion, especially Chairman Mao, who was extremely excited about Li Min's ability to find someone she cherished.
In fact, Li Min is the daughter of Chairman Mao and He Zizhen. She was born in a difficult period of the Long March of the Workers and Peasants. Due to her mother's malnutrition, she was weak since childhood. was always called "Little Picky Baby" , and the Chairman also pityed the nickname "Jiaojiao" .
He Zizhen
However, before Li Min could remember, she was brought to the Soviet Union to live with her mother He Zizhen. She grew up, but only knew her mother, not her father's origin. It was not until the autumn of 1947 that she returned to China with her mother that she met Chairman Mao in the past.
Chairman Mao
At that time, Li Min was only unfamiliar with respect for the leader who led the Communist Party of China to win the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. However, Chairman Mao was full of longing for his daughter who had not met for more than ten years, and immediately wrote a letter to : Dear baby, I miss you very much, and I hope you will come to your father soon.
Chairman Mao
It’s a pity that because of He Zizhen’s willful deeds when she left the country, she personally ruined the relationship between her and Chairman Mao. Therefore, after that, she could only get along with the Chairman as a "revolutionary comrade". Li Min couldn't wait for her family to reunite. However, her strong fatherly love still made her feel warm.
In 1949, Peking was liberated and renamed Beijing. Chairman Mao and other leaders of other countries moved into Zhongnanhai together. Under the leadership of his mother He Zizhen's sister He Zizhen, Li Min met his father Chairman Mao whom he had been thinking about day and night.
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At the beginning, the unfamiliar father and daughter did not communicate too much, but the attraction of blood made them gradually become familiar with each other. Chairman Mao even shouted intimately: "Girl baby, girl baby." After
, Li Min accompanied Chairman Mao to live in Zhongnanhai.During this period, she not only left many precious memories for her, but also allowed the Chairman to enjoy a rare leisure time.
However, Li Min did not get privileges because her father was Chairman Mao. On the contrary, life and study were more difficult.
Chairman Mao and Li Min
In the three difficult period of the country, Chairman Mao decided to "upward and downward effect " and set a "three no" dietary regulations for himself, namely, " does not eat meat, does not eat eggs, and does not exceed the quantitative amount of food". Li Min had to save food, and even the clothes she wore were old clothes left by her brothers and sisters.
However, she never thought of being shabby because she understood the reason why her father set such strict regulations. Moreover, as the president of the country, her father can endure hardships, and she must follow her father even more.
Kong Dongmei, Li Min and Kong Linghua
As Li Min grow up, has reached the age when she was in love. She didn't look like her sister Li Na, but instead had a sweetheart early and decided to tell her love to her father.
958, Chairman Mao was working in the middle school of Juxiang Bookstore. The guard suddenly came in to pass a message saying that Li Min had something to tell him. Chairman was not happy to disturb him and frowned, but he couldn't help but wonder: Li Min has always been sensible and has never disturbed him during office hours. Could it be that there is something important? He called out the guard who was about to go out and said, "Let her wait for me outside."
Li Min and Kong Linghua
Quickly, Chairman Mao handled the matter in his hand and walked out the door quickly, but saw a young man standing beside Li Min. The chairman suddenly realized and invited the two of them into the house with a smile, and asked the boy: "You look so familiar, who is my father? Do I know him?"
"My name is Kong Linghua, my father Kong Congzhou."
Chairman Mao suddenly felt spirited and said: "Kong Congzhou made important tribute to our party and army. Xian was awarded the title of founding lieutenant general. It is a great thing to be able to become a relative of him." ”
Li Min and Kong Linghua
Not long after, Chairman Mao met Kong Congzhou as his in-laws. The two families had a good conversation and finalized the marriage between Li Min and Kong Linghua . However, he has always adhered to the principle of "eliminating extravagance", so he only invited a few relatives and friends to witness the union of a new couple.
