"In 1937, I came to the Chairman when I was only 4 years old. Although 55 years have passed, the scene of learning and lying beside the Chairman at that time still remains in the depths of my memory..."
This is a passage written by Liu Siqi on August 30, 1992 on the 100th anniversary of Mao Zedong's birth.
Liu Siqi's biological father is Liu Qianchu . He graduated from Yanjing University in his early years, and later studied in the first Whampoa Military Academy .
In the 1930s, Liu Qianchu was the Secretary of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. He was killed by Shandong warlord Han Fuju on April 5, 1931. He was only 34 years old.
Before Liu Qianchu was executed, his wife Zhang Wenqiu choked and said, "Qianchu, give the unborn child a name!"
"No matter where you live, you should miss Qilu and miss your hometown. Let's set a "Siqi"."
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11 night in early spring of 1938, Chairman Mao and other Chinese Communist Party leaders watched the drama "Abandoned Children" in the Central Auditorium of Yan'an.
When it was played that a revolutionary couple was arrested by the Kuomintang reactionaries, and a ragged little girl ran around and shouted "Mom" in the cold wind, Mao Zedong, who was infected by the plot, remembered his own child...
When he learned that the 6-year-old girl was the child of his old comrades Liu Qianchu and Zhang Wenqiu, Chairman Mao said excitedly that Comrade Qianchu sacrificed for the revolution. This is the descendant of the martyrs. We have the responsibility to educate and raise her well. He also said that Liu Siqi is not an "outlaw" but a treasure of the revolution and should recognize her as his goddaughter.
So when Liu Siqi finished playing, a burly man with a Hunan accent came over, touched Liu Siqi's head and said, "Little girl, I am your father, how about you be my daughter?"
6-year-old Xiao Siqi tilted his head and thought seriously and said, "Okay."
This person with a Hunan accent is Chairman Mao. From then on, Liu Siqi became Chairman Mao's goddaughter.
In August 1939, Liu Siqi's stepfather Chen Zhenya was preparing to go to the Soviet Union to install a prosthetic, and he was going with Zhang Wenqiu to take his children.
In December 1939, Liu Siqi and her father and mother boarded the plane to the Soviet Union. However, due to an emergency, Liu Siqi and his family had to stay in Dihua , waiting for the opportunity to go to the Soviet Union.
But in the end, not only did their family not go to the Soviet Union, but Chen Zhenya unfortunately died.
Later, due to the sudden change in the situation, Xinjiang Shengshicai also tore off the disguise and undermined the revolutionary united front of the anti-Japanese revolution.
In April 1943, 10-year-old Liu Siqi, her mother, two sisters, and more than 50 Chinese Communist Party women, children, sick and disabled people were all imprisoned in temporary prisons.
At the end of October 1944, they were transferred to prison in the Fourth Prison, southeast of Dihua City.
However, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has never forgotten the revolutionary comrades detained in Xinjiang. With the unremitting efforts of Zhou Enlai, Deng Yingchao and others, they negotiated with the National Government many times to rescue the detained comrades. In the end, 131 Chinese Communist Party personnel and their families were released.
1946, Liu Siqi finally returned to Yan'an with her mother.
On the morning of the second day after arriving in Yan'an, Mao Zedong visited all the comrades who returned from Xinjiang.
Chairman Mao took Liu Siqi's hand and said happily: "I haven't seen each other for seven or eight years. I have grown up and I can't recognize you! You are still my goddaughter, do you remember?"
Liu Siqi nodded: "Remember, remember, we often think of you."
This is the second time Liu Siqi has seen Chairman Mao.
After returning to Yan'an, Liu Siqi also had the opportunity to visit his adoptive father's house. Moreover, at his adoptive father's house, 16-year-old Liu Siqi met Mao Anying, who had just returned to China for half a year.
Since both of them have the same experience and they have a firm and deep responsibility, the two young hearts quickly moved closer to each other.
Chairman Mao was also happy to accomplish this. In order to create an opportunity for them to deepen their understanding, Mao Zedong kept inviting his goddaughter to come to his house to play.
1947, Liu Siqi with the troops, crossed the Yellow River, and went to Shanxi, while Mao Anying followed his father to fight in northern Shaanxi. A pair of young men in love were separated by the war.
1948 summer vacation, Liu Siqi and Mao Anying met again at Xibaipo .
