Leaders in Yan'an: the chairman wears a coat, Zhu De wears a mask, all of them are shabby but have extraordinary temperament!
This is a very rare photo taken in Yan'an in the winter of 1944. Mao Zedong and some senior leaders were on the river beach outside Yan'an. Behind it are the troughs of the Loess Plateau . The reason why this photo is rare is that it rarely appears, the chairman talks with many leaders and a foreign friend appears.
Everyone in the photo is simple and simple, even a little shabby, but everyone is very interested and no one cares about these external material conditions. The leaders were chatting and laughing, and they were all majestic.
The photo of Mao Zedong was dressed very thickly, wearing a hat, cloth cotton shoes, and a cotton coat. He was among everyone and was saying something to Bogu .
Bo Gu, opposite the chairman, was wearing an old cotton coat. It was obvious that his hat, top and pants were not of the same color at all. He smiled and was listening carefully to the chairman's words.
A little farther from the chairman and Bo Gu stood Zhu De. He was the only one among the people wearing a mask. However, at that time, the purpose of wearing masks was to keep warm. Mr. Zhu's cotton pants were very fat, and he wore a half-old cloak on his outside.
The person in the dark "robes" behind Bogu looked like an Arab . In fact, he was also an Arab, but he had become an American citizen. He was Mao Zedong's health care doctor. He joined the Communist Party of China in Yan'an. After the founding of New China, he became the first foreigner to naturalize China.
There were three people standing behind Chairman. Ren Bishi was holding a big pipe at the far end, and Li Fuchun was holding a cigarette with his hands at the near end. Who was in the middle could not see clearly, and Li Fuchun blocked the way.
Zhang Wentian and Nie Rongzhen stood in the last row, Zhang Wentian smiled, as if he heard the Chairman telling something funny. Zhang Wentian rarely wore an old military cap, which was almost out of print in all his photos; while Nie Rongzhen lowered his head, as if looking at the watch, and seemed to be pondering something.