962, Li Min gave birth to a son. After hearing this, Chairman Mao said excitedly: "It seems that I can still be promoted to another level!" He also named "Jining", which means that future generations can inherit the red ideas of Lenin and other places and revive the Chinese nation. In 1972, Kong Dongmei was born in Xuhui District, Shanghai. At that time, his mother Li Min had moved out of Zhongnanhai, so Chairman Mao failed to witness the birth of his granddaughter with his own eyes. Fortunately, there were photos to look at him. He rubbed the childish appearance on it, and tears appeared in his eyes.
kong Dongmei
At that time, the chairman specially named the character "dong" in his name, and coupled with his favorite plum blossoms, he gave Li Min's daughter the name "dongmei". But at the age of 80, he never met Kong Dongmei due to his physical illness.
However, did not hinder Kong Dongmei's understanding of this grandfather he had never met . And this is all due to the fact that he lived with his grandmother He Zizhen since childhood.
Children's wandering
After Li Min moved into Bingmasi Hutong, everything needs to be arranged by herself. At that time, she started cooking by cooking in the fire and started a new life bit by bit.
Li Min and Kong Linghua
Unfortunately, everything is difficult at the beginning, and Li Min and Kong Linghua's life is extremely difficult. Even at the moment of delivering Kong Dongmei, due to Li Min's long-term fatigue, the umbilical cord around her neck when her daughter was in the belly. Fortunately, she was born safely, which also indicates that she will fight for her future.
At that time, Chairman Mao learned of the life difficulties of his youngest daughter Li Na, he took out 8,000 yuan (old currency) royalties to support him. When he heard that Li Min was also facing the same desperate situation in life, he also gave him a fund of 8,000 yuan (old currency).
Li Min held her baby daughter and took over the heavy fatherly love.She swore that must firmly test her own efforts to change her life and must not let down her father's expectations. However, Kong Dongmei suffered on the road to struggle.
The second left in the front row Li Min
Because Li Min and Kong Linghua are busy with work and often need to go out, they have to put Kong Dongmei next to He Zizhen to take care of her. When she was young, she had not had time to meet her grandfather, so Chairman Mao passed away.
At Chairman Mao’s memorial ceremony, Li Min and He Zizhen cried so hard that they could not empathize with the sad adults. Later, like her mother Li Min, she gradually pieced together the image of her grandfather's image with photos and telling others.
Li Min
He Zizhen in his later years was weak and sickly, so Kong Dongmei spent more time taking care of her by other staff. However, she didn't feel lonely at all, because when her grandmother was energetic, she would tell her about Chairman Mao's years of War of Resistance.
He Zizhen said: "The Chairman saved my life, but I am ignorant. It was me who made him sad."
Looking at the choked expression of my grandmother, Kong Dongmei's image of Chairman Mao was more three-dimensional. Under the influence of He Zizhen, she gradually developed a hobby of reading literary books and firmed up her future development path.
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In 1978, Kong Dongmei returned to her parents to live, and He Zizhen was lingering in sickness at this time and told her : "No matter what, you must be worthy of your identity as Chairman Mao."
This sentence is an expectation for Kong Dongmei and a layer of shackles. After she went to school, she never mentioned her identity to her teachers and classmates. Even if you see Chairman Mao’s story in the textbook, you have to pretend to be calm. The reason why
is so cautious is that on the one hand, is worried that it will attract excessive attention because of Chairman Mao’s identity , and on the other hand, it is from Kong Dongmei’s selfishness. She doesn’t want others to treat her differently and wants to get sincere praise through her own efforts.
Li Min's family
In fact, Kong Dongmei has always been proud of being the descendant of Chairman Mao. However, as she grew up, her thoughts gradually changed. In addition, the mole on her face that was exactly the same as the Chairman's has attracted much attention, which made her think of getting rid of this halo.
Facts have proved that Kong Dongmei is not empty talk. Her grades have always been among the best. The praises from the old teachers and classmates are also based on her personal achievements.