Soon the two were assigned to the nearby rural areas to carry out land reform movement, so that the two had more opportunities to be together. Later, after being introduced by Deng Yingchao and Kang Keqing, they established a romantic relationship.
In March 1949, they entered Beiping with the central government, and Liu Siqi transferred to the Women's Middle School affiliated to Beijing Normal University.
On October 15, 1949, Liu Siqi and Mao Anying got married.
After marriage, Liu Siqi continued to go to school.
1950, Mao Anying asked to go to the Korean battlefield. At this time, Liu Siqi was hospitalized due to appendicitis .
Mao Anying went to the hospital to see Liu Siqi. He was afraid that Liu Siqi would be worried, so he just told her that he was going to a business trip far away.
Actually, Liu Siqi understood in his heart.
Looking at the back of her beloved husband leaving, Liu Siqi, who was only 20 years old, never dreamed that she would never see her husband again.
Not long after I went to North Korea, Mao Anying died.
At first, Liu Siqi knew nothing about her husband's sacrifice. She was still studying in middle school and was busy with her own homework. She still has to visit her father every week and try her best to take care of Mao Anying as much as possible as possible as possible as possible according to Mao Anying's instructions.
Because Chairman Mao thought that his son An Ying had already died at that time, he couldn't help but worry that his daughter-in-law Siqi would need some time to accept this fact. If Siqi knew about it, how could he bear it?
th thought about it, and Mao Zedong and his in-laws Zhang Wenqiu decided not to tell her for now.
Every time Liu Siqi goes to see his father, he will ask him if he has received a letter from An Ying, why did An Ying not send a letter for months? Mao Zedong always pretended to comfort her as if nothing had happened.
At this time, Liu Siqi already knew that Mao Anying went to North Korea to fight and was in the translation work at the Volunteer Army headquarters, but she didn't know what special mission was, and perhaps it was more confidential. She knew that she could not ask more questions.
However, as time passed, Liu Siqi began to doubt that other soldiers had returned to China, why didn’t her An Ying come back, and there was not even a letter?
And the old leader and combat hero who returned from the Korean battlefield were very polite and cautious when they saw her, and did not dare to talk to her much.
Once a hero-model congress was held, she met some combat heroes. These heroes seemed to be afraid of her and left quickly without saying a few words to her.
until the last group of volunteers who went to North Korea came back that Chairman Mao told Liu Siqi that An Ying had already died bravely in the war.
Liu Siqi cried for a long time after knowing it.
Premier Zhou was present at the time. He comforted Liu Siqi while taking care of Chairman Mao. When he touched Chairman Mao's cold hand, he was shocked and hurriedly whispered to Liu Siqi: "Siqi, you should be mourning, your father's hands are cold!"
Liu Siqi was stunned, turned around and cried to comfort his father...
From then on, in order not to make her father sad, Liu Siqi could only swallow her tears.
Dad of course knew her feelings. Seeing Liu Siqi becoming more and more haggard, she said more than once: "Wars always kill people. You can't sacrifice for the Chinese and Korean people just because An Ying is my child."
Chairman said this to comfort Siqi and himself.
Since the news of Mao Anying's death was made public, Chairman Mao said to her: "In the future, you will be my eldest daughter."
1954, 24-year-old Liu Siqi graduated from high school. In order to further her studies and to change her environment, she went to the Department of Mathematics and Technology of Moscow University to further her studies.
During this period, Chairman Mao often wrote to her, and he affectionately called Liu Siqi "Dear Siqier". Every sentence in the letter was full of care, comfort and encouragement.
While abroad, she found it difficult because Liu Siqi was often sick and had to keep up with Russian teaching.
1957 summer vacation, Liu Siqi returned to China to report his situation to Mao Zedong and asked to transfer to a domestic university.
Mao Zedong understood his daughter's difficulties and quickly replied to her letter, agreeing to her transfer to school.
As time goes by, Liu Siqi unknowingly entered his thirty years.
Seeing Liu Siqi's beautiful years as time goes by, Mao Zedong was obviously anxious for her, but as a father-in-law, he was not good to urge his daughter-in-law to remarry again and again.
He had no choice but to use discussions on the emotional affairs of other children to attack Liu Siqi indirectly. He also asked Siqi's sister Shao Hua to persuade Siqi to start a new family.
Liu Siqi was very moved by her father's care about her, but she still pretended to be An Ying in her heart.
