"When you painted the portrait of Chairman Mao for Founding Ceremony , you were only 30 years old. How could such a sacred and glorious task fall on you?"
"In fact, I have nothing outstanding, but by chance I was selected by the central leadership."
April 1949, by chance, the portrait of Chairman Mao by Zhou Lingzhao was noticed by the central leadership, and he was selected as the general person in charge of the portrait of the founding Ceremony, and he asked him to portray the portrait of Chairman Mao.
Zhou Lingzhao, who shoulders an important mission, spent the rest of his time thinking about the portrait, and then he drew such a portrait that made the people of the whole country admire and yearn for it.
Since the founding ceremony, Chairman Mao’s portrait has been hung on the Tiananmen Gate Tower, and it will only be taken off when the portrait is changed.
Time flies. In a blink of an eye, the portrait of Chairman Mao has been hanging on the Tiananmen Gate Tower for decades. This phenomenon also puzzled many foreign journalists. In order to understand the doubts in their hearts, in 1980, when the internationally renowned journalist Farage raised this question and asked Deng Xiaoping: "How long will the portrait of Chairman Mao on Tiananmen be hung?"
Deng Xiaoping smiled slightly after hearing this, without thinking, and immediately gave an answer, which made everyone present respectful.
So, what reply did Deng Xiaoping give? Why does the portrait of Chairman Mao on Tiananmen Square always hang? Why don’t you consider changing to portraits of other leaders?
By chance, he was decided by the central leaders as the portrait artist of Chairman Mao
In early 1949, the Kuomintang was defeated. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek had already secretly transferred money and other goods to Taiwan. Under such circumstances, major central leaders proposed the proposal to hold a "Creation Ceremony", and in the preparatory meeting of the Political Consultative Conference in June, they voted to pass this proposal, setting the time for the "Creation Ceremony" on October 1.
After the time was set, the central departments immediately organized and prepared.
Among them, one of the most difficult questions that central leaders feel is: Which painter should I leave Chairman Mao’s portrait to paint?
After thinking about it, several central leaders suddenly thought of someone: Zhou Lingzhao.
Zhou Lingzhao
In fact, as early as April of this year, the central leaders fell in love with Zhou Lingzhao's painting skills.
At that time, the Six Kingdoms Hotel in Peking held a Kuomintang-Republic talks. Zhou Lingzhao was responsible for the arrangement of the Six Kingdoms Hotel in . Zhou Lingzhao was a painter. Seeing that the arrangement in the venue was a bit monotonous, in order to alleviate the monotonous arrangement of the venue, he specially selected a photo of Chairman Mao at Yan'an , and based on this photo as a blueprint, he drew a picture of Chairman Mao and hung it on it.
In this portrait, Chairman Mao wears an octagonal hat , with a slightly open collar and a kind smile on his face. The background of the photo is red, making Chairman Mao’s image so brilliant that it makes people feel the spiritual energy in the portrait of Chairman Mao from afar.
The central leaders who came to negotiate saw this portrait as soon as they entered the venue. After seeing the portrait, they were amazed in their hearts and were impressed by the painter's painting skills.
In order to meet this painter, after the meeting, several central leaders found Zhou Lingzhao who arranged the venue: "That portrait of Chairman Mao, the true spiritual painting. Which master painted it? Can you leave a contact information?"
Zhou Lingzhao was stunned for a moment, blushed and lowered his head, feeling embarrassed: "It's not a master, it was me."
After hearing what Zhou Lingzhao said, the central leaders were shocked because Zhou Lingzhao was too young. They couldn't believe that such a young painter could draw such vivid paintings. After
, the central leaders left Zhou Lingzhao's contact information and encouraged him to make him full of hope for his painting skills and continue to struggle on the road of painting.
Founding Ceremony Oil Painting
Time is June. After the leaders of major central governments determined the time for the "Creation Ceremony" at the meeting, they began to prepare for the holding of the "Creation Ceremony".
"Creation Ceremony" was held at , Tiananmen Square, . At that time, not only will the people in the city come to watch the ceremony, but foreign journalists and friends will also come.