Kong Dongmei
In the influence of "Chairman Mao's descendants", Li Min is a experienced person and naturally can keenly detect Kong Dongmei's psychological changes. But she did not intervene, and only said one sentence: "No matter what background you are with, your life is the same as others."
Kong Dongmei
With the influence of completely breaking away from the identity of grandfather, Kong Dongmei was admitted to Beijing University of Aeronautics and Aeronautics with extremely excellent results. But she did not relax at all, and had already demanded herself to the highest standards, and soon obtained the postgraduate study abroad qualification of the University of Pennsylvania, the United States.
However, when Kong Dongmei was happy about studying or living in an area without the halo of Mao family, many changes happened, which also made her completely change her original stubborn idea.
inherited the Mao family's thoughts through literary career
Kong Dongmei
Before Kong Dongmei planned to study abroad, she worked in a cultural company. She became a new start and used this as a springboard to get many opportunities, and later founded her own insurance company.
However, just when his career was booming, his father Kong Linghua suddenly had a car accident. The pillars at home fell, and Kong Dongmei and her mother Li Min were caught off guard. Especially Li Min, who had to be hospitalized for treatment because of poor spirits.
Li Min
At that time, Kong Dongmei's brother Kong Jining was on a business trip. Although she was determined to return, she was busy with affairs. She was too busy to take on the burden of her family, gave up her career as an insurance company, and delayed her plan to study abroad.
With the help of relatives and friends, Kong Dongmei gradually sorted out the endgame , and her brother rushed back in time. However, shortly after the family reunited, their father Kong Linghua passed away regretfully, which became their lifelong grief.
Kong Dongmei
When comforting her mother Li Min, Kong Dongmei finally packed her bags and embarked on a journey to study in the United States. After experiencing many big things, she gradually matured. As she came into contact with new things, she also had completely different ideas from before.
Once, Kong Dongmei talked with foreign classmates about world history. The other party talked so hard that she was stunned, especially when it came to patriotic thoughts, she couldn't help but feel ashamed and suddenly realized that as the descendant of the founder of New China, she was actually unfamiliar with Chinese culture.
Kong Dongmei
Kong Dongmei told her mother Li Min about her epiphany and soon received the "My Father Mao Zedong" sent from China. When she saw the detailed deeds of Chairman Mao's War of Resistance, she exclaimed: " It turns out that my mother, grandfather and grandmother have so many things I don't know. This is really too precious and should let more people know."
Kong Dongmei decided to start a business again, and this time, her goal is to spread the red thoughts. After returning to China, with the support of people around him, a company called "Dongrun Juxiang Bookstore" was officially established.
Kong Dongmei
In order to allow more deeds of the War of Resistance to emerge in the world, , Kong Dongmei personally walked on Jinggangshan , recording and listening to the glorious years of the older generation of revolutionaries. She also sorted and verified the oral narrative between her mother and her former grandmother, and published her first book, titled "Listen to Grandma Tell That Past Story".
Kong Dongmei and Li Min
Kong Dongmei used to hide her true identity, and her public appearance this time is equivalent to declaring her identity as a descendant of Chairman Mao to the public. However, she seemed to have no previous discomfort, but instead admitted: " I am very proud of the revolutionary cause of my grandfather and grandmother."
Because Kong Dongmei's understanding of the hardships and efforts of her previous people in the revolution, she also strictly demanded herself and inherited the spirit of the Mao family.
kong Dongmei
In 2015, the Dongrun Foundation was officially established. is used to solve the problems of women and children in poor areas. In the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak, nearly 10 million materials were donated to truly achieve the company concept of "giving back to society and dedicating to the motherland".
Kong Dongmei said to this: "If my grandfather is still there, I will definitely hope I will do this."
postscript
As a descendant of Chairman Mao, Kong Dongmei did not show off everywhere, but calmed down and settled herself down to better spread the Mao family's thoughts and red spirit . She can bear the identity of "the descendant of Chairman Mao" , and also let future generations see more about the other side of the chairman, which is worthy of praise.