After listening to Shao Hua's advice, Liu Siqi sighed, "Oh, Anying went to North Korea without hiding me, never came back, stayed in a foreign land where she had no relatives and was frozen in the cold weather. In the end, I didn't even see his bones, and I hadn't even been to his cemetery. How could I consider remarrying and remarrying?"
After hearing my sister's flower, Shao Hua felt sad, so she told Chairman Mao about the knot in her sister's heart for many years.
Chairman Mao's heart trembled after hearing this. He was moved by Liu Siqi's deep love and friendship on the other side of An Ying, so he decided to arrange for Liu Siqi to visit the grave in North Korea.
Before leaving, Mao Zedong grabbed his daughter-in-law's hand and said, "Siqi, I miss An Ying too, but I can't go see him, only you. You are his dearest person and a family member of a martyr. You should go and see. You are going to visit the tombs as a martyr."
Chairman Mao said again: "After you arrived in North Korea, you told An Ying that you were also going to visit him for me. We are late. You told An Ying that I can't go see him by myself, please ask him to do this. Thank you. Dad misses him and loves him..."
Liu Siqi came to Mao Anying's tombstone. She knelt on the ground with a thud, stroked the tombstone with both hands and burst into tears: "Anying, I see you coming, it means dad is here to see you. I have only been here for so many years, I'm late..."
Before leaving, Liu Siqi knelt in front of Mao Anying's tomb again, sobbing and holding a handful of soil, carefully wrapped it in a handkerchief, and put it in his close pocket. Let us bow three times to the tomb of the Martyrs Mao Anying again and say our final farewell.
For a long time after that, Chairman Mao was still concerned about Liu Siqi's marriage, and he often asked someone to introduce his partner to Liu Siqi.
Finally in 1962, Liu Siqi and Yang Maozhi, a teacher in the attack aircraft teaching and research department of the Air Force Academy, formed a family.
When the wedding was held, Chairman Mao personally wrote a poem to the couple, and gave it to them, and also gave 300 yuan, saying, "I don't go out to the streets, I don't know what to buy, you can buy a gift yourself as needed."
After getting married, Liu Siqi changed her name to Liu Songlin, and she also wanted to start a new life.
Liu Siqi started his new life, but it does not mean that he had forgotten Mao Anying. Liu Siqi's husband is a kind and understanding person, and even their children know that his mother has had a painful history.
Liu Siqi and Yang Maozhiyou have two sons and two daughters. When the eldest son was born, they unanimously decided to name it "Yang Xiaoying" to commemorate Mao Anying.
Because Siqi has Anying in her heart, she can always feel that Mao Anying is still alive in her home, just live by their side.
In 1985, Liu Siqi went to North Korea for the second time to see Mao Anying, and it was 26 years apart.
On the 350th anniversary of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Liu Siqi of course had to visit the graves for his relatives.
But she did not go on October anniversary, but chose July to visit the grave for the fourth time as a tourist. But this grave-sweeping was the one she had felt the most close to An Ying in 50 years.
Because she found a lump on her breast at the beginning of the year and needed surgery, she didn't know whether it was good or bad, so she decided to postpone the surgery and go to North Korea to visit An Ying first.
Liu Siqi mentioned his feelings for Mao Anying in an interview with reporters. She said with emotion:
"For many years, I have changed from Chairman Mao's daughter-in-law to an ordinary person and have always lived an ordinary life, but I have always cherished my feelings for Mao Anying in my heart."
Liu Siqi has never concealed Mao Anying's love, sincerity and from the heart, which makes people very touched and admired.
On January 7, 2022, Liu Siqi passed away in Beijing.
At the farewell ceremony of Liu Siqi's body, her four children, Yang Xiaoying, Yang Dongmei, Yang Mi and Yang Jun, were heartbroken and crying.
wreath grid sent by Chairman Mao’s daughter Li Min and Li Na, because they were old and unable to walk, so they could not come, so they sent their children to the scene to bid farewell to Liu Siqi on behalf of them.
Although Liu Siqi and Mao Anying only had a short year, their relationship lasted for more than half a century. Perhaps this is the so-called love transcends time and space.
Liu Siqi's feelings for Mao Anying have always been buried deep in her heart. It is a regret and a grief.
For her, Mao Anying has been living in her heart for many years.
Those who sacrificed their lives for the country deserve to be remembered forever by future generations. Without their sacrifice, there would be no peace and prosperity today.
Our younger generations should always remember these volunteer army martyrs and their families and relatives and pay tribute to them. Without their efforts, there would be no peaceful and peaceful life today.