The first thing that was to blame was that so many people from home and abroad came to watch the ceremony. What they noticed at the beginning was the portrait of Chairman Mao hanging on the Tiananmen Gate Tower. If the portrait was not well drawn, it would inevitably make an international joke.
In order to solve the portrait problem, the central leaders began to look for painters in China. After thinking about it, they suddenly remembered a person in their minds, and this person was Zhou Lingzhao, the painter who had a great conversation with them a few months ago.
The leaders felt that although Zhou Lingzhao was young, he had excellent painting skills. The portrait of Chairman Mao he had painted was recognized by many people. It was most appropriate to hand over the task of "Portrait of Chairman Mao's portrait of Chairman Mao in the Founding Ceremony".
In this way, Zhou Lingzhao was named by the central leaders and became a painter at the founding ceremony, specializing in painting portraits for Chairman Mao.
After receiving the task, Zhou Lingzhao did not hesitate at all and immediately devoted himself to painting the image of Chairman Mao.
For this portrait, Zhou Lingzhao still chose the photo of Chairman Mao wearing an octagonal hat as a reference, and revised it repeatedly at the suggestion of Zhou Enlai and others, eliminated the handwriting on the portrait and closed the open collar, thus drawing this friendly and serious portrait of Chairman Mao.
On October 1, 1949, on the day of the "Founding Ceremony", the people came to Tiananmen Square early. When they discovered the portrait of Chairman Mao hanging on the Tiananmen Square, people were attracted by the portrait and stopped to look at it.
The portrait of Chairman Mao is wearing an octagonal hat, with his face sideways and smiling affectionately.
No matter from any angle, it seems to be smiling at the common people.
Such a kind and kind image of Chairman Mao penetrated into the hearts of every people who watched the ceremony, and also made foreign journalists and friends admire it.
How long will the statue of Chairman Mao on the Tiananmen Gate Tower be hung?
Since the founding ceremony, Chairman Mao’s portrait has become a red landscape on the Tiananmen Gate Tower. Whenever he passes by the Tiananmen Gate Tower, people can’t help looking in the direction of the portrait, as if they feel at ease when they just take a look.
Chairman Mao is the leader of the Communist Party. He led the Eighth Route Army to expel the Japanese army from the country, led the People's Liberation Army to defeat the Kuomintang reactionaries, led the people to achieve revolutionary victory, and established a new China. In the hearts of the people, Chairman Mao's image is glorious and majestic.
Out of love for Chairman Mao, almost every family in the homes of Chinese people will hang a portrait of Chairman Mao. Whenever something unpleasant, just say a few words to the portrait and take a few seconds to see it, you will feel at ease.
And during that period, the best-selling portrait was the portrait of Chairman Mao, which shows the people's love for Chairman Mao. After
, the portrait of Chairman Mao on the Tiananmen Gate Tower has been modified several times, and then changed again and again. What makes people feel interesting is that Chairman Mao’s standard is like the side image of Chairman Mao. In 1964, out of love, the people reported that the image of Chairman Mao was not good, and there was only one ear.
The people feel that as the leader of the whole of China, the portrait image should be solemn and not only one ear should be exposed, as this will damage Chairman Mao’s great image.
That's it. After receiving the reaction from the masses, the relevant departments quickly asked the videographer to take a frontal photo of Chairman Mao, which is the fourth standard photo of Chairman Mao.
Now, the portrait of Chairman Mao that has been used to this day is the fourth standard portrait of Chairman Mao. Since New Year's Day in 1967, the fourth standard portrait of Chairman Mao has been made into a portrait hanging on the Tiananmen Gate Tower and has not been taken down.
In the fourth standard image, Chairman Mao sat upright, showing a kind smile on his face, making people feel kind and kind as if they were seen at first sight.
Chairman Mao’s daughter Li Na made this evaluation after seeing the portrait:
"The fourth standard is really good. No matter from which angle, the chairman is looking at you. He likes it very much. He personally signed it back then."
Deng Xiaoping
It can be said that the portrait of Chairman Mao on the Tiananmen Gate Tower has been changed several times in decades, but no matter how it is changed, it has not been replaced by the portrait of other leaders. The only portrait of Chairman Mao is always hanging on the Tiananmen Gate Tower.
