"Feiduo Luding Bridge" has gone through such a process from naming to dissemination. On May 29, 1935, the Red Army in the Long March seized Luding Bridge in a thrilling and strange way, breaking through the encirclement of the Kuomintang army. At that time, Peng Jialun, the head of the Propaganda Section of the Political Department of the Red Army Corps, described the war in a short article entitled ``Flying over the Luding Bridge'', which was compiled in Yan'an in February 1937 and officially published in 1942. In The Long March.
From June to October 1936, American journalist Edgar Snow entered the Northern Shaanxi Revolutionary Base for an interview. In the book "Red Stars Illuminate China", a special chapter introduced the situation of the Red Army and the Long March in detail. Snow said that during an interview in Yan'an, he had seen some of the manuscripts being compiled for "The Long March of the Red Army", but when he described the war on the Dadu River in the book, he titled "Heroes of the Dadu River" and "Flying over the Luding Bridge". One did not use Snow's writings to be spread.
"The Long March of the Red Army" due to the conditions of the war years, the number of prints and influence are very limited. In 1955, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army’s Long March, the People’s Publishing House edited and published the “Long March of the First Front Army of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army” based on the “Long March of the Red Army”. The Long March war narrated by naming. It is worth noting that the book ends with the "Overview of the Long March of the Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants". In the narrative, it has used the expressions "Sidu Chishui", "Forced Crossing the Dadu River" and other later customary expressions, but when talking about the capture of Luding Bridge However, it is said that "the natural danger of Luding Bridge was taken over", it can be seen that "flying over Luding Bridge" has not yet become the usual expression at this time. In 1959, when Marshal Liu Bocheng published his famous article "Recalling the Long March" in the 20th issue of "August 1st Magazine", he talked about "Our army climbed through the Dadu River" without using the term "Flying over the Luding Bridge".
In September 1964, the Kongzheng Art Troupe visited Mongolia, the Soviet Union, Hungary, Romania, Albania, and Myanmar in the name of the Chinese National Art Troupe for exchange performances. The performance included the dance "Flying the Luding Bridge" which was reviewed and approved by the then Vice Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Chen Yi. As a result, the story of "Flying over Luding Bridge" was spread internationally in an artistic way.
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"Flying Luding Bridge" was further spread in 1965, thanks to the further spread of the naming Yang Chengwu's long memoir article published on the "Liberation Army Daily" on August 6 used "Flying over Luding Bridge" in the article. Yang Chengwu served as the political commissar of the Red Fourth Regiment during the Long March and was the commander of the battle to capture the bridge. He told readers concretely and truthfully about the Red Army's brave capture of the bridge. During the "Cultural Revolution", there were many works of art that showed the battle to capture the bridge. Most of them were named "Flying the Luding Bridge". It can be seen that at this time the name "Flying the Luding Bridge" has gradually become well-known.
In May 1985, the Ganzi Prefecture Committee, the state government, and the military sub-region of the Communist Party of China held a grand ceremony in Luding for the 50th anniversary of the Red Army’s flying capture of the Luding Bridge and the foundation laying ceremony for the monument to the Luding Bridge. Deng Xiaoping inscribed " The Red Army flew to capture the name of the monument of Luding Bridge. Nie Rongzhen wrote the inscription, which highly affirmed the historical significance of "Flying over Luding Bridge".
Since then, authoritative historical books such as "The History of the Red Army's Long March" and "The History of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March Meeting" have used the term "Flying over Luding Bridge" when describing the battle of the Red Army's capture of Luding Bridge. It can be seen that "Flying over Luding Bridge" is the same as "Blood Battle of Xiangjiang", "Sidu Chishui", "Forced Crossing the Dadu River" and other names that express the Long March warfare, and it has become a habitual expression in the narrative of the Long March history of the Red Army. In the primary school textbooks commonly used nowadays, a text entitled "Flying over Luding Bridge" was selected, which allowed the Red Army spirit represented by "Flying over Luding Bridge" to spread widely.
Source: Mingjian of History