China's Tiananmen Gate Tower has important political significance. Many major celebrations are held here. It is China The symbol of the country's foreign policy.
The portrait of Chairman Mao was hung on the Tiananmen Gate Tower for decades and has not been replaced, which naturally caused confusion among many foreigners.
Among them, Italian journalist Farage also interviewed Deng Xiaoping in person.
Farage
At that time, Farage was a famous reporter in the political press and interviewed many big names, let Farage Unfortunately, many of the big names she interviewed were politicians from European and American countries, but few Asian politicians interviewed.
For this reason, Farage targeted China, which covers the third largest area in the world. Farage was very curious about how such a country with a large land area has changed in the decades after the war, and whether it has developed into a modern country like many European and American countries.
with this goodness Qi, Farage came to China and conducted an exclusive interview with Deng Xiaoping with the consent of Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In August 1980, Farage came to Zhongnanhai and was received by Deng Xiaoping.
As soon as we met, Deng Xiaoping held her hand with a smile and greeted her: "On behalf of China, I welcome your arrival. "
Deng Xiaoping's kind smile made Farage relieve the tension in his heart. Then, Farage also smiled and greeted Deng Xiaoping.
After the two of them exchanged a few greetings, they were taken into the talk room.
Not long after they sat down in the talk room, Farage took out his tape recorder and turned on the recorder switch and started working.
Farage knew that Deng Xiaoping's schedule was busy. In order not to waste Deng Xiaoping's time, Farage went straight in and the first question asked was very sharp, which made the translator in the talk room take a breath of air.
Farage asked:
"How long does Chairman Mao look like he hangs on Tiananmen Gate? Should we keep it forever? "
Faced with such a sharp problem, Deng Xiaoping was not at all nervous. He said without hesitation: "Keep forever! "
After saying this, Deng Xiaoping paused and explained the reason to Farage:
"In the past, Chairman Mao seemed to have hung too much and hung everywhere. It was not a serious matter, nor did it show respect for Chairman Mao. The people see and remember what Chairman Mao has done for the Chinese people, and we will always remember him! "
Afterwards, Farage and Deng Xiaoping continued to debate on this issue. At the end of the conversation, Deng Xiaoping summarized a sentence, and as soon as this sentence was released, everyone was respectful.
He said:
"Please remember that we should not only hang Chairman Mao's image on the Tiananmen Gate Tower forever, but also commemorate Chairman Mao as the founder of our party and country, but also adhere to Mao Zedong Thought. ”
After Deng Xiaoping said this in a decisive tone, Farage smiled slightly and fully understood the feelings of the Chinese people towards Chairman Mao’s portrait. He no longer entangled with Deng Xiaoping on this issue, but continued to ask questions in another question.
Chairman Mao is the founder of the party and the country. His portrait will always be hung on the Tiananmen Gate Tower!
After the first talks, Deng Xiaoping was still unsatisfied, and then made a second meeting with Farage, which made Farage flattered.
Facing the sharp questions raised by Farage, Deng Xiaoping calmly took it and answered.
Deng Xiaoping's answer level in the face of danger also made Farage admire him.
After the two rounds of talks, Farage happily stretched out his hand, and Deng Xiaoping immediately held it. At this moment, the two looked at each other and smiled, which seemed to regret that they met too late.
After returning abroad, Farage sorted out the recordings and notes of interviews with Deng Xiaoping, and published the interview content in the newspapers and magazines intact, which caused reprints from media from various countries and allowed countries around the world to see Deng Xiaoping's leadership style.
As Deng Xiaoping said in the talks: Chairman Mao is the creator of the party and the country, and his portrait will always hang on the Tiananmen Gate Tower!
Chairman Mao was not only the leader of the New China, but also the spiritual leader of the people. In that war-torn era, Chairman Mao led the workers' and peasants' revolution, led the people to win one victory after another, and established the New China.
Although Chairman Mao is no longer here, his majestic image still lives in the hearts of every Chinese people. We will never forget Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao’s portrait will always hang on the Tiananmen Gate Tower, and we will always remember Chairman Mao deeply!
